Henllan Manuscripts

Scope and Content

This collection comprises in the main of the diaries, notebooks and other papers of Thomas Morgan.

Administrative / Biographical History

Thomas Morgan (1720-1799), Independant minister, was born near Groeswen, Eglwysilan. His papers and journals, described here, are an invaluable source of information relating to Dissension and Methodism in Wales during the second half of the 18th century.

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 5452-5473.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Walter Jenkin Evans, principal of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, 1924.

Note

Thomas Morgan (1720-1799), Independant minister, was born near Groeswen, Eglwysilan. His papers and journals, described here, are an invaluable source of information relating to Dissension and Methodism in Wales during the second half of the 18th century.

Other Finding Aids

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).

Archivist's Note

October 2005.

This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951); Lloyd, Sir J. E., Jenkins, R. T., Davies, Sir W. Ll. (eds): Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Aberystwyth, 1953).

Custodial History

Formerly in the possession of Walter Jenkin Evans (1856-1927), principal of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen.

Additional Information

Published