| Description | a) Accounts for clearing the left side of the quarry and accompanying letter, 1879
b) Letter of complaint from ship owners at Port Penrhyn regarding the allocation of freight and the steam ship from Liverpool being given priority over the local sail ships, 1884
c) Documents relating to the failing memory of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant and his giving authority to his son (George) to manage his affairs, 1885
d) Newspaper cutting from Liverpool Mercury about disturbances in Bethesda. Headline "The Church in Wales - a Packed Meeting at Bethesda and it's Results", 20 Feb 1885
e) Envelope containing various correspondences relating the disturbances at Bethesda. Letters by Col West, Arthur Wyatt etc. discuss Church Defence League, statements, the use of police and W.J. Parry, 1885
f) Letter regarding tonnage and value of slate, 1885
g) Envelope containing various correspondence between Lord Penrhyn and A. Norris Wyatt, November 1885
h) Letter from E.A Young regarding complaint made by Dunlop about slate quantities and copy of letter from Mr Vivian regarding the same matter. Letter also refers to the dismissal of Morris Davies and the case surrounding it. Also refers to the fact that red slates are in high demand/command high price, 1885
i) Letter from Col Sackville-West regarding the feeling towards Lord Penrhyn in the Quarry and his discussions with Clayton, 15 March 1885
j) Notes in the hand of George Sholto Douglas Pennant, 1885
k) Port Penrhyn notice in the hand of George Sholto Douglas Pennant, 8 February 1886
l) Letter from Port Penrhyn ship owners regarding favouritism shown to John Thomas, Feb 1886
m) Two letters regarding the orders of Roberts Adlard & Co, 1886
n) Correspondence regarding the Dunlop complaint. The letters of E.A. Young also contain information about the management of the quarry, prices of slate, Morris Davies case etc. One letter also discusses Young's health 'I should then have time to see my London Doctor. The latter is absolutely necessary as my head is suffering from great strain upon it.', 1886
o) Application for the post of Harbour Master at Port Penrhyn by Richard Thomas, 1886
p) Letter from Lloyd Carter about obtaining information about the 'Quarry Committee', 1886
q) Letter from Dr Williams, Bryn Meurig, Bethesda (Quarry Hospital Doctor) about the appointment of a new matron, 1887
r) Letter to Lord Penrhyn from E.A Young from Glasgow. Young is soliciting orders there as well as taking a holiday and suggests having a stand at the Great Exhibition in Glasgow in 1888. The stand is estimated to cost £200-300 and Young suggests they build a Swiss chalet clad in Penrhyn slate, 1887 |