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A book containing medical and other recipes, house-keeping accounts, 1814, etc. and a few items of verse. The names 'Hannah Wareham, Esher, Surry [sic], 'Hannah Harry, Esher, Surry', and 'W. Harry, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire' occur inside the front cover. Some of the pages have been cut out. (Early nineteenth century.).

A book of legal precedents (actions of replevin) written probably during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. One or two of the cases are of co. Mont. interest and mention is made of Penypark and Ty yn y wern, otherwise Ty David Ellis yn y wern, in the township of Ystymgynnon in the parish of Llanfechan and the kitchin in the parish of Llanervil. The first twelve pages and other pages here and there have been cut away. The pages at the reverse end have been used as a 'Day Book', 1859-60, by Elizabeth Edwards, [milliner'. The names 'Mary Ellen Edwards saddler Llanfair near welsh pool Montgomery' and 'Jane Edwards' occur inside the front cover. In a pencil note J. R. Hughes states that he bought the MS at Llanfair Caereinion in 1926.

A book of quotations described as 'Notes, Sketches, Extracts, and Comments, by Jacobus Juvenis. Vol. 2, New Series, 1846 - [51]'. A pencil note by J. R. Hughes reads 'Tybed ai James Young ydyw'r awdur'.

A bound vol. of sermons in MS lettered on the spine 'M. S. Sacramental Sermons, James Bell, 1727'. The sermons were preached at Brechine, Montrose, Logie, etc. in 1727. A note in pencil inside the front cover reads 'Ex Stevenson Library 2790 - 11/. Binding by Henderson & Bissett, Edinburgh, or Carse, of Glasgow.'. English.

A bundle of papers described as 'Documents from Misses Edwards 74 For[e]gate St. Chester (daughters of John Edwards) (Printer of Border Counties Worthies)'. 'Telais am y rhai hyn 1926 - 1929. Dwy hen ferch garedig a bonheddig iawn. Bum gyda hwy lawer gwaith. Rhois gopi cynta draft proof o Border Counties Worthies iddynt Cyfrol II mi gredaf .... J. R. Hughes Taliesyn.'. The papers include cuttings of 'The Cheshire Sheaf', 1891, from The Chester Courant, the burgess ticket of Robert Campbell, weaver, Glasgow, 1815, and a letter, [19]01, from Joshua Hy Edwards, Mazatlan, Mexico [son of John Edwards]. There is also a sketch-book with some loose papers at either end.

A bundle of papers largely of co. Glam. interest, including bills, correspondence, etc. Some relate to E. R. Wood, Stouthall, Gower, 1846-1856, Messrs Dalton, Spencer, & Corbett, Cardiff, and W. A. Bradley, Solicitor, Cardiff. Miscellaneous items include an inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Evans of Waingron in the parish of Lampeter Velfrey, co. Pemb., 1831, a list of the names of the Petty Jurors at co. Glam. Spring Assizes, 1863 (printed), a similar list for co. Glam. Summer Assizes, 1874, at Cardiff, a statement of account relating to the co. Glam. Canal, 1843-1844 (printed), and a few papers of Tregaron interest, c.1776-1781 (fragile). [Cf. Annual Report, 1948-9, p. 41.].

A bundle of receipts to Mr R. Hughes and then to Mrs Hughes, Tai Bithel, for half-yearly payments of interest due.

A copy of a souvenir publication, Official Opening of Transport House, May 15 1928, with autographs on the fly-leaf, including those of J. Ramsay Macdonald, Ernest Bevin, George Hicks, George Lansbury, etc.

A copy of Charles Dodd, FGS, Wrexham Schools and Scholars (Wrexham, 1924), apparently given to J. R. Hughes by the author. It contains a number of loose press-cuttings and other papers.

A copy of William Gregory Norris, John ap John and early records of Friends in Wales (ed. for the Friends' Historical Society by Norman Penney. Journal Supplement, No. 6, London: Headley Brothers, 1907), with some letters and loose papers belonging to J. R. Hughes, including one or two printed items.

A cover containing (a) 'The Quakers of Merionethshire' - described as a Bibliography (typewritten) (b) 'Cipdrem ar hanes Crynwyr Cymru allan o'u cofnodion dihafal a chywir o 1650 hyd 1797 yn benaf' by J. R. Hughes, 1947. (? Material for an address, in English.) There are also three letters, 1944.

