GB 0221 WDAAK Anglesey County Record Office/Arch if dy Ynys Mon This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 43894 The National Archives PAPURAU MONA LODGE 1785 - 1900 Rhoddwyd y casgliad hwn ar adnau yn Archifdy Llangefni yn Ebrill 1988 gan Mrs Marion Arthur Jones, 18 Winchester Ave., Penylan, Caerdydd. Bu'r adneuwraig yn cartrefu ym Mona Lodge, Amlwch gyda'i rhieni Mr Thomas Arthur Jones a Mrs Agnes Arthur Jones. This collection was deposited in the Llangefni Area Record Office in April 1988 by Mrs Marion Arthur Jones, 18 Winchester Avenue, Penylan, Cardiff, and formerly of Mona Lodge, Amlwch. Gweler hefyd PAPURAU MONA LODGE WDAP a roddwyd ar adnau gan Mr a Mrs T.W.R. Jones. See also MONA LODGE PAPERS WDAP deposited by Mr and Mrs T.W.R. Jones. (j^A 33501) Catalogwyd gan Archifydd dan hyfforddiant Elizabeth D. Wilson Catalogued by Trainee Archivist Marc Catalog : WDAAK Catalogue Mark PAPURAU MONA LODGE. II MONA LODGE PAPERS. II Gwasanaeth Archifau Gwynedd Archifdy Rhanbarthol Llangefn 1990 Gwynedd Archives Service Llangefni Area Record Office CYNNWYS CONTENTS 1. Accounts and Bargain Sheets 1 ­ 30 2. Court Cases and Depositions 31 ­ 41 Roe & Co. v. Earl of Uxbridge 3. Letters (i) Mines and Shipping 42 ­ 318 (ii) Personal, including R.N.L.I. 319 ­ 429 & Conservative Party 4. Memos 430 ­ 503 5. Telegrams and Notes 504 ­ 535 6. Miscellaneous Business Papers 536 ­ 551 7. Postcards, Mostly Business 552 ­ 579 8. Receipts (i) Mines and Shipping 580 ­ 663 (ii) Personal and Tythe Rental . 664 ­ 707 9. Brewery and Gasworks (i) Correspondence . 708 ­ 747 (ii) Receipts 748 ­ 814 10. Miscellaneous 815 ­ 845 1. ACCOUNTS AND BARGAIN SHEETS. 1. 1786 - 1798 ACCOUNT BOOK of returns of the Proprietors of the Mona Mine Co. to the Earl of Uxbridge and Thomas Williams Esq. 2. 1787 Jan 1 - April 1 ACCOUNT of workmen's wages (in very poor condition) 3. 1787 Jan 1 - April 1 ACCOUNT FORM: workmen's wages, Amlwch Port. (in poor condition) 4. 1787 Sept. 30 ­ ACCOUNT LEDGER of Mona Mine. .1788 Sept. 30. 5. 1789 Dec. 31 ACCOUNT of ores shipped from the Port of Amlwch for last 3 quarters and account of remittances paid to Messrs. Croft & Co. and mine expenses for the same time. ENCLOSED: Sheet of paper marked Report of ores shipped 1788/9. (2 items) 6. 1790 March 31 ACCOUNT of money paid to Amlwch Port labourers for weighing the ore and pounding samples. 7. 1790 July 17 LETTER: John Price [agent], Mona Lodge, to Stephen Metcalf Esq. sending an account of ores shipped from the Port of Amlwch. Also giving accounts of remittances mad( to Messrs. Drummond & Co. for the Mona Mine Co. ATTACHED: the above account of ores. (2 items) 8. 1790 June 30 - DEED of ore shipped from the Sept. 30 Port of Amlwch. ENDORSED: NOTE: as above, Wm. J Sanderson, Uxbridge House. 9. 1790 Dec. 31 ­ ACCOUNT of ore shipped from the 1791 March 31 Port of Amlwch and remittances made to Messrs. Crofts & Co. for Lord Uxbridge. 10. 1791 Jan. 11 LETTER: John Price [agent], Mona Lodge to William Parry Esq. sending an account of exports for the last quarter. An account of bills drawn and remittances made of the Mona Mine Co. and explaining the apparent differences. ATTACHED: the above account. 11. 1791 March 31 - ACCOUNT of ore shipped from the June 30 Port of Amlwch. 12. 1791 Dec. 31 ACCOUNT of ore shipped from the Port of Amlwch. ENDORSED: NOTE: as above. 13. 1793 Nov. 16 ACCOUNT of subsistence paid to underground workmen at Mona Mine. £275. 11s. 6d. ENDORSED: as above. 14. 1793 Dec. ACCOUNT of subsistence paid to the (under) ground workmen, signed (Jonas) Roose. (in poor condition) 15 1795 March 31 ACCOUNT of cash written off from the Mona Mine Co. dead stock. (in poor condition) 7 16. 1807 April ­ ACCOUNT LEDGER: abstracts of 1809 March 31 weekly statements of accounts with Messrs. Devaynes & Co. The Old Stanley, The New Stanley, The Parys Mine, The Old Mona, The New Mona, Lougher Colliery, Liverpool Old Warehouse. (in very poor condition, damp, damaged) 17. 1815 April 1 ­ ACCOUNT of oats winnowed at 1817 April 25 Parys. ENDORSED: Account of horses died at Parys and stock at Parys Farm and Parys Lodge (1815 March, 1816 March/. 18. 1823 June 29 ­ ACCOUNT BOOK of workmen's wages Nov. 28 at the Marquis of Anglesey's smelting works, [loose pages]. 19. 1829 April - June ACCOUNT BOOK of copper mined by workmen. (4 pages, in very poor condition) 20. 1829 Oct. - Dec. BARGAIN SHEETS: 2 pages from an account book. (in poor condition) 21. 1832 July 21 ­ ACCOUNT BOOK of pensions paid to 1839 March 23 miners and miners1 widows. 