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Letters, 1929-1947, mainly to Mrs Eva Mary Bell, relating chiefly to her book, The Hamwood Papers (London, 1930), with copy and draft letters from her, and miscellaneous family letters; together with a typescript synopsis of the book, a typescript radio script on the Ladies of Llangollen, and related notes.

Papers, 1774-1947, of Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, popularly known as the 'Ladies of Llangollen', comprising diaries and correspondence, together with related papers.

A volume, [1920s], compiled by Mrs Eva Mary Bell in the preparation of her book, The Hamwood Papers (London, 1930), and containing notes, arranged alphabetically, on persons and families named in the diaries of Lady Eleanor Butler.

A volume containing a transcript, [1872x1880], of NLW MS 22995B, in the same unidentified hand as NLW MSS 22978B and 22994B, with a few annotations in the hand of Charles William Hamilton.

Transcripts, [1872x1880], in an unidentified hand (see also NLW MSS 22994B, 22996B) of twelve letters, April-November 1798, to Sarah Ponsonby from her second cousin Sarah Tighe (née Fownes) in Ireland, containing news of the progress of the Wexford Rebellion.

A volume containing a transcript, [1872x1880], of NLW MS 22993A, in the same hand as NLW MSS 22978B and 22996B, with a few annotations in the hand of Charles William Hamilton (1802-1880).

Vouchers, 1832-1833, for bills paid, following the death of Sarah Ponsonby in 1831, by Charles Hamilton (1772-1857) of Hamwood and his second son, William Tighe Hamilton (b. 1807), as her executors; together with brief notes, watermark, 1870, on the Ladies of Llangollen, and extracts from their diaries, in the hand of Charles William Hamilton (1802-1880), eldest son of Charles and Caroline Hamilton.

A volume, 1803-1859, containing verse and prose in English, French and Italian, mainly dedicated to Caroline Hamilton (née Tighe, d. 1861) of Hamwood, in various hands including those of members of the families of Hamilton, Tighe and Fitzgerald, as well as transcripts and watercolour decorations by Sarah Ponsonby, among them being two views of Plasnewydd (ff. 35, 39). The poetry includes an autograph unfinished poem by Thomas Moore, differing from the published version ('Tell me the witching tale again ...', ff. 3-4), an autograph, apparently unpublished poem by Mary Tighe ('Though Genius and Fancy hereafter may trace ...', f. 7 recto-verso), and two autograph published poems by Mrs Felicia Hemans (ff. 48 verso-49).

A volume, 1800-1835, containing poems and quotations in English, French, German and Italian, and drawings in pencil, ink and watercolour, all in various hands, compiled for Camilla Blachford, apparently sister-in-law of the poet Mary Tighe, and distantly related to Sarah Ponsonby. The poetry includes autograph poems by Mary Tighe ('A faithful friend is the medicine of life', f. 2 recto-verso) and Thomas Moore ('Love's Album, to Mrs Blachford', ff. 70-71 verso), both containing variants to the published versions.

Eight letters, 1778, to Mrs Elinor Goddard (née Shuldham) relating to the flight to Wales of Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, together with thirty-two letters, 1781-1831, to the Ladies of Llangollen, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The correspondents include Edmund Burke (1), 1790; Hester Lynch Piozzi (2), 1800-1801; Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (2), 1820-1829; and William Wilberforce (1), 1823.
Also included are autograph published verses by Thomas Campbell ('Stanzas to Painting', ff. 28-29) and William Wordsworth ('A stream, to mingle with your perfect Dee ...' and 'Look at the fate of summer flowers ...', ff. 95-96), all differing slightly from the published versions; a transcript of a sonnet by John Bligh, earl of Darnley (f. 19); and verse, in French, attributed to Anna Seward (f. 68).

A volume, [c. 1823], in an unidentified hand containing a tale in French entitled 'Histoire Tragique d'un Père de la Trappe'.

Journal of Lady Eleanor Butler, 1 January-31 December 1821, including newspaper cuttings and medical recipes.

Transcripts, [18/19 cent.], in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby, of an incomplete and apparently unpublished verse drama entitled 'Love's Frenzy, or the Garlands of the Faun', and of poems, bearing dates of composition between 1777 and 1779, some of them by the same anonymous author; illustrated with monochrome watercolour drawings, also probably by Sarah Ponsonby.

Transcript, 1814, probably in the hand of Lady Eleanor Butler, of the fourth edition of a poem in French entitled 'Les On. Disparition de Buonaparte'.

A volume containing transcripts, [c. 1805-1806], probably by Sarah Ponsonby, of letters, 1800-1804, from a traveller recounting his experiences in Jerusalem (cf. NLW MS 22981B), Moscow, India and Cairo.

Journal of Lady Eleanor Butler, 4 August-31 December 1807.

A volume containing transcripts, [c. 1804-1805], probably by Lady Eleanor Butler, of two letters, 1801-1802, from a traveller recounting his experiences in Jerusalem (cf. NLW MS 22982C) and Paris, including a meeting with Napoleon Buonaparte.

A volume copied, March 1804, for Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby by Mary Tighe containing a transcript of the latter's poem Psyche, published in 1805, and of verses written to her by Thomas Moore.

Notebook containing coats of arms of various English and Irish families probably drawn and coloured, [c. 1801], by Sarah Ponsonby.

Journal of Lady Eleanor Butler, 1 January-27 March 1802, including a list of visitors to Plasnewydd, medical recipes and a book-list.