Thomas Levi manuscripts,

Papers, 1848-[19 cent, second ½], from the library of Thomas Arthur Levi in the hand of his father, the Rev. Thomas Levi, containing mainly sermons.

Thomas Levi (1825-1916), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor and author, was born in Penrhos, near Ystradgynlais. He began preaching around 1846, ministering at Ystradgynlais, Morriston and Aberystwyth, and continuing in this work until 1910. In 1853 he embarked on a fruitful literary career, publishing thirty original works and translating a total of sixty English books into Welsh. His primary literary achievement was the founding, in 1862, of the children's periodical Trysorfa y Plant, which appeared each month for the next fifty years, Levi himself serving as editor until 1911. His son, Thomas Arthur Levi (1874-1954), was Professor of English Law at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 21808-21810.

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Thomas Levi (1825-1916), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor and author, was born in Penrhos, near Ystradgynlais. He began preaching around 1846, ministering at Ystradgynlais, Morriston and Aberystwyth, and continuing in this work until 1910. In 1853 he embarked on a fruitful literary career, publishing thirty original works and translating a total of sixty English books into Welsh. His primary literary achievement was the founding, in 1862, of the children's periodical Trysorfa y Plant, which appeared each month for the next fifty years, Levi himself serving as editor until 1911. His son, Thomas Arthur Levi (1874-1954), was Professor of English Law at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Title based on contents.

The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).

January 2006 and August 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (London, 1953);

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