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Tune-book, [post 1851], of Thomas Edwards of Leech Castle, [Bonvilston], in the Vale of Glamorgan, containing mainly hymn tunes. Thomas Edwards appeared to have been a deacon of Zoar CM Chapel, Llancarfan/Bonvilston.

Nine letters, 1782-1784, from [the Rev.] E[dward] Owen of Warrington, schoolmaster and translator, to John Blackburne, Chester, mainly concerning points of difficulty in translating Classical Latin authors.
Owen comments on the works of Livy (ff. 1, 3 recto-verso, 5 recto-verso, 7 recto-verso), Horace (ff. 9-10, 12) and Catullus (ff. 12-13, 14-15). He also discusses a variety of subjects including Roman land measurement (f. 1 recto-verso), Roman coins (ff. 1 verso, 3 verso-4), Roman numerals (f. 16) and the arrangement of rowers in Roman ships (ff. 16 verso-17). Although apparently living in Chester at this time, John Blackburne's family owned Orford Hall, near Warrington, and he was elected MP for Lancashire in 1784.

'History and Pedigree of the Prendergast family from their first settlement in Ireland collected and presented to Lord Baron Kiltarton ... 1811'.

A printed circular, 1930, relating to the Sir John Morris-Jones Memorial Fund, with typescript statements, balance sheets, and lists of subscribers, 1934-6.

A minute book, 1900-1908, of the Dinorwic Calvinistic Methodist District Meeting, Caernarvonshire.

An anthology compiled by Basil Roberts-Jones ('Rhys ap Iorwerth'), Cardiff.

A brief account of the origin of the Christ Church English Baptist Church at Gadlys, Aberdare, written by W. Bugent.

The original manuscript of a hymn-tune ('Peri') written by Afan Thomas and awarded the prize at a Briton Ferry eisteddfod, 25 January 1908; with a press cutting of the adjudication by W. J. Evans, Aberdare.

A book of agricultural and household accounts, 1805-19, with accounts of tolls collected in the Mostyn district, 1814-21.

A copy of A Vision of Saints by Sir Lewis Morris, London, 1890, with two autograph letters, by the author, to [Sir] E. Vincent Evans, December 1890.

Papers, 1970-2001, relating to the Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff, established in 1971, including the proposal for an arts centre in Cardiff, original plans for the 'Chapter workshops & centre for the arts', programmes, press cuttings, advertising material relating to events held such as films and art exhibitions and to celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in 2001. The artist Christine Kinsey, the donor, was one of three directors who founded Chapter.

The diary, 1839-1841, of Sarah Pahud (née Walker), daughter of a Dolgellau family and wife of Henri Pahud, a Swiss born Paris businessman. The diary is written in English and French.
Pahud describes her honeymoon tour with her husband through France (English, pp. 1-8), Italy (French, pp. 8-30), Switzerland (French, pp. 31-46) and Germany (French, pp. 46-51), April-June 1839; a journey from Paris to Manchester via Dover and London, October 1839 (French, pp. 52-56); and a visit to her family in Dolgellau, travelling via Paris, London and Chester and returning via Birmingham and London, June-September 1841 (English, pp. 56-96). She also visits friends in Barmouth (pp. 75-79) and Ruthin (pp. 80-87) and describes the consecration service of St David's Chapel, Denbigh, 27 August 1841 (pp. 84-85). There are references to Frédéric Chopin and George Sand, with an eyewitness account of Chopin's perceived state of health, 3 May 1839 (pp. 7-8). There are also a few further miscellaneous memoranda, [1858] (ff. 114, 184).

Account book, containing lists of subscriptions, balance sheets, press cuttings, and other records of the Solva 'Roads of Remembrance', 1919-56.

Fifteen holograph letters, [1830x1831]-1888, apparently brought together as a collection of autographs. They include nine in French from Eugène Sue, the novelist, to Camille Pleyel, the piano manufacturer, mostly personal correspondence, [1830x1851] (ff. 9-26), and one from Mélanie, wife of Metternich, the Austrian Chancellor, to an unnamed count, concerning her brother, 1854 (ff. 5-6).
There are also letters in English from Charles Bradlaugh, politician, to Emile Hatzfeld, music publisher, regarding political and religious matters, 1882 (ff. 1-2), Robert Browning to a Mrs Stanley, 1882 (f. 3), W. E. Gladstone to J. M. Davidson, 1888 (f. 4), the Marquess of Salisbury to Edouard Silas, composer, [c. 1860] (watermark 1858) (ff. 7-8), and Alfred Tennyson, to Silas, 1863 (ff. 27-28).