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Letter book, [1841]-1891, of David Evans (Dewi Dawel), also used by him as a minute book for the Glynsanan Benefit Society, Llanfynydd.
The volume contains accounts, minutes and resolutions, [1841]-1870, of the Glynsanan Benefit Society (ff. 1-17, 134 verso, 137-139, 154 verso); summaries, copies and drafts, 1871-1891, of letters sent by David Evans, relating to family matters and his work as a tailor, publican and rate-collector, as well as a few letters by his son, Thomas Morgan Evans (ff. 23-136 verso, 137 verso-147, 148-149); miscellaneous memoranda and accounts, 1869-1886 (ff. 17-22); parts of an essay on the history of Talyllychau, [1890] (ff. 147 verso-148, 150 verso-152; see also NLW MS 9510E); various verses in Welsh, 1890-[1891] (ff. 147, 149 verso-150, 152 verso-154); and a memorandum relating to a ploughing match in Cwm-du, 1878 (ff. 5, 6). Part of a draft letter of condolence, [1876], to the family of the late John Johnes, Dolaucothi, is loose between ff. 17-18.

Llyfr nodiadau, 1819-1868, yn cynnwys cerddi holograff gan W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), 1858-1868. = Notebook, 1819-1868, containing holograph poems by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), 1858-1868.
Mae'r cerddi yn cynnwys fersiwn ddrafft a chynllun o'r bryddest 'Dr William Morgan' (ff. 2-15) a fu'n fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Betws y Coed, Nadolig 1859, a 'Gogangerdd i Ddirmygwyr Cyfarfodydd Llenyddol', 1868 (ff. 17, 19), y ddwy wedi eu cyhoeddi yn Y Murmuron (Llanrwst, 1868), ynghyd â nifer o englynion a phenillion eraill (f. 17 verso-18 verso, 19 recto-verso, 21 verso). Mae yna hefyd nodiadau amrywiol ar William Morgan, Robert Ferrar a'r Diwygiad Protestannaidd (ff. 19 verso-21). Mae yna ychydig gyfrifon amrywiol, 1819, mewn llaw arall (f. 1 a thu mewn i'r cloriau). = The poems include a draft version and a plan of a pryddest to Dr William Morgan (ff. 2-15) which won a prize at Betws y Coed Eisteddfod, Christmas 1859, and a satire, 'Gogangerdd i Ddirmygwyr Cyfarfodydd Llenyddol', 1868 (ff. 17, 19), both published in Y Murmuron (Llanrwst, 1868), along with englynion and other verses (some illegible) (f. 17 verso-18 verso, 19 recto-verso, 21 verso). There are also miscellaneous notes on William Morgan, Robert Ferrar and the Protestant Reformation (ff. 19 verso-21). A few miscellaneous accounts, 1819, are in a different hand (f. 1 and inside the covers).

Casgliad o farddoniaeth amrywiol, 1733-[1970], yn tarddu o nifer o ffynhonnellau, wedi eu derbyn rhwng 1910 a 1970 a'u hel gyda'u gilydd yn y Llyfrgell Genedlethol. = A collection of miscellaneous poetry, 1733-[1970], derived from various sources, accessioned between 1910 and 1970 and collected together at the National Library of Wales.

Miscellaneous poems, [c. 1859]-[1940s], including a hymn attributed to Siarl Marc, written in a mid-nineteenth century hand; two carols [watermark 1859], one of which is by Thomas Hughes, Llanllyfni, Caernarvonshire; an anonymous ballad, entitled 'Explosion gwaith powdwr Penrhyndeudraeth'; a cywydd entitled 'Chwefror', [c. 1917], by J. R. Morris, Liverpool, together with an awdl, probably by the same author, entitled 'Y Nos'; and a Welsh translation, [?1940s], by T. Ifor Rees of Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyámm, with a covering letter, 1948, from Rees in Bolivia.

A volume containing autograph poems, mostly pryddestau, and a series of prose dialogues by H. Isgaer Lewis, Caernarfon, entered for competition at National and other eisteddfodau, [c. 1886]-1912.

Llyfr poced masnachol, 1849-1862, yn cynnwys cerddi gan, ac yn llaw, W. J. Roberts ('Caersallwg'), dilledydd, Caernarfon, ynghyd â nodiadau ganddo yn ymwneud â dirwest. = Commercial pocket book, 1849-1862, containing poems by, and in the hand of, W. J. Roberts ('Caersallwg'), draper, Caernarfon, together with notes by him relating to temperance.