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Three letters, 1891-92, from Llewellyn Harris,| 'a Native of Llandufry', Escalante, Garfield County, Utah Territory, USA, to members of the Spurrell family (21/1-3). These letters, which reveal that the writer believed that he had found evidence of the Welsh Indians, are accompanied by drawings of 'Pictures and Letters I found on a Mountian . . . . Named Llewellyn's mountain'. There are also four letters concerning these letters and drawings, two being from Sir John Rhys, 1891 (21/4-5), a third (copy) from Edward B. Tylor, also 1891 (21/6), and a fourth from the Rev. William [George] Spurrell [elder brother of Walter Spurrell] to his sister Edith, nd (21/7). This last also contains pungent comments on the disestablishment controversy.

Personal and family papers, including letters to William Spurrell on phonetics and spelling reform, 1848-1885, and Spurrell family history, 1873-1885; letters from Sir James and Lady Hills-Johnes of Dolaucothi, 1885-1917; printed material regarding Welsh mutations and spelling reform, 1876-1889; notes on the Rebecca riots and Carmarthen history, 1872, with additions by H. W. Spurrell, [20th century]; personal papers of, and letters from, Walter Spurrell, 1858-1900; papers relating to Dr Charles Spurrell, including a volume of family pedigrees; letters concerning possible evidence for Welsh Indians, 1891-1892; a diary of Edith Spurrell, 1865; papers relating to Elizabeth Thomas's family, 1817-1839; travel journals and accounts of members of Florence Mary Turner's family, 1821-1902; and miscellaneous papers of H. W. Spurrell, [c.1900]-1984.

Residuary account (two copies) of the estate of Elizabeth Thomas, 23 July 1839.

Probate of the will (dated 6 May 1815) of Walter Thomas of West Denton, co Northumberland, gent. [maternal uncle of William Spurrell], 7 Nov. 1817.

Probate of the will (dated 28 July 1834) of Elizabeth Thomas of Lensham, co Durham, spinster [cousin of William Spurrell's maternal grandfather, Thomas Thomas of Frowen, p. Llanboidy, co. Carm.], 9 Feb. 1839.

Printed material including corrected proofs of a description of the Welsh mutations (9/1), a brief outline of William Spurrell's scheme of 'Phonetic Spelling without New Letters', 1882 (9/2); a copy of the Gasetta Romonscha for 21 March 1889 (9/3) and booklets on spelling reform by Max Muller, 1876, and William Dwight Whitney, 1885 (9/4-5).

Papers of Walter Spurrell including his birth certificate his marriage certificate, five letters to his sister Minna, 1872-73 and nd; a letter of thanks from Lord Roberts, 1900, and a notebook containing miscellaneous entries.

Notes by William Spurrell on the Rebecca Riots, including an English translation of 'Can Hiraethlon David Davies (Dai'r Cantwr) pan yn garcharor yng Nghaerfyrddin am y terfysg yn amser Becca', 1872.

Miscellaneous papers concerning Col Spurrell's 90th birthday in 1984.

Miscellaneous items including a book entitled Adventures in Two Worlds by William Spurrell, senior (nd). The author was not one of the Spurrells of Carmarthen.

Letters, 1873-85, to William Spurrell, mainly concerning the history of the Spurrell family, together with a few draft and copy[?] letters from William Spurrell and some notes on family history.

Letters to William Spurrell, a number of which concern phonetics and spelling reform, from Ulick J. Bourke, 1872, nd (8/1-3); William Edmunds, 1853 (8/4); A. J. Ellis, 1874-84 (8/5-10); D. Silvan Evans, 1852-53 (8/11-13); J. Tilly-Hena[?], 'Gwillyan', 1876, with Breton poems (8/ 14-15); R. C. Hope, 1882 (8/16); Evan Jones, 'Ieuan Gwynedd' and his wife Rachel, 1852 (8/17-18); Lady Bulwer Lytton, 1856 (8/19); H. Mac Cormac, 1872 (8/20); Sir James Murray, 1873-85 (8/21-5); D. Nasmith, 1872-3 (8/26-29); George Nicholls, 1848 (8/30); J. E. Nolan, Hon Sec of the Gaelic Union, [1882?], 1883 (8/31-2); George Washington Noon, 1868 (8/33); Sir Isaac Pitman, 1877, 1880 (8/34-5); Thomas Prendergast, 1882 (8/36); Brinley Richards, 1873 (8/37); W. Wilson Rowe, 1875 (8/38-39); A. H. Sayce, 1882 (8/40); G. A. Schrumpf, nd (8/41); W. W. Skeat, [1874?], 1882 (8/42-4); Henry Sweet, 1878-81 (8/45-g); A. C. Tait, [1879] (8/50); Connop Thirlwall, 1850 (8/51), and R. F. Weymouth, 1874 (8/52), together with a draft letter from William Spurrell to the Rev. Morris Williams, 'Nicander', 1868 (8/55).

Journal ('travel notes') of another world tour by F W Turner via Ceylon, Australia, Japan, Canada and the USA, Dec. 1901-Oct. 1902.