Newport Chartists Vol.15, p.27

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[top right corner] 27
Nant y Glo _____24th Nov 1839

Thomas Bowen lives at Nant y Glo
a puddler knows Isaac Tippins
of Nant y Glo Tailor. He lodged
in my House about 12 Mos
was a very steady man and paid
his way till he joined the Chartists
Since which he used to be absent
a Week & 10 Days at a time. Wanted
___________________Chartist
me often to go in the ^ Lodges I wod
not He gave me a Card
the Friday before the Sunday
night they started he said he
was a Captn over 10. I saw the
names of 10 upon a piece
of paper in his possession
He said Sat- y Eve-ing I must
take my a Card take a shilling
for a Pike
^ and go down to Z Williams
___________ I said I cod not
to meet.
get any money my Wife had
locked the Cupboard - He said I shod
_______________________________go

[written in top left margin
alongside a vertical line by lines 3-7 of text]
ZW
asd them
to put
Bread &
Cheese
in their
Pock/e/ts

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and if I did not go it wod be the worst
for me. I did not want to go . He said
I should - I wanted to stay back & said
I had burnt my foot he said
I shod go & I went down

and Jno Woods they went to the
[?]road & consd & that there was
something wrong & wod not
go in Tippins said his Brother
Tippins
I
went in Sat- y night the Room
was full as it wod hold
I saw Z. Williams he was
speaking [*] about the Charter
shod be the Law of the Land
the number of Soldiers
in Wales that if they were
to hold tog-r the soldiers
wo d be nothing & wod not

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Stand before them. He talked about
them meeting Sunday Eve-ng & he
would let them Know the time that
was app:d I did not hear any one
else speak if they did not go they shod
have their Blood shed & Vincent
sho d be free & that those who put
____Edwards & the others
Vincent ^ in sho d be put in their
places - Those present would get
up & say Amen which I understood
to be yes. I did not stop long Tippins
took me down ^ again Sunday night
I asked Tippins if he was going
to take any thing he said no he did
______________________Mountain
expect to have it on the
I went to Z. W. House Sunday
________________________A Man who
night he was speaking ^ spoke
before Z.W. said they were to
prepare their Spikes &c & be ready.
Z.W. said he did not think they
wo d be wanted as their numbers
wo d frighten the people & he did
not think the soldiers wo d fire
upon them but not to come without

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weapons. Z W & the man who spoke
charged us all not to come without
Arms. Tippett told me I need not bring
any thing as there would be plenty
of weapons on the Mountain.
Z. W. told them to meet nearthe Chapel
on the Mountain that there would
be a great many thousands to
meet them. I did not go I went
to chapel. Z.W. s d there sho d be spies
to watch every one who was left
behind at Beauford Waun y l...gg[*]
Blaina & other places Z.W. s d those who
were left behind may live a little
while but they sho d die like Dogs
Tippetts told me his Brother was to
be a spy. After they started Sunday
night and on Monday I saw Tippins
Brother near my garden. I was much
frightened. Tippins told me
the reason they did not get their
Spears Sat-y was that the men might
get drunk & shew them about
the place on Sunday & that they
were to be given out on the

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The Mark of
X
Thos Bowen

[* Beaufort and ?Waun Helygen]

[this statement is contd at 15_28_02]