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A letter, dated 27 July 1911, from John L. Griffiths, United States Consul-General in London, to David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, thanking him for the seats at the Investiture of Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle on 13 July 1911.

A letter, in French, from the tenor Ernest Nicolini at Craig-y-nos, Ystradgynlais, 8 February 1889, to [an executive of the Messageries Maritimes shipping company], discussing the forthcoming voyage by himself and his wife, the soprano Adelina Patti, on board the Portugal from Bordeaux to Buenos Aires, and their extravagant cabin requirements (f. 5).
Also included is a half-tone print depicting Nicolini, apparently taken from a copy (not seen) of Charles F. Escher, Our Hearts' Delight (Philadelphia, 1892) (f. 6).

A typescript letter, with manuscript additions, 23 January 1985, from the artist Claudia Williams, Kanapitsa, Skiathos, giving news of her and her husband Gwilym Prichard's stay there during the winter of 1984-5. The letter was sent to Mrs Edna Quinn but is addressed collectively to her and to Williams' other friends in an art group in Wales.
The letter contains a cartoon in ink by Williams (f. 7 verso).

Two letters, December 1892, April 1897, from (Sir) Lewis Morris, London, to Dr Whyte Glendower Owen, White Castle, Louisiana, mainly conveying personal and family news (ff. 34-35).
An additional envelope addressed to Owen, from an unknown sender, postmarked Dolwyddelan, 1909, is also included (f. 36). Owen and Morris were the great-grandsons of Goronwy Owen (1723-1769) and of Lewis Morris (1701-1765) respectively.

Manuscript notes in ink and pencil, [1922], in the hand of David Lloyd George, concerning the honours system in Britain. They appear to relate specifically to his statement on the issue in the House of Commons on 17 July 1922, during the 'honours scandal' (see note on f. 45).

A letter, [7 June 1780], in the hand of Edmund Burke, [London], to an unknown recipient, commenting on the ongoing Gordon Riots, by which he was directly affected, and the burning of Newgate prison the previous night, and attempting to arrange a meeting with the recipient that evening.
For a partial transcript of the letter see The Correspondence of Edmund Burke, ed. by T. W. Copeland and others, 10 vols (Cambridge; Chicago, 1958-78), iv: July 1778-June 1782, ed. by John A. Woods (1963), p. 242.

A letter, 28 November 1909, from the poet W. H. Davies, The Weald, nr. Sevenoaks, to his literary agent [Charles Francis] Cazenove, concerning literary and publishing matters, including his forthcoming volume of poetry Farewell to Poesy (London, 1910).

A letter, dated 27 September 1907, from Kuno Meyer, Basel, Switzerland, to W. R. M. Wynne of Peniarth, Merionethshire, relating to the death, on 25 September, of the philologist Prof. John Strachan.
Strachan died of pneumonia a while after catching a chill at Peniarth. Meyer was asked by the Congress of Philologists, which he was then attending at Basel, to inquire into the circumstances of his death and accuses Wynne's household of neglect.

A letter, 19 December 1840, from the artist D[avid] Cox, Harborne, Bir[mingha]m, to a fellow artist, Henry [?Gastineau], in North Wales, expressing concern for his friend sketching in the cold weather.
Cox refers to the proposed railway through Conway and to acquaintances in Betws-y-Coed.

A letter, 16 February [?1903], from the poet Sir Lewis Morris, Penbryn, Carmarthen, to the bibliophile James Carleton Young, Minneapolis, discussing the going rate for literary manuscripts, apparently with a view to selling some of his own to Young.

A letter, 26 May 1970, from Kyffin Williams, [London], to Meic Stephens, [Literature Director of the Welsh Arts Council], attempting to secure financial support to publish his book on his 1968-1969 visit to Patagonia.
The book remained unpublished, although parts of it appeared as 'An Artist in Welsh Patagonia', in The Anglo-Welsh Review, 18.42 (February 1970), 5-32, or would be adapted for his book A Wider Sky (Llandysul, 1991). The letter contains references to Christopher Falkus of prospective publishers Weidenfeld [& Nicolson].

