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Paul Panton: Miscellanea,

A volume of Paul Panton [the younger] (1758-1822) of Plasgwyn, Anglesey, comprising six notebooks or commonplace books, of which the first five are labelled 'Miscellaneous' and the sixth 'Cicero', together with a few additional leaves. The contents are largely in the form of extracts from printed sources (e.g. from Edward Gibbon, David Hume, Sir John Hawkins, James Boswell, Thomas Pennant, etc.) and annotated extracts from the works of Cicero. The volume is lettered 'Paul Panton's MSS'.

Notebook of Hugh Pugh,

A notebook bearing the name of H[ugh] Pugh, London, December 1821, containing various entries, c. 1822-4. Loose papers of later date in the volume indicate that the owner was the Reverend Hugh Pugh (1803-68), generally known as the Reverend Hugh Pugh, Mostyn, Flintshire. The contents include an account of a journey by coach from (?)Hackney to Cambridge, Newmarket, Norwich, etc., 18 March-4 April [1822], followed by a note: 'Started from London for Wales (on Saturday) either the 26 or 27 of June 1822', sermons (one dated 'Llanfihangel Jan 4th. 1824 - Sunday') and sermon notes (partly in pencil), items of verse including 'Penillion Nadolig gan E. Evans Ty mawr Towyn', and various notes and extracts ('Extracts from Cicero's Letters to his Son', 'Legal Errors', etc.).