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PFA - Penrhyn Castle Further Additional
1 - Early deeds
2 - Deeds post 1800
3 - Bundles of deeds
4 - Rentals
5 - Jamaica
6 - Maps and plans
7 - Surveys, valuations and inventories
8 - Post 1800 Correspondence
1 - Estate including county matters
2 - Slate trade including Penrhyn Quarry, Port Penrhyn, Strike etc.
3 - Household including chattels, provisions, staff etc.
1 - Letter from Lithographic Establishment, Gate Street regarding drawings on stones
2 - Report of the analysis of water samples taken from Penrhyn Castle provided by the Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine
3 - Small bundle of correspondence relating to Penrhyn Castle management including two envelopes of letters relating to wine and letters giving character for Mr Barnad, who applied for the post of Head Gamekeeper in 1903
4 - Letter relating to a trilobite purchased by Lord Penrhyn.
5 - Letter from J. Williams to Lady Penrhyn regarding plans for large and small Dining Rooms.
6 - Letter detailing how to find the various keys required to open the strong room
7 - Two envelopes giving character of applicants for posts working with horses. One envelope is in relation to the application of Charles Coll and the other Julian Chandler.
8 - Letter from Dr Hofstede de Groot (former director of the Print Room at the Rijksmuseum and Rembrandt expert) requesting permission to photograph the Rembrandt for a complete edition of Rembrandts works. Refers to the fact that the Rembrandt is currently on display at Burlington House
9 - Letter regarding the loan of the Rembrandt to an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts
10 - Letter from Horace Buttery regarding the need to transfer the painting of St Luke and the Virgin
11 - Letter from Walter Armstrong to Lord Penrhyn
12 - Letter from Edward Poynter (Royal Academy of Art) suggesting that the Rembrandt be restored while in London. Describes the painting as being in a 'dangerous' condition and suggests that Dyer at the academy work on it
13 - Letter from Buttery (painting restorer) regarding the Rembrandt
14 - Letter from Walter Armstrong to Lord Penrhyn
15 - Letter requiring further information about painting of 1st Baron Penrhyn by Romney
16 - Letter with sales details of 2 gilt console tables with marble tops. Includes accompanying sketch
17 - Correspondence from F. A. Hughes to Lady Penrhyn regarding the 'Bangor Sketches by W. Pickering' Two letters, one of which thanks Lady Penrhyn for the loan of the pictures, and one which requests permission to copy some of them. Both letters make reference to Lady Penrhyn receiving news from the front in South Africa
18 - Letter from St John's College, Cambridge and two sketches of a portrait of John Williams with 'Picture at Hovingham' written underneath
19 - Letter from Durlacher Bros. relating to arrangements for a cabinet maker to repair furniture and list of work carried out
20 - Envelope of correspondence relating to an ormolu candlestick bought from a Mr Tanner, alleged to have connections with Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
21 - Letter from Alice Douglas Pennant to Lord Penrhyn regarding a Dieric Bouts painting lent to an exhibition in Bruges.
22 - Letter from E.C. Clayton containing list of wine belonging to Lord Penrhyn at Stratford House, Newmarket. Letter mentions libel case against the Licensed Victuallers Mirror
23 - Letter from John Sparks of Japanese Fine Art Depot regarding scrum. Remarks that while he has seen many Chinese scrums of a similar nature, he has never seen a finer one. Thinks it probably part of a twelvefold scrum originally
4 - Charitable including begging and thank you letters, subscriptions etc.
5 - Legal including documents relating to W.J. Parry
6 - Political
7 - Financial
8 - Personal and family correspondence
9 - Leisure including horse racing, hunting etc.
10 - Mixed bundles
11 - Miscellaneous
9 - Post 1800 Printed Material (including translations of printed items)
10 - Post 1800 Financial Papers including accounts, vouchers, cash books etc.
11 - Post 1800 Legal documents
12 - Post 1800 Mixed bundles
13 - Post 1800 Miscellaneous
14 - Estate Administration
15 - Penrhyn Quarry
16 - Politics and electioneering
17 - Personal
18 - Patronage
19 - Events
20 - Printed material
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