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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.
4 - Charitable including begging and thank you letters, subscriptions etc.
5 - Legal including documents relating to W.J. Parry
6 - Political
1 - Envelope containing correspondence between Lord Penrhyn and W. Bulkeley Hughes of Plas Coch, Anglesey relating to negative comments made by Bulkeley Hughes in relation to Lady Penrhyn's role in the election campaign, which were reported in the Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald
2 - Box file of correspondence relating to the election of 1874, mainly letters of support for George Sholto Douglas Pennant
3 - Box file of correspondence sent to George Sholto Douglas Pennant, mainly relating to the election of 1880. Includes letters of support, letters from the opposition (including Lord Newborough and his campaign for Sir Charles Watkin Williams and a letter from Love Jones Parry stating he will not oppose Pennant) letters of consolation following defeat and letters about constituency matters/the Conservative Party. Box file also includes a) 3 June 1880 Request for help in purchasing a new instrument from a member of the Llanrug Brass band after his was destroyed by stone throwers while playing for Lord Penrhyn in Ebenezer (Deiniolen) b) Nov 1877 Bundle of letters relating to Lord Newborough
4 - Letters to Arthur Wyatt from his father J Wyatt regarding the defeat of George Sholto Douglas Pennant in the election of 1880
5 - Minutes of a meeting of the North Wales Property Defence Association held 4 February 1903
6 - Correspondence between Lord Penrhyn and Kenyon (4th Baron Kenyon) regarding both Unionist and Conservative parties in the elections of 1906. Letters discuss the resolutions of the Unionist Party as well as how to appoint candidates for the election. Lord Penrhyn suggests that with the lowering of the franchise, candidates should be found from amongst the lower classes 'Although I heartily detest the prospect of parliament being filled with men who are the paid servants of their trades unions & taskmasters.'
7 - Letter from Miss Owen, Birnbeck House, Weston Super Mare regarding property defence
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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