Papers from the library of O. J. Hughes, estate agent, Nantlle, including versions of a report, 1888, on the Llwyngwern Slate and Slab Quarry, Corris, Merioneth, together with monthly particulars of production, profit or loss, etc., 1886-8; a report on Daren y Gessel Slate and Slab Quarry, Pennal, Merioneth, signed by O. J. Hughes; and an incomplete essay (19 pp.) entitled 'Traethawd ar lechfaeni Nant Nantllef', 1868.
An account of glebe lands in the parish of Peterstone, Monmouthshire, of tithes in the parishes of Peterstone, Marshfield, St Mellons and Rumney and of chief rents payable to the manor of Peterstone, 1802, together with a list of tenants in the parishes named.
Notebook, apparently of Phillip Nicholas (b. ca. 1799), Pantygwyddel, Llanfyrnach, co. Pembroke, containing farming accounts and memoranda, 1847-68. Miscellaneous receipts and accounts, 1830-66, found loose inside, have been filed separately (MS 23191iiB).
An account book, probably kept by a solicitor (?Gabriel Roberts), recording investments, particulars of money lent on mortgage and interest, etc. received, the transactions relating mainly to persons and properties in north-east Wales.
An abstract of an application, dated 8th February, 40 Elizabeth [i.e. 1598], to the Court of Star Chamber for a writ of sub-poena to cause Ednovet [Ednyfed] Gruffith [Griffith], a justice of the peace for Merioneth, Jevan ap John Gitto and others to appear to answer to various accusations enumerated by Morgan Jones of Gray's Inn.
Correspondence, minutes of meetings and other papers, [1996]-2002, collated by William Wilkins, Director of Operations for the Aberglasney Restoration Trust.
Papers, 1967-1996, including correspondence, newspaper cuttings, plans and photographs of the memorial site of the Aberfan disaster, 1966. Included are letters from Dewi-Prys Thomas, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff, and his design.
The original manuscript, prepared for the printer, of the Introduction, Subject Index, Index to Abbreviated Titles and Glossary of A Welsh Leech Book ... Edited by Timothy Lewis (Liverpool, 1914).
A typescript dissertation entitled 'A General Survey of the Slate Industry of Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire', by William Morgan Richards, Portmadoc, 1933.
A school exercise book in arithmetic subsequently used for agricultural accounts and memoranda, 1858-1892, by James James, Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, Cardiganshire; a register of pupils, 1859-1860; and letters by Thomas James, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, 1895-1897, Thomas Hamer, Aberdare, 1895, and Mary Parry, Liverpool.
Two copies - one intended for presentation to the House of Lords and the other to the House of Commons of a petition signed by John Jenkins, mayor of Aberystwyth, and many other residents of the town and district, in favour of a proposed railway between Trawscoed, Cardiganshire, and New Radnor, 1898.
Jenkins, John, fl. 1898 Petition signed by, NLW MS 4942E
Original text in typescript form, 2000, of the recollections of Dillwyn Miles published as A mingled yarn, (Gwasg Dinefwr, 2000), together with addenda.
An extract from the lay subsidy roll for the hundreds of Llanbadarn, Llanilar, and Pennardd, Cardiganshire, 35 Henry VIII, (P.R.O. Exchequer, King's Remembrancer; Box 219, roll 68) covering the parish of Llanrhystyd.
A register of infant baptisms solemnised by Ministers of a Congregation of Dissenting Protestants in the parish of Llangunnor, Carmarthenshire, 1819-1865.
A typescript M.A. dissertation, 1957, for Liverpool University Department of Celtic by J[ohn] G[lyn] Penrhyn Jones, entitled 'A history of medicine in Wales in the eighteenth century'. The dissertation includes chapters on social conditions in Wales, the impact of the Industrial Revolution, 'folk' medicine and herbalism, and biographies of prominent medical men. Supplementary material, including extracts from printed and manuscript sources, is to be found in the Appendices (ff. 164-329). Two tables of contents are included (f. iii, 163a).
Xerox copy of a typescript thesis on 'A History of Commercial Printing and Printers in Montgomeryshire 1789-1960' submitted for the Fellowship of the Library Association, by J. Iorwerth Davies, Haverfordwest.