File NLW MS 12430D. - Letters to the Reverend Richard Howard, etc.,

Two groups of correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1812-1858, relating mainly to mining matters. (a) Twenty-four holograph and autograph letters addressed to the Reverend Doctor [Richard] Howard at Northop, Beaumaris, Denbigh, Mould and Llanrhaidr, [co.] Denbigh. The writers include Rich[ard] Dawson, Liverpool, 1838 (notification of the formation of the United Gwernymyn[u]dd Lead Mine Company and suggestions as to the scale of royalties), David Hughes, Mold, 1838 (4) (acknowledging receipt of sums of money received on behalf of Mrs. Clough in respect of certain mines), John Jones, Oswestry, 1838-1839 (4) (enclosing the dividend due to the estate of John Lloyd, deceased, from the Snailbeach [lead] mines and copies of the accounts of the said mines company), Richard Jones, Wrexham, 1826 (mining activities undertaken by the writer at Trecastell near Conway), William Jones and Rob[er]t Thomas, Conway, 1812 (notification of the formation of a company to work the mine at Trecastell and a request for a tack note), H. Roberts, Temple [London] and Mold, 1826-1839 (4) (financial and legal matters relating to the Cemmaes estate and stock, a boundary dispute involving the lords of Mold, the Mold mining company, and Joshua Price's company), Cha[rle]s B[layney] Trevor Roper, Plas Teg [Mold], 1838 (2) (the appointment of a new agent to act for the lords of Mold), W. White, manager of the North and South Wales bank, Holywell, 1838 (acknowledging receipt of two hundred pounds to be credited to Howard's account), and Rob[er]t Williams, Mold, 1838-1845 (6) (the writer's appointment as mining agent in respect of royalties in the lordship of Mold, problems relating to the Fawnog mines and to the Fron Fawnog and Mold mines companies, comments on the progress made by the Gwern y mynudd company and at Coed Talwrn, comments on the price of [lead] ore and of iron (1838), notification of meetings of the lords of Mold (1838-1840), the refusal by Mr. Mostyn to sanction the use of the mineral raised in the lords' land in the Leeswood furnaces (1839), the winding up of the affairs of the Douglas Smalley & Co. Bank in 1840) (enclosed is a copy of a letter received from Edward Oakeley relating to the renewal of the Coed Talon lease in 1845). (b) Miscellaneous letters and papers including Edw[ar]d Jones's account with the lords of Mold in respect of lead ore and royalties from the Nantmawr colliery and the Coed Talon colliery and iron works in 1825; a letter from John Maughan, Birmingham, to [ ], 1830 (an agreement with the lords of Mold concerning minerals) (copy); proposals put by Mr. Oakeley and Mr. Wells to the lords of Mold with regard to a new lease of [ Coed Talwrn] coal and iron works (copy); a letter from J. Boydell, Trevallyn Hall, to [ ], 1829 (mineral matters in the manor of Mold) (copy); a letter from Edward Oakeley, Coed Talon, to Edward Jones, Spon Green, 1832 (enclosing an account of royalties due to the lords of Mold in respect of Coed Talon iron and coal works, 1830-1831); a letter from Rob[er]t Williams, Mold, to Col[onel] Howard, Brook Park, Northop, 1840 (the winding up of the affairs of the Douglas and Smalley [Bank]); proposals by Mr. Oakeley to the lords of Mold for extending or renewing the leases of the Coed Talon and Leeswood mining properties, 1844-1845; a letter from Cha[rle]s B[layney] Trevor Roper, Dudley, to Rob[er]t Williams, Mold, 1845 (a renewal of a lease to Mr. Oakley) (addressed to Rev[eren]d Doctor Howard, Llanrhaiadr, Denbigh) (copy); and accounts of royalties due in respect of minerals in the lordship of Mold in 1845 and 1858.