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A bundle of loose papers contains hymns, largely crossed out, by Iolo Morganwg. One sheet which Iolo Morganwg has used contains printed Proposals for printing by subscription, the Celtic Remains... By the late Lewis Morris, esq: And augmented By Walter Davies, of All Souls College, Oxford.

A notebook in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg containing: (a) Instructions (touching health and husbandry) for the twelve months of the year. 'Y Mae'r ail ddalen yn Mis Rhagfyr ar goll. Iolo Morganwg'; (b) A Calendar of Saints' Days (see also Iolo Manuscripts, Second edition, 1888, p. 152). On the first page before a, is the following note: 'Allan o hen Galander mewn ysgriflyfr a ysgrifenwyd ynghylch 1500, ym meddiant Mr Thomas Davies o Ddolgelleu'; (c) More instructions, but for Jan.-March only. 'O Hen galander a wnaethpwyd yn y flwyddyn 1442 y tynnwyd y gyfarwyddyn yma. (ebe Llyfr John Wiliam o'r Twtsiwn)'. Inside the front cover are 'englynion' by Edwd Richards [sic], Ystrad Meuryg.

A notebook marked (?by Taliesin Williams) 'Llwyd Hir'. On the cover EW has written 'Geiriau Cymreig cymmysgedig' and 'Examine this for the History of the Bards. Many things of Great Importance'. There are also four loose sheets which are similar in form and content, and which may have belonged to this manuscript. See note inside front cover concerning ink and pencil crossings.

A notebook containing a list of 'Subscribers to the History of the Ancient British bards and Druids by E. Williams'. At the reverse end are extracts from Hackluit's Voyages (London, 1589). The names include some signatures.

Three notebooks containing poems by Margaret (Peggy) Williams, daughter of Iolo Morganwg. One poem is entitled 'on my Father who died Decbr 17 [recte 18] 1826'. At the beginning of one notebook are some memoranda concerning phenomena observed in the sky, Dec. 1830-Oct. 1834.

Seven printed almanacs formerly belonging to Iolo Morganwg. They consist of Trusler's Country Almanack for 1794, and Moore's Almanack Improved for 1814, 1815, 1816, 1821, 1822 and 1826. There are a few annotations by Iolo Morganwg here and there.

'The Vision', an account of the way in which Garmon appeared to Cambrensis.

A theological treatise in the form of a dialogue between father and son. A reference by the son (p. [312]) to Lhuyd's Archaeologia Britannica (1707) - 'you told me yor father was a subscriber to that undertaking'- gives the dialogue an eighteenth century date. It appears to be an original composition, and there is a rough index at the end.

Plans, estimates and specifications by Iolo Morganwg, including several items relating to a proposed new Town Hall in Cowbridge.

Papers relating to the supposed discovery of America by the twelfth century Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd and the believed existence of 'Welsh Indians'.

'Universal Legislation, or the Rights and Duties of Man asserted on Theocratic Principles. In a series of Letters to the National Assembly of France and the United States of America ... By an Ancient British Bard'.

A large bundle of music manuscripts, [19 cent., first ¼], comprising booklets, loose sheets and fragments, containing mainly hymn- and psalm-tunes in the hand of Iolo Morganwg.
Also included is the original card case used by Iolo to store the manuscripts.

Numerous old covers (85) and empty cases (18) providing evidence of the original condition of Iolo's notebooks and for the dating of their rebinding by Taliesin. Among the contents is a bundle of covers and binding leaves containing relatively substantial notes and other manuscript material, as well as one completely blank notebook.

E12/1: Printed sheet music, including ballads and psalms, [17 cent., second ½]-[late 18 cent.], collected by Iolo Morganwg; together with leaves from unidentified editions of The Dancing Master, [17 cent., second ½], and The Voice of Melody, [after 1748].
E12/2: Copies of newspapers, 1772-1815, comprising [The Bristol Gazette] and Public Advertiser, 10 December 1772, The Cambridge Intelligencer, 3 April and 22 May 1802, and six editions of Seren Gomer, February 1814-March 1815.
E12/3: A single leaf from an unidentified edition, [16 cent., second ½], of Thomas Sternhold, The Whole Booke of Psalms, Collected into English Meter (the text corresponding to pp. 29-32 of the 1565 edition (STC2434)).
E12/4: A printed copy, [?1816], of a Welsh translation of William Cobbett's address 'To the Journeymen and Labourers of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland…', entitled 'Annerch Mr. William Cobbett, i'w Gyd Wladwyr yng Nghymru, Lloegr, Scotland, ac Iwerddon'.

Twenty-two notebooks and bundles, 1817-[1839], containing notes and memoranda by Taliesin on a variety of subjects. The volumes comprise notebooks, 1817-[1839] (T2/8, 10) and undated (T2/1-6, 12-15); bundles of miscellaneous loose papers (kept in old covers) (T2/7, 9, 11); old covers with no contents (T2/16-17); and notebooks relating to Welsh Triads (T2/18-22, as well as parts of T2/10).

Bills, receipts and other financial papers of Taliesin Williams, 1811-1820 (T11/1), 1821-1844 and undated (T11/2); and day books, etc., 1811-1819 (T11/3-5).
Some of the papers apparently relate to Taliesin's school.