File NLW MS 12770B. - Transcripts of letters to the Reverend Thomas Charles, etc.,

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NLW MS 12770B.

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Transcripts of letters to the Reverend Thomas Charles, etc.,

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  • [1901x1937]. (Creation)

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Twelve note-books containing transcripts of, or extracts from, seventy- eight letters including seventy-one addressed to the Reverend Thomas Charles at Bala, London, Milborne Port, Oxford, Queen Camel, and Shepton Beauchamp, by M[ary] Ashwell, Milborne Port, 1784-1788 (4), M. A. Astle [London], undated, W[illia]m Astle, London, 1799, James Bowen, Castle Gorfod, 1793-1795 (3), John Campbell, Edinburgh, 1792, [the Reverend] I[saac] Crouch, Billericay, 1781, Ellis Edward, Penrhos, 1799, [Lady] A[nn] A[gnes] Erskine, Spa Fields, 1794, Cha[rles] Grant, Clapham, 1792, [the Reverend] Edward Griffin, Ipswich, Leicester, Little Harwood, Swansea, and Worcester, 1778-1800 (16), Joseph Hardcastle, London, 1799 (2, with postscripts by G[eorge] Hodson), [the Reverend] T[homas] Haweis [London], 1799-1800 (2), [Selina, countess of Huntingdon], Bath, 1781, Edward Jones, Llynden, 1799 (with a note from the writer's grandson Tho[ma]s Jones added), [the Reverend] W[illia]m Jones, Broxbourn, Enfield, and Jamaica, [17]78-1782 (5), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Lucas, Milborne Port, 1784 (2), A[mbrose] Martin, London, 1799 (2), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Mayor, Salop, 1781, [the Reverend] S. R. Pittard, Westbury, 1792, [the Reverend] R[obert] Pugh, Weston, 1790, [the Reverend] Lewis Richards, Baltimore [America], 1787-1793 (2), John Roberts, Erddreiniog [parish of Tregaean, co. Anglesey], 1799, Rob[er]t Roberts, New York, 1794, [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Scott, London, 1787-1792 (4), Tho[mas] Smith, London, 1799 (2), R[ebecca] Tomkins, London, 1798 (2), [the Reverend] Watts Wilkinson, Hoxton, London, and Winslow, 1778-1784 (6), Sion William, Plasybrain [parish of Llanbedr-goch, co. Anglesey], 1799, W[illia]m Williams, Llandigige [parish of St. David's, co. Pembroke], 1799, and [the Reverend] W[illiam] Williams, St. Ginys, 1787-1792 (2). The other seven include letters to [Sarah] Charles [wife of the Reverend Thomas Charles], Bala, from [Lady] A[nn] A[gnes] Erskine, Spa Fields, 1795, and S[elina, countess of] Huntingdon, Spa Fields, 1789 (2); to Daniel Jones, Liverpool, from his father Rob[er]t Jones, Ty Bwlcyn [parish of Llaniestyn, co. Caernarvon], 1790-1798 (3); and to the Reverend [Philip] Oliver, Chester, from Ch[arle]s Glover, Birmingham, 1799.

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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.

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Usual copyright laws apply.

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English, Welsh.

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The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

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Extracts from, or copies of, most of the letters to Sarah and Thomas Charles (translated into English where the original is in Welsh) have been published in D. E. Jenkins: The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles . . .

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Formerly known as D. E. Jenkins 40.

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The originals of seventy-six of these letters and the copies from which the other two were transcribed are now with the correspondence in the Thomas Charles Edwards Collection of manuscripts and documents amongst the C.M. archives in the National Library of Wales.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12770B.

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Text: NLW MS 12770B.