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- [1901x1937]. (Creation)
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Two note-books containing transcripts of, or extracts from, thirty-two miscellaneous letters, 1798-1814 and undated, including letters from R. Banister, Liverpool, to [John] Walker, Chester, 1798, and [ ], 1798- 1800 (2); [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles from Bala, Denbigh, and [Spa Fields, London], to Mary Stringer, Abbey Green, Chester, 1802-[1805] (3), [? the Stringer family, Chester, 1803], and John Walker, Chester, 1803-[1810] ( 4); Sarah Charles [wife of the Reverend Thomas Charles], Bala, to [Mary Stringer, Chester], 1803, and [? the Stringer family], 1805; Tho[ma]s Edwards, Liverpool, to James Prescot, Delamere, undated; [the Reverend] Ed[ war]d Griffin, Ipswich, to the Reverend Tho[ma]s Charles, Bala, 1809; [the Reverend] P[hilip] O[liver, Chester], to [John] Walker [? 1800] (3); [the Reverend] Robert Pugh, Weston, Hawkstone, to [Mrs. Richards, Chester], 1814, and [John Walker, Chester], 1814; Robert Saunderson, Bala, to [John] Walker, Bersham, near Wrexham, 1803; [the Reverend] W[alter] Shirley, [curate of] Orlingbury, to John Walker, Chester, 1800, and [ ], 1800; [Mary Stringer, Chester] to [the Reverend Thomas Charles, 1805]; and Jonathan Wilcoxon, Chester, to John Walker, Bersham, near Wrexham, ?1802- 1805 (8). The letters are largely personal in nature (news of the writer, his family, and acquaintances, religious reflections), but several refer to the churches [of the Philip Oliver connexion] in Chester and the vicinity. Other matters referred to include sermons preached by [the Reverend Thomas] Kelly at Bala, Corwen, and Llangollen [1810], and Mr. Kelly's religious views (No. 4), Robert Saunderson's move to Bala to set up [Thomas Charles's] printing press there in 1803 (No. 13), the death of the Reverend Thomas Charles and his wife in 1814 (No. 23), etc.
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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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English.
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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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Formerly known as D. E. Jenkins 80.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12810B.
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- Charles, Thomas, 1755-1814 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Walker, John, Chester -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Oliver, Philip, 1764?-1800 (Subject)
- Kelly, Thomas, 1769-1854. (Subject)
- Saunderson, Robert, 1780-1863 (Subject)
- Charles, Thomas, 1755-1814 -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Charles, Sarah, 1753?-1814 -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Banister, R. (Subject)
- Walker, John, Chester (Subject)
- Charles, Thomas, 1755-1814 (Subject)
- Charles, Sarah, 1753?-1814 (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas, Liverpool (Subject)
- Stringer, Mary, Chester (Subject)
- Prescot, James (Subject)
- Griffin, Edward, 1752-1840 (Subject)
- Oliver, Philip, 1763-1800. (Subject)
- Pugh, R. (Robert), 1749-1825 (Subject)
- Saunderson, Robert, 1780-1863 (Subject)
- Shirley, Walter, 1725-1786. (Subject)
- Wilcoxon, Jonathan (Subject)
- Stringer family, Chester (Subject)