of Literature, 1802, an authorised account of the Literary Fund. On his return he issued one or two anonymous political tracts, showing, it is said, a diminished confidence in revolutionary methods. His authorship of some anonymous publications is doubtful. On internal evidence he is credited with Egeria, 1803, intended as a first volume of a periodical devoted to political economy. His pecuniary resources failed him. He had suffered from paralytic attacks, and had a severe stroke in 1811, from which time his faculties declined. He was invited to take up his abode in the house of the Literary Fund, 36 Gerrard Street, Soho, and there he remained till his death, regularly attending the society's meetings. At a special meeting of the general committee, held without Williams's knowledge on 25 July 1815, it was resolved to offer him £50 every six months, as evidence of the committee's 'attachment to the first principles of their society'. Only one instalment was paid before his death on 29 June 1816. A second instalment was handed to his niece and housekeeper, Mary Watkins. On 6 July he was buried in St Anne's Church, Soho, where there is a brief inscription to his memory. His will, dated 16 July 1814, left his papers to his executors, Richard Yates and Thomas Wittingham; his other property went to his niece and housekeeper, Mary Watkins (died 5 February 1845), who moved from Gerrard Street to Lower Sloane Street, and afterwards to King's Road, Chelsea. A memorial to Williams was erected in 1911 in the park adjoining Caerphilly Castle, now named David Williams Park. It was listed Grade II in 1999. Works Treatise on Education (1774) A Liturgy on the Universal Principles of Religion and Morality (1776) Letters on Political Liberty (1782) History of Monmouthshire (1796) References Attribution External links 1738 births 1816 deaths People from Caerphilly County Borough Welsh Congregationalist ministers 18th-century Congregationalist ministers 19th-century Congregationalist ministers Welsh theologians Welsh philosophers 18th-century Welsh historians 18th-century British philosophers 18th-century British male writers 18th-century Welsh educators 19th-century British philosophers 19th-century Welsh writers Burials at St Anne's Church, Soho