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Three small notebooks marked 'Miscellanies', 'Lyric Pastorals', and 'Songs' respectively. The contents include early versions of some of the poems printed in Poems Lyric and Pastoral (1794).

Fragments of collections of English poems by Iolo Morganwg, comprising early versions of Poems Lyric and Pastoral and other poems not included in the printed volumes. Above some of them Iolo Morganwg has written such comments as 'In New Collection much altered' or 'Copied for press', and in one instance 'Copied 1803, for addenda'.

'Proposals for printing by subscription a new and improved edition, with aditions [sic], of Poems Lyric and Pastoral By Edward Williams,' followed by seventeen poems, including a few shorter items (epitaphs).

Hymns by Iolo Morganwg, most of them belonging to a fairly early period.

'The Triades of the Island of Britain'..: an English translation made by Iolo Morganwg in 1807 of the series of 126 'Trioedd Ynys Prydain' printed in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, Vol. II (1801), p. 57 (in the 1870 edition this series occurs at p. 400).

A notebook containing 'Dammegion Cattwg Ddoeth ap Gwynlliw ap Glywis ap Tegid ap Cadell Deyrnllwg' [See Iolo Manuscripts (Liverpool, 1888), pp.154-65]. The first twelve are in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, while the thirteenth, 'Dammeg Arthur a'r Hanner Dyn (Gan Taliesin)', has been copied by Taliesin Williams from a loose sheet in Iolo's handwriting which has been inserted immediately after the copy referred to.

A notebook containing a few Welsh words with their meanings, and some verses, nearly all in pencil ('tribanau' in praise of Glamorganshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, and Breconshire, etc.).

Papers, mainly in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, relating to the case of the Rev. Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), who was imprisoned in 1801 for sedition (16 items). Some of these papers have been described by Prof. G. J. Williams in Llên Cymru, 3 (1954-6), 120-122.

Two memorandum-books or notebooks which belonged to Iolo Morganwg. The earlier of the two, marked 'Memoranda Hints. &c. 1805', contains triads, proverbs, 'englynion' and other verses, music, particulars of the contents of 'Ancient Historical Documents relating to Wales and the Welsh Nation', a work in two volumes 'To be published by E. Wms in 1807', various Welsh words with their meanings, a list of printed collections of Welsh poetry, including hymns, notes on versification, and a list of 'Traits in the Southwalian from the Troubadorian Poetry', etc. The other which has fewer entries contains, among other things, a note headed 'Ofergoelion am y Tylwyth Teg ym Morganwg', a list of Copper Smoke Subscribers and Judges, a few recipes, and a series of 'Pennillion Diarhebgoel' by Iolo Morganwg.

A notebook in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg containing grammatical notes. Inside the pocket of the front cover is written 'Grammatical Collections. Welsh.' It also contains a list of 'Beirdd Eisteddfod y Bewpyr, cyn belled (medd ef) ag y gallodd Mr Sion Bradford eu cael allan o gaffadwriaethau Watkin Powel o Ben y Fai', &c.

A transcript by B. Davies, 2 August 1776, of Bugeilgerdd, Yr Ail yn y Iaith Gymraeg gan Edward Richard. Awdur y Guntaf (Shrewsbury, 1776).

A transcript of 'Hanes 24 Brenin a varnwyd yn benna ac yn wrola or Brutaniaid i Ddeiliad ac i Gwnccwerio', transcribed by Owen Jones in London, May 15, 1779, 'allan o Lyfr Gruffdd Roberts y Meddyg o Ddol-Gelleu yr hwn Lyfr a ysgrifennodd ac a gynullodd Elis Gruffydd Yswain...'.

Copies of the elegies on Richard Morris, President of the Cymmrodorion Society, by 'Guttun Gwrecsam' [i.e. John Edwards (Sion Ceiriog)] and 'Risiart Jones o Drefdraeth ym Mon', both dated 1781, and of the statement known as 'Hyriad Gutyn Gwrecsam' (cf. Y Gwyliedydd (1825), pp. 78, 109).

Welsh poetry mainly by, or in the hand of, Iolo Morganwg.

Miscellaneous papers from various sources.

Letters, copy letters and draft letters from Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) to various recipients, in particular his son Taliesin Williams (Nos 924-1045), together with miscellaneous letters apparently collected together by Iolo Morganwg (Nos 1046-1075).