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  • This tobacco pouch was embroidered for Daniel Owen by Miss Annie Edwards and given to him when he was appointed a Justice of the Peace.
Embroidered tobacco pouch presented to Daniel Owen when he was appointed a Justice of the Peace [image 1 of 2]
  • Colonel Pennant writes to Lord Newborough to inform him of the riotous proceedings which have taken place in Bangor. The disturbance which took place had its origins in Penmaen-mawr where a dispute had occurred between the Welsh and the Irish railway workers.
Letter from Colonel G. W. Pennant to Lord Newborough, regarding riotous proceedings in Bangor, May 1846 [image 1 of 7]
  • This letter was sent to Lord Newborough from James V. Vincent and the Rev. Hugh Price, the chairmen of the Caernarfonshire Quarter Sessions, in May 1846. They write to inform Lord Newborough that they were forced to send to Chester for a detachment of troops because of the 'riotous proceedings' originating in Penmaen-mawr. While they were sitting in Petty Sessions, some 300 or 400 railway navigators [navvies] had attempted to rescue a prisoner who had been charged of assaulting an Irishman.
Letter from James V. Vincent and Rev. Hugh Price to Lord Newborough, regarding the riot at Penmaen-mawr, May 1846 [image 1 of 4]
  • Transcription: 'That the meeting wishes to ascertain when the Tolls at the Water Street Gate were increased from 1½ for a horse load of Lime & Coal to 4½ for Coal and 2½ for Lime. The proper charge is 2¼. The advanced complained of - That it is unjust that the parishes should contribute to the repairs of the road and pay the gates. That it is the thorough conviction of the meeting that the abuse that has taken place in the use of the money of the Trust and the increase of the Tolls has been the sole cause of the disturbances and that if the Toll was reduced and a proper account rendered, that every farmer in the parishes of Conwill, Abernant, Newchurch, Treleach ...'
Statement of Rebecca's demands and complaints in the form of draft resolutions, n.d. [page 1 of 2]
Appointment of John Frost to Commission of the Peace, Newport (Monmouthshire), 1836
Embroidered tobacco pouch presented to Daniel Owen when he was appointed a Justice of the Peace [image 2 of 2]