An autograph letter, 29 May 1813, from the Rev. Thomas Charles, Bala, to Joseph T[regelles] Price, Neath Abbey, concerning Charles's work preparing a new edition of the Welsh Bible for publication by the British and Foreign Bible Society (i.e. Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, Sef yr Hen Destament a'r Newydd (London, 1814, Libri Walliae 401)) and his frustration at the relative paucity of Sunday Schools in South Wales, in particular Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Breconshire.
The letter was printed in full in D. E. Jenkins, The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles, B.A., of Bala, 3 vols (Denbigh, 1908), III, pp. 476-478.
Thomas Charles letter to Joseph T. Price
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 24045F, f. 38.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) 991115326602419
- Dates of Creation
- 29 May 1813
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English English.
- Physical Description
- 1 f. (formerly folded as two leaves)
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Acquisition Information
Eleri Davies; Sheffield (formerly of Abergwesyn, Llanwrtyd); Donation (with NLW ex 3050); May 2021; 991115326602419.
Note
Title based on contents.
Custodial History
'This … letter ... was written to my relative J. T. Price. F. J. Gibbins, Neath' (in ink on label affixed to last page of letter, now f. 38); Frederick Joseph Gibbins (1832-1907) of Neath was the son of Rebecca B. Gibbins (née Tregelles), a first cousin of Joseph Tregelles Price. F. J. Gibbins's son Frederick William Gibbins (1861-1937) loaned the letter to the 1909 Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition (see Guide to the Church Congress and Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition held in Swansea, October 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, 1909 (London, 1909), p. 119; cf. the label ('Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition 70A') on NLW ex 3050). It was inherited by Frederick's son Bevington Rhys Gibbins (1903-1977), Llanwrtyd, who gave it to the donor's father, an employee of his.
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