| Description | Bundle includes:
a) Bank account statement for Messers Williams & Co, Bankers, Bangor, March 1884
b) Translation of an article from Y Celt, responding to a letter from George Sholto Douglas-Pennant that was translated ('clumsily') and circulated amongst the quarrymen. Article states that it does not condone violent behaviour, but does suggest that the outburst after the Church Defence Meeting in Bethesda was provoked. Article closes with the words 'All the residents of Eryri, and the whole of Wales will anxiously look these next days to see what steps the Penrhyn Quarrymen will take to defend their independence and in so doing keep up the excellent traditions handed to us by our brave fathers who lost rivers of blood on our mountain slopes in battles for their rights.', 24 March 1885
c) Port Penrhyn slate price lists, 1884-1886
d) Statement of Guarantee from the Guarantee & Accident Company re: employment of E.A. Young, 1886
e) Opinion of counsel on payments to be made to servants under the will of Lord Penrhyn (Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant), 1886
f) Correspondence regarding the Slate Quarries bill. Includes letters from Col Sackville West, John Robinson (Talysarn Slate Quarries) and W.J. Parry, 1886
g) Draft article of agreement appointing E.A. Young as principle agent to Lord Penrhyn, 1887
h) Copies of correspondence between E.A. Young and Mr Douglas of the North Wales Chronicle regarding dispute between them regarding a letter of recommendation sent by Mr Douglas regarding a man who he describes as conservative. Mr Young's initial response was 'it is not my practice to do business on a "political" basis'. Correspondence becomes increasingly bitter and sarcastic as dispute lengthens. Further correspondence can be found in PFA/12/34 & PFA/12/35, 1887
i) Letter of apology from E A Young to Lord Penrhyn regarding the dispute with Mr Douglas and enclosed newspaper article on the matter, 2 January 1888
j) Correspondence regarding vacancy at alms houses inn 'Yspytty'. Includes information about the applicants and Order of the Charities Commission, 1889-92
k) Envelope of documents relating to William Lewis Charity, 1901 |