| Description | Bundle includes:
a) Pamphlet 'The Slate Trade of North Wales - Reprints from the North Wales Chronicle of letters which have appeared during the last twelve months'. Pamphlet includes letters discussing selling slates (Port Penrhyn) and wages in connection to Penrhyn & Vaynol quarries, 1883
b) Letter from A. Young regarding slate sales/accounts and Mr Wyatt, 11 Dec 1885
c) Letter from Barber, Penrallt regarding the 1883 pamphlet The Slate Trade of North Wales, 9 January 1886
d) Report on the repair work needed on the Penrhyn Estate. Gives overview of properties on the estate and maintenance costs for estate farms, cottages with no land, fences etc. as well as the Castle. States that in 1887 the estate had 727 farms and 1830 cottages with no land, 1887
e) Affidavit of H. Wyndham Carter, Earl of Wynchcombe, c. 1888
f) Correspondence between Lord Penrhyn and E.A. Young regarding investment in a steam ship for slate transportation, 1893
g) Letter from a Water {sic} Hughes regarding miss-management of the quarry. Envelope has Libellous written on the front, 1896
h) Translation of a letter published in Y Faner ac Amserau Cymru written by Bethesdaite, 25 November 1896
i) Letter from H. Vincent re partnership agreement.
j) Anonymous letter regarding favouritism given to steam ship over sail ships in Port Penrhyn, 19 March 1896
k) Letter of apology from D. Pritchard, Brynderwen, Bethesda to Lord Penrhyn regarding 'Bethesdaite' letter, 5 Dec 1896
l) Translation of a leader and letter from Y Baner ac Amserau Cymru and translation of an excerpt from 'A Description of Welsh Life - Social and Public Chapter XXX11 The Workmen of Wales and the new conciliation act'. Both discuss the new conciliation act, and the former provides quite a balanced view of the current Penrhyn dispute.
m) Envelope of Warehorne vouchers, 1890-97
n) Envelope of documents relating to the Dr William Lewis charity, 1898
o) Letter regarding Ellis o'r Nant and the Post Mistresses of Betws-y-Coed, 1899
p) Couple of hand written notes, one regarding diary entries and one relating to wagons and flanges, n.d. |