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- 1857-1871 (Creation)
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34 ff. Guarded and filed
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Donated by; Miss Enid Lewis,; Blackheath, London,; 1988
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Thirteen letters in Welsh, c. 1861-1871, from Rees Williams, Sandy Creek, and his brother Thomas Williams, Carisbrook, both in Victoria, Australia, addressed to their cousin Rees Lewis (Ap Tudful, 1804-1886), Merthyr Tudful, printer, publisher and bookseller, together with two letters, 1863, one from Rees Williams to his father Daniel Williams, St Clears, carpenter, the other from John Thomas, St Clears, to Rees Lewis. The letters principally relate to sums of money owed to Rees and Thomas Williams but also include requests to Rees Lewis to send out Welsh hymn-books to Australia. Also included are a letter, 1857, from the Reverend David Charles Davies to ?Rees Lewis and two letters, 1863-1869, from Welsh emigrants in Pennsylvania.
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- Welsh
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Welsh
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22436B
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- Lewis, Rees, Merthyr Tydfil, fl. 1836 NLW MS 22436B, ff. 1-11v, 16-29v, 33 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Williams, Rees, Sandy Creek, Victoria, Australia (c. 1861-1871), NLW MS 22436B, ff. 3, 6-11v, 14, 17-25v -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Williams, Thomas, Carisbrook, Victoria, Australia (c. 1861-1871), NLW MS 22436B, ff. 4, 26-9v, 33 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Lewis, Rees, Merthyr Tydfil, fl. 1836 Letters to (1857-1871), NLW MS 22436B, ff. 1-11v, 16-29v, 33 (Subject)
- Williams, Rees, Sandy Creek, Victoria, Australia Letters from (c. 1861-1871), NLW MS 22436B, ff. 3, 6-11v, 14, 17-25v (Subject)
- Williams, Thomas, Carisbrook, Victoria, Australia Letters from (c. 1861-1871), NLW MS 22436B, ff. 4, 26-9v, 33 (Subject)