Papers of Dr John Thomas, Liverpool

Scope and Content

A book of sermons belonging to John Thomas, 1840, which includes a list of his preaching appointments, along with the subject of his sermons and payments received.

A letter written by Dr John Thomas to Mr Edward Owen, 184 Faulkner Street, Liverpool, providing information regarding the English Congregationalists of North Wales, 1872.

Photograph of Dr John Thomas.

Administrative / Biographical History

Dr John Thomas, 1821-1892, was a Congregational minister, a politician and a historian. Born in Holyhead, Anglesey, his family moved to Bangor in 1827 and he became an apprentice cobbler.

Whilst in Liverpool he became a member of the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in Bedford Street, but he soon returned to Wales and changed denomination, becoming a Congregationalist.

From 1854 until his death in 1892, he was the minister for Great Crosshall Street Chapel in Liverpool.

Arrangement

Incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts

Access Information

Open to all users.

Note

Description compiled by Elen Wyn Hughes, June 2003.

Other Finding Aids

A typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference numbers : General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts 87, 13862 and 34562

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright conditions apply. Reprographics are made at the discretion of the Archivist.