Howell family correspondence,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 12565D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004957262
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1885-1888 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Forty-one holograph and autograph letters, copies of letters, and telegrams, exchanged between the brothers Abram [sic], David, and Evan Howell, including letters from A[bram] Howell to David Howell, 1885 (5) (financial matters involving the writer, the recipient, and their brother Evan) (carbon copies), and Evan Howell, St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1888 (5) (financial matters) (carbon copies); from D[avid] Howell, Aberdovey and Llandrindod, to Abram Howell, 1885-1888 (7) (financial matters, their brother Evan's business affairs, mention of colliery shares and of Barry docks), and Evan Howell, 1885 (2) (recipient's business affairs) (carbon copies); and from Evan Howell, London, to Abram Howell, 1885-1888 and undated (20 + 2 telegrams) (financial matters in connection with the writer's silk manufacturing business in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, comments on the state of the trade, mention of the 'good trade dying out by mere freak of fashion', and of 'the Spitalfields weavers 30,000 of them dying out or gone to the work-house').

Note

Title based on contents.

Formerly known as A. Stanley Davies 8.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 12565D.

Additional Information

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