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Notes relating to primary, secondary, and university education, with several references to education in Wales, copied from various sources between 1903 and 1923 by Sir Henry Lewis, Bangor.

Incomplete notes of a sermon on the text, Exodus 33, 18, ? preached 1725-1729.

A group of miscellaneous deeds and documents, including a bond, 1748/9, from Edward Jones of Llwyn malli, parish of Llangwm, Denbighshire, to Roger Thomas of Henvache, parish of Llanrhaiadr yn Mochnant, for the payment of £61 7s. 0d.; a bond, 1760, from Edward Jones of Rhosynwst, parish of Llantysilio, Denbighshire, and Maurice Jones, his eldest son and heir apparent, to Edward Frank of Crumpwell, Salop, for the payment of £320; a settled statement of account, 1767-1774, between Maurice Jones and Mr. Edward Frank, touching the payment of a principal of £650 and interest; bills of costs, 1800-1827, due from Morris Edwards and Robert Jones for the conveyance of properties in Bala, etc.; notices of tithe audits for the parish of Llantisilio, Denbighshire, 1847-1863, addressed to Godfrey Tudor and John Tudor of Pentredwr, Llantisilio, and receipts for the payment of poor rate and general district rate in respect of Bache Farm, parish of Llangollen, 1859-1862; a receipt, 1855, from Thomas Edwards, Llangollen, to John Tudor, on behalf of the congregation of the Methodist chapel of Pentre'r dwr, for the payment of £3 10s. 0d. for an eight-day spring piece; vouchers, 1859-1860, to John Tudor, Pentredwfr, from the Llangollen Slab & Slate Co. Ltd., and William Clarke, general furnishing ironmonger, Llangollen; a lease, in Welsh, 1876, from Richard John Lloyd Price of Rhiwlas, Merioneth, to Margaret and Catherine Edwards of Penybont fawr, Merioneth, of properties called Penybont fawr, Penybont bach, etc., in the parishes of Llanfor, Llangower, and Llanycil, Merioneth; a voucher, 1876-1877, to Miss Edwards of Penybont from Robert Humphreys, stater, in respect of repairs to houses in Bala; undated [after 1922] typescript memoranda by Dr. Bradley Hughes, Penrhyn Quarry Hospital, Bethesda, N[orth] Wales, on the effect of slate dust on the toxins of microbes; and a typescript copy of a letter, 1926, from John Gill, c[ivil] e[ngineer], Bangor, to the Chairman and Members of the Ogwen Rural District Council, Bangor, regarding the water supply of the districts of Tregarth and St. Anns.

An essay on 'Caniadaeth y Cyssegr'; notes of a sermon by Thomas Lloyd, Colwyn Bay; two letters, 1910, from Griffith Griffiths, Barry, to [Sir] Henry Lewis; and a typescript poem 'Beddau'r Milwyr' by Sam Jones, Campello, Massachusetts.

Holograph and autograph letters:- John Parry, Chester, to Richard Newell, Manafon, 1828 (the engagement of the recipient's son to fill a vacancy in the writer's office in Chester); James Jones, Gwaenysgor Rectory, to Miss [ ] Edwards, 1879 (an examination of the parish registers, personal and parochial affairs); Lewis Ellis, Llandrindod Wells, to Mr. [ ] Newell, Llanymynech, 1913 (the writer's health); and to Humphrey Jones Davies from Robert Bryan, Wrexham, [18]98 (an article by the recipient to Cymru), Ellis Edwards, Bala, [19]04 (meetings at Llanrwst, personal), E[dward] Edwards, Highgate [London], 1933 (personal, an engagement in London ), Peter Hughes Griffiths, Golder's Hill [London], 1924 (an article in Y Goleuad), M. H. Jones, Ton Pentre, 1921 (publications of the C. M. Historical Society), R. W. Jones, Holyhead, 1935 (a member of the writer's church working at West Bromwich), W. G. Jones, editor of Y Goleuad, Caernarvon, 1929 (the recipient's contributions to Y Goleuad, personal), W. H. Roberts, Leamington Spa, 1934 (a service by the Leamington and District Welsh Society), and Edwd. Thomas, Old Colwyn, [19]23 (the recipient's article in Y Goleuad, personal).

A holograph letter from [the Reverend] John Elias, Fron [ Llangefni], to Mrs. Williams, Lower Gate, Conway, 1835 (condolences on the death of recipient's husband).

An album of engravings used for the insertion of press cuttings entitled 'Atgofion Llew Llwyfo' (i.e., Lewis William Lewis).

