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Three volumes of letters, 1820-1853, to Henry Williams Wynn, mainly from Charles Williams Wynn.

Three volumes of letters, 1796-[c. 1839], from Robert Southey to Charles Williams Wynn.

Two volumes of letters, 1804-1838, from Charles Williams Wynn to Robert Southey.

Original poetry by Robert Southey, including parts of 'Madoc', 'Thalaba the Destroyer' and 'The Curse of Kehama', in various stages of composition, some of them included in letters sent by Southey to Charles Williams Wynn; letters, 1795-1805, to Southey from John Joshua, first earl of Carysfort, with a criticism of 'The Retrospect'; a letter, 1845, from George Fletcher to Sir Henry Taylor concerning Southey's manuscripts; a copy by Southey of a poem written 'in the spirit of prophecy' for Sir James Mackintosh by S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge.

This collection comprises poetry by Robert Southey and correspondence between him and his friend and patron Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, son of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th bart, of Wynnstay, Denbighshire, also letters to Charles's brother, Sir Henry Watkin Williams Wynn. There are 540 letters from Southey to Charles, 364 from Charles to Southey and 759 from Charles to Henry (see also NLW MSS 2789-2806).