Autograph manuscript, dated 11 September 1799 (watermark 1794), of Anna Seward's 'Sonnet for the drawer in the thatched shed by the brook at Plas Newydd'. It was published, with a very few minor alterations, in The Poetical Works of Anna Seward, ed. by Walter Scott, 3 vols (Edinburgh, 1810), III, 314.
Seward stayed with Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, The Ladies of Llangollen, at their Plas Newydd home for four days in September 1799 (see Letters of Anna Seward: Written between the years 1784 and 1807, ed. by A. Constable, 6 vols (Edinburgh, 1811), V, 248-53).

An autograph fair copy, dated 14 August 1920, of the poem 'Lamorna Cove' by W. H. Davies, used as the printer's copy for the Nation. It was first published in the Nation, 21 August 1920, p. 642, and collected in W. H. Davies, The Hour of Magic (London, 1922), p. 12.

An autograph fair copy, [1918], of the poem 'The Soul's Companions' by W. H. Davies. It was first published in the Nation, 20 April 1918, p. 64, and collected in William H. Davies, Forty New Poems (London, 1918), p. 33.
The poem is written on '14, Great Russell Street, W.C.' notepaper. A pencil note 'Poetry for this week' (partially erased) indicates it was used as the printer’s copy.

An autograph fair copy, [1914], of the poem 'Sweet Night' by W. H. Davies. It was first published in W. H. Davies, The Bird of Paradise (London, 1914), p. 20.
The manuscript contains a different reading of line 3, 'Take thou a lover’s grateful heart' rather than the published 'A lover gives his grateful heart', and two corrections in lines 9 and 10, conforming to the printed version. The poem is written on '29 Clarence Gardens, N.W.' notepaper with the address changed by Davies to '22, Priory Gardens, Highgate'.

An autograph letter, 14 June 1898, from D[avid] Lloyd George, House of Commons, to Sidney Robinson, declining an invitation to a meeting the following Friday [17 June] on account of a debate on education funding in Parliament that day.
Robinson was later MP for Breconshire (1906-1918) and Brecon and Radnor (1918-1922).

An autograph letter, 9 October 1947, from J[ohn] C[owper] Powys, Corwen, to an admirer George X. Basarab, Madera, Pennsylvania, thanking him for sending birthday greetings.
The letter is illustrated with a self-portrait sketch, showing Powys reading Basarab's letter.

Five letters and one postcard, 1873-1876, from the Celtic scholar (Sir) John Rhŷs, Rhyl, to W[illiam] H[enry] Bliss, then an assistant librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, mainly discussing early inscriptions in Welsh and Cornish and in ogham (ff. 37-42 verso).
Rhŷs refers, 18 June 1874, to the recent death of his daughter, [Gwladus] (f. 38). Several of the letters are annotated in pencil by W. H. Bliss (ff. 37 recto-verso, 40, 42); the final letter, 23 September 1876, is written on a circular advertising Rhŷs's forthcoming volume, Lectures on Welsh Philology (London, 1877) (f. 42 verso). Also included is a copy of Bliss's obituary from The Athenaeum, 20 March 1909, p. 346 (f. 43), and some pressed flowers (with f. 40).

An autograph letter, [early January 1947], from Dylan Thomas, at Holywell Ford, Oxford, to Graham [Greene], concerning the potential publication of Thomas's film script 'The Doctor and the Devils'.
The letter was published in Dylan Thomas, The Collected Letters New Edition, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000), p. 681.

Autograph letter, 19 February 1945, from Dylan Thomas, New Quay, Cardiganshire, to N[ancy] R. Pearn of Pearn, Pollinger and Higham, his literary agents, agreeing to the broadcast of his poem 'In Memory of Ann Jones' [also known as 'After the Funeral'] on 26 February [1945].
The letter is apparently unpublished. The accompanying envelope has the phrase 'Miss Elizabeth Cree / Remember wee / Three' typed on the front (f. 10a).