A holograph letter, 1896, from George Cornwallis West, from the Camp, 3rd [Batt.] [Royal] W[elsh] F[usiliers], Wrexham, to [?Sir Robert Arthur] Cunliffe [of Acton Park] (arranging a cricket match); a holograph letter, 1899, from [Sir] W. H. Preece, London, to Mrs. Sylvanus (a talk by the writer, possibly on engineering in Wales); a typescript letter, 1918, from J. Puleston Jones, Llanfair C[aereinion], to the Reverend W. M. Tudor (preaching engagements); an autograph letter, 1934, from Megan Lloyd George, Westminster, to J. Jenkyn-Richards, Handsworth (enclosing a message to be read at a meeting in Birmingham in aid of the distressed areas of South Wales) (with marginal notes); a holograph letter, 1934, from Samuel Evans (chairman and director of the Crown Mine, Johannesburg], Piccadilly, to [?H. Jones Davies] (personal); a typescript circular (undated) issued by a committee of the Welsh churches and societies of Birmingham and other Midland towns on behalf of the Social Welfare Settlement in the Rhymney Valley; a cyclostyled programme (undated) of a meeting of the Dudley Welsh Society ('Cymdeithas Cymry Dudley'); a press cutting, 1926, recording an account of a graduation ceremony of the University of Witwatersrand, at which the degree of Ll.D. honoris causa was conferred upon Samuel Evans; typescript notes on 'Nervous System and its Functions' prepared for a zoology class at University College of North Wales; a national registration card, 1915, and national ration book, 1918, of Humphrey Jones Davies, Bangor; etc.

Letters, 1837-1932, the correspondents including E. D. Bryan, Robert Bryan, John Davies (Bontddu), Principal Ellis Edwards, Dr. Samuel Evans (Johannesburg), D. Silvan Evans, Edward Griffiths (Meifod), O. G. Owen ('Alafon'), and John Phillips (Bangor).

A letter, 1880, from Sir Henry Lewis, at Cincinnati, to his parents; letters, 1881-1889, to Thomas Palestina Lewis from Josiah Thomas, Liverpool, secretary of the Calvinistic Methodist Foreign Missionary Society, and Griffith Griffiths, Shillong, India; and letters, 1903-1932, to Sir Henry Lewis from Thomas Owen, Aberystwyth, (Mrs.) M. C. Hughes, Bangor, D. O'Brien Owen, Caernarvon, Evan Jones, Caernarvon, W. Prydderch Williams, London, J. Matthews, Amlwch, and William Richards, Llandegfan.

Sermons by John Phillips, Bangor.

Papers relating to John Phillips, Bangor, minister, and first principal of the Bangor Normal College, including notes on him written by Sir Henry Lewis.

'Hwian Gerddi Cymru. Papur ar gyfer Cymdeithas Cymru Fydd, Birmingham, Tach[wedd] 1895.'

Papers relating to Henry Hughes, Vron, Llangefni, great-uncle of Sir Henry Lewis.

Manuscripts and papers, [1725x1939], from the library of the Rev. H. Jones Davies, although most of the material is not in his hand. The collection includes correspondence of Humphrey Jones Davies and others; material of or relating to Sir Henry Lewis and the Rev. John Phillips, Bangor, and notebooks and sermons of the Rev. Christmas Evans; Welsh poetry transcribed by Isaac Foulkes; deeds, documents and correspondence of mainly Denbighshire and Merioneth interest; and notes, sermons, essays, etc.

A copy of 'Awdl er coffadwriaeth am y diweddar Goronwy Owain' composed by Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), with a letter from J. O. WIlliams ('Pedrog'), Liverpool, to G. J. Williams, Birmingham.

Sermons and lectures written by Evan Herber Evans, Congregational minister, and principal of the Congregational College, Bangor.

A poster announcing an eisteddfod to be held on board the R.M.S. Orduna, 23 August 1934.

Dated entries relating to Bangor, compiled and written by Sir Henry Lewis.

A holograph letter from the Rev[erend] Owen Ellis, Llanuwchllyn, to Mrs. [Jones] Davies, Tregarth [co. Caernarvon], 1926 (condolences on the death of recipient's brother [the Reverend W. M. Tudor. See NLW MS 12672E above]); a holograph letter from [the Reverend] John Owen Thomas (on active service with the British Expeditionary Force), France, to [ ], 1917 (the work being accomplished by the writer, his brother [the Reverend] H. Wynne Thomas, the Reverend Edward Griffiths, Felinheli, and the Reverend H. Jones Davies, in arranging church services for Welsh soldiers, particular reference to the work of the Reverend Jones Davies amongst Welsh and English soldiers, hopes that his services could be spared for a further period); three holograph letters to the Reverend H. Jones Davies, from W. Sylvanus Jones, Shrewsbury, 1934 (personal, the death of a mutual acquaintance, Joseph Evans, the difficulties of a minister at Bath Road [Calvinistic Methodist] church [Wolverhampton], a Welsh service at Leamington), Robert M. Roberts, Taylor, P. A., U[nited] S[tates of] America, 1923 (personal, the writer's return to America after a visit to Wales, comments on, and news received relating to, Hermon [Calvinistic Methodist] church [Douglas Hill], and the writer's native district of Mynydd [parish of Llandygai, co. Caernarvon], comments on the prohibition laws in America, the new pro-prohibition governor [of Pennsylvania], a months old railroad strike in the state), and [the Reverend] John Owen Thomas, Bala, 1919 (a promise to mention recipient's name to any church seeking a minister); and a national health and pensions insurance card, recording contributions paid by the Rev[erend] H. Jones Davies, 1926-1930.