A cover containing correspondence, some printed items, and copies of a number of South Wales Monthly Meeting newsletters, 1945-1946 (duplicated), in which notes by J. R. Hughes on 'Historic Quaker Spots' (Quaker's Yard, Merthyr Tudful, Islaw'r Dref (or Sowdrey), Cardiff, Tref-y-Rhyg, and Neath Meeting House and Burial Ground) have been incorporated.

A cover containing miscellaneous papers, including printed copies of a broadcast talk by Jonathan Lloyd, 1947, on 'The Quakers in Wales' (translated into Welsh by [the Rev. Dr] E. Lewis Evans, Pontarddulais); 'Outline script for John ap John', with a letter, 1950, from J. H. D. Jones, Cardiff; 'List of Records and Minute Books received from the safe of the Society of Friends' Meeting House at Worcester for safe keeping by the South Wales Monthly Meeting, November, 1945' (draft); another copy of the bibliography 'The Quakers of Merionethshire' (see No. 56); and copies in the autograph of J. R. Hughes of deeds relating to the Quaker Burial Ground at Cardiff, 1695 and 1745, and of an application by the Members of the United Methodist Free Church worshipping in the Friends Meeting House at Cardiff, 1863.

A few miscellaneous items, including letters, a list of twelve MSS, etc. in the possession of J. R. Hughes, 1933, and memoranda transcribed from a 1620 Bible belonging to Mr Arthur E. Morris, Plas Deon, Llanuwchllyn, in 1956. Of the MSS mentioned in the list, six were purchased by the Library in 1933 (NLW MSS 4341-4346) and another two are in the present collection (Nos 7 and 127). Other miscellanea include four ff. of a 16th century religious MS in (?) Flemish and a letter, 1925, from R. Morton Nance, Carbis Bay, Cornwall.

A file containing loose papers (correspondence, leaflets, etc.). There are references to the Tryweryn Scheme and to various Annual General Meetings for Wales of the Society of Friends, and also some personal items (business letters concerning property).

A file containing papers in connection with a Civil Service Examination and the appointment of J. R. Hughes as a Health Insurance Officer under the National Health Insurance Commission (Wales). Affected by damp.

A file marked 'Cynddelw', containing sermons and drafts of sermons (in Welsh) and a letter, July 11 1873, from John Roberts, Gongolgam, Brundu [sic], Holyhead, co. Ang., on behalf of the church at Capelgwun [sic] to Mr R. Ellis, 'Cunddelw', inviting him to preach at their annual (preaching) meeting in Aug. The notes on the back of the letter are in the autograph of Robert Ellis, 'Cynddelw', and the (page) references are to Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym, O grynhoad Owen Jones, a William Owen (Llundain, 1789). It is unlikely, however, that the sermons are in any way connected with him: the first is dated 'Henllan March 14th., 1830', with 'Ruabon April 2, 1848' in pencil on the back.

A file marked 'Holt Academy', containing printed prospectuses of Holt Academy near Wrexham (Principal: J. Oliver Jones) and The Ladies College, Holt, near Wrexham (conducted by Mrs Oliver Jones), with a note on the history of Holt Academy, a printed Sale Catalogue, 1925, and two letters, 1925-6, from A. V. Jones, Holt Academy, to J. R. Hughes.

A file marked 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd. Llythyr o gasgliad Gwilym Cowlyd ....', containing a number of miscellaneous items, including letters to J. R. Hughes. The only item which corresponds vaguely to the heading given above is a piece of paper originally addressed to the 'Rev. E. Evans, Ince, Cheshire' (crossed out), subsequently used for writing a draft of verses entitled 'Durandarte & Belerma'. The other items including mourning cards for the Rev. Evan Evans (dec. 21 Jan. 1855, aged 59), i.e. 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', Catherine Roberts, Tyddyn Gwilym, Trefriw, eldest sister of 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', dec. 24 April 1864, aged 75, and Charles Jones, also of Tyddyn Gwilym, Trefriw (dec. 2 Jan. 1891, aged 74), and a photograph of W. J. Roberts, 'Gwilym Cowlyd'; and a lithograph print of the Rev. John Elias ('Drawn on Stone by W. Roos from a Painting by H. Jones Pritchard by W. Doyle Liverpool').