22. 1833 Jan. 28 LETTER: [J Treweek] Mona Lodge to John Sanderson Esq. that he took Mr Scott over the ground proposed for the railway and it appeared good. (The cost?) would be around 3,000, 1/3 in labour. They can use their own workmen. He has told Scott to call at Plas Newydd and he will supply al l the information. (in poor condition, badly faded) 23. 1846 April - August BARGAIN SHEETS: tallys of men working ore in kiln No. 17. (3 sheets). 24. 1847 Nov. 3 ­ BARGAIN SHEET: kiln 23 1848 Jan. 6 (3 pages) 25. n.d BARGAIN SHEET: kiln 23. 26. n.d. BARGAIN SHEET: particulars of kiln 17. Each man's tally marked. 27. 1848 Jan. 11 - March 6 BARGAIN SHEETS: for kiln No. 24 28. 1848 Jan. 1 - May 6 BARGAIN SHEET: for kiln No. 24. 29. n.d. PARTICULARS of kiln 24. 30. 1896 Aug. 21 ­ ACCOUNT LEDGER of sales made 1898 July 20 from Parys Mine, Mona Mine, Paint Mill and Gas Works. 2. COURT CASES AND DEPOSITIONS Roe & Co. v. Earl of Uxbridge. 31. 1785 DEPOSITION as to remembering meetings between Mr. Roe's agent Mr. Bayan Hodgeson and Lord Uxbridge's agent Mr. Harrison. Complications re. rent and damages not paid. (2 pages, in poor condition) 32. 1786 COPY, ORDER OF COURT: for the inspection of the mine by the defendant (Lord Uxbridge) and that the plaintiff [Chas. Roe & Co.?] shall not willfully cause or allow water to be present and thus stop due investigation. The defendant shall give the plaintiff a week's notice of the names, addresses and professions of those persons intending to come on to the premises. 33. 1819 Sept. 18 LETTER: Francis Mascall [solicitor] giving his opinion that the Earl of Anglesey cannot be sued for paying the whole bil l for coals from Kenross Colliery to Mr. George Bowser, instead of reserving 3/4 for G.B.'s partners Messrs. Foster, Bonner and Gaunt as the notice they gave him stated. ENDORSED: i) Statement that the above is councillor's opinion, John Radcliffe, New Inn. ii) Letter from Thomas Foster, Charles Bonner and Thomas Gaunt to George Bowser that they are terminating al l concerns with him by the 22 inst. 15 May 1819. 34. 1852 Jan. 6 MEMORANDA by the late Mr. J Treweek of the abandoned workings at Cerrig y bliddiau, Mona Mines for Mr. J H Treweek. II 34. (Continued) APPENDED: i) copied 9 Jan. 1852 ii) copied 3 Aug. 1860 for Mona Mine Office. (4 pages) 35. n.d. DEPOSITION: (incomplete) The deponent took down the evidence given to the referees in writing and believes it correct. When he was absent either Mr. Goodman or the clerk of Mr. Oliver, the secretary to the referees, took down the evidence. This deponent ordered a copy of the evidence to be sent to Mr. Williams. Before leaving Oswestry he asked to compare his minutes with those of Mr. Oliver, (but was refused?). After the lease was questioned the cases on both sides should be read. Mr. Leigh, agent for the defence objected to the plaintiffs knowing his case. The deponent believed the defence's case had much matter that was not at issue in this case. Mr. Leigh said that all matters in difference between the parties should be referred. (3 Pages) [The case between Sir Nicholas Bayley, Plas Newydd and Roe & Co.]. 36. n.d. FRAGMENT of a miner's rememberances of the conditions in a mine. The amount of copper and the fact that there were only two pillars instead of four making i t unsafe. He remembered a roof fall. (in very poor condition) K, 37. n - d ­ DEPOSITION of Thomas Williams of Llanidan about Mr Roe's workmen blasting and causing a fall in the neighbouring mine. Statement for the case between Lord Uxbridge and Mr Roe. (2 pages) 38. n.d. FRAGMENT of an account of Copper ore raised. 39. n.d. DESCRIPTION of the amount and grade of copper in a mine and the manner of working it . Talking of the Birke Load and the Trau' Gott Lodge. (2 pages in very poor condition). 40. 1812 DOCUMENT re. a sale by Mr. Treweek. (in very poor condition) 41. 1827 Dec. 19 LETTER: John Sanderson, Plas Newydd to Mr. Treweek asking his opinion of the plans for a railway between the pool and the smelting house coal yard for the mines. The plans are Mr. Jones' REPLY: Treweek says he is not a railway expert but he feels that one should be called in. (in poor condition) 3. LETTERS. (i) MINES AND SHIPPING. 15 42. 1886 Dec. 31. LETTER: J. Hughes, Mona Lodge, Amlwch sending the account book for ochres to paint Mill. An account of dynamite delivered from Parys Magazine and the IS , B[est] W[ashed] native [ochre] it being loaded for Marsden.