Letters,

Sixteen holograph letters from J. Lewis, Ashton Vicarage [Bristol], etc., to David Davies, Froodvale, 1822-1835 (money matters and the recipient's management of the writer's two farms Cefntellch and Bryntelich [in Cynwil Gaeo], the writer's engagement as servant of the boy at Nyssau [Ynysau] Gate, the opinion of the writer's brother Thomas Lewis on a claim made against Evan John, a request for a supply of ale to be provided for the writer at Bryntelich, the commission and military service of the writer's son Charles, a gift of rum and gin to the recipient, the death of the recipient's father, specifications of a cottage to be erected for a labourer at Bryntelich, the marriage of the writer's daughter, a proposed reduction in the number of excisemen, rioting in the recipient's neighbourhood, the 'turbulent state' of Carmarthenshire and the Boroughs following the parliamentary elections [of 1832], the birth of a son [John Morgan Davies] to the recipient); and one holograph letter from George Horton, Ashton Vicarage, to [David] Davies, 182[ ] (a change in the political atmosphere with regard to 'our Question') (with an addition by J. Lewis acknowledging the receipt of bills).

Title based on contents.

Formerly known as Behrens 8.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 11767E.

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

Published