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Letter from Hugh Williams, lawyer from Carmarthen, to William Chambers. He expresses his regrets at the recent attacks by Rebecca. Williams, who was known to have strong connections with the Chartist movement, came to be regarded by many as the 'instigator and undiscovered leader of the Rebecca Movement'.
Description by Evan D. Jones:
'He [Hugh Williams] regretted acutely the excessive goings on and particularly the outrages which had been committed on the recipients of property. He had not the incentives alluded and every consideration of interest and of humanity induced him to hope and to exert himself to stem the torrent that seemed to threaten the country'.
Source: Evan D. Jones, 'A File of "Rebecca" Papers', The Carmarthen Antiquary: The Transactions of the Carmarthen Antiquarian Society and Field Club, Vol. I (3 & 4), 1943 & 1944, 29.
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