XD8/2/3
PART OF LETTER: [W.A. Madocks], Half Moon St., [London] to John [Williams]. Must see that Humphrey Lloyd is seeing to the ditches and fences. Deals with J.W’s suggestion of loose rails instead of gates. Rails might be lost or stolen. As he was leaving Traeth Mawr for Dolgellau he passed a lot of small oak poles near the lime kiln going to Ceunant, belonging to Griffith Thomas’ brother-in-law, Owen, and that he had a great many of the sort at Corsygedall and Griffith Thomas has a great many to dispose of at Ffestiniog belonging to Maurice Wynne; anxious to sell same as he appears to want a market. Should make all the gates they need this spring and raise stone posts from Pen Clogwyn. He thinks J.W. can invent a strong good useful gate without sawing. In England there are many such in use [Diagram]. The land cannot be occupied without them and there will be a much greater loss in delaying occupation than his reasonable considerations. [Formerly W.A. Madocks Letters BJC/ 16 8/3].
Cyngor Gwynedd