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Correspondence with Wyndham Lewis, together with related notes, concerning his biography of James Boswell, the biographer of Dr Johnson.

Wyndham Lewis to W. & J. Powell. Requesting a stay of proceedings in the case brought against him by the B. & A. Canal Co. for non-payment of calls.

Wyndham Lewis to Powell & Jones. Requesting copy of a notice to quit from the Marquis of Bute to the Dowlais Co.

Wyndham Lewis to Messrs Powell. Mainly concerning B & A Canal share calls, offers to sell shares in B. & A. and Aberdare Canals, etc.

Wyndham Lewis to Jones & Powell. Concerning his nephew's articles to the firm of Jones & Powell, and containing references to the suit between Blakemore and the Glamorganshire Canal and to the 'Dowlais business'.

Wyndham Lewis to John Powell. Promising to remit arrears of calls due to the B. & A. Canal Co. at the end of the following month.

Wyndham Lewis to [John Jones]. Stating that the Chancellor had refused to grant an injunction to stop the Carno tramroad, but had reserved an order for the following Friday, if it should turn out that the Dowlais Company had no right to use the road and were enabled by it to work a greater quantity of iron stone granted by the lease of 1752 to Herbert Moses than they otherwise would; also states that the motion of Blakemore against Guest and the Canal Comittee had been discharged with costs.

Wyndham Lewis to John Jones. Reference to an ejectment suit by Bute to recover a colliery held by Forman, the production of leases at the trial, etc.

Wyndham Lewis to John Jones. Discussing the conveyance of lands called Gwernllwyn in Merthyr Tydvil, on which his nieces, Miss Catherine Williams, who was about to be named, and her sister had charges of £1000 each.

Wyndham Lewis to John Jones. Concerning the purchase of Sir Charles Morgan's lease of minerals at Dowlais and as to the taking of counsel's opinion about powers of underletting in a lease from Morgan in 1787.

Wyndham Lewis to John Jones. Concerning litigation between the Marquis of Bute and the Dowlais Company and points at issue such as whether lands called Wayn Waters, was part of the common, the validity of the lease of mines from the Dowlais to the Penydarran Company, including the aforesaid lands, and discussing Bute's proposals to continue supplying the 12 Dowlais furnaces at the present rent for the duration of the term and afterwards to grant a sufficient supply for 77 years on condition that the remainder of the minerals were given up to him to lease out, granting a moiety of the rents to the Dowlais Company on the new takings.

Wyndham Lewis to John Jones. Asking him to come to Dowlais for consultation, and referring to answers which he and Guest intended to put in to a new bill against them.

Wyndham Lewis to J. Jones. Outlining the circumstances of the case between Moses and Guest, in which Moses filed a bill in Chancery against Guest to compel specific performance of a contract to lease a colliery; Guest compromised the suit, but never received any rent from Moses; in the circumstances he thought it proper to retain the costs in view of the £300 owing to him for rent (see 2355).

Wyndham Lewis of Lanishen to Powell. Stating that two executions against him in respect of Taitt for £89.16.6 and of the B. & A. Canal Co. for £36.2.0 had reached the Sheriff's Office after he had sent Powell remittances of £60 and £40.

Wyndham Lewis of Lanishen to John Powell. Asking him to delay a suit against him for non-payment of B. & A. Canal calls.