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Two Monmouthshire election songs in favour of the Morgan candidate against the ‘Creole’ from Antigua, [Valentine Morris], one entitled ‘A new copy of verses’ to the tune of ‘O the roast beef of old England’, beginning ‘How does this exotic, this out-coming blade’, the other entitled ‘Song’ to the tune of ‘Hearts of oak are our ships’, beginning ‘Come cheer up my lads, tis to honour we steer’, [1771]; and also a Glamorgan election song entitled ‘Canu, Cymraeg’, beginning ‘Chwi feibion glan Morganwg os gwnech y nawr fy arch’ in favour of Wyndham and Talbot (2 copies).

Printed papers relating to the coronations of George IV, William IV and Victoria. They comprise a lithograph, View of Palace Yard on the day of the coronation of His Majesty George IV, July 19, 1821; a copy of The Observer, 22 July 1821, including a supplement devoted to the coronation of George IV; an admission ticket to Westminster Abbey for the coronation [of William IV and Queen Adelaide, 1831], and covering note; a copy of The Observer, 11 Sept. 1831 (endorsed ‘Lady Rodney’), largely taken up with an account of the coronation; and an admission ticket to Westminster Abbey for Octavius Morgan, esq., to the coronation [?of Victoria, 1837].

Off-prints of articles by G. T. Clark on moated mounds, 1874-1875. The file is endorsed ‘G. T.Clark &c, medieval military architecture in England, earthworks, mounds, castles.’

An article from The Builder on the military architecture of Wales, 1869, and off-prints of articles written by G. T. Clark on Montgomery castle, Dolforwyn castle, and the moated enclosures of the upper Severn, 1877. The file is endorsed ‘G. T. Clark &c, castles, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Wales.’.

Original bundle of offprints of articles by Octavius Morgan on plate and maces of London guilds, 1860, a miniature of Frederick V, elector palatine of the Rhine, and Elizabeth of England his wife, 1864, Tau rings and crosses of the Knights of St Anthony, 1873, sulphur portraits, 1875, a tessellated pavement at Caerleon, Monmouthshire, 1877, deeds and documents relating to the manor of Watlesburgh (Shropshire), Fotheringay College (Northamptonshire), Llangynog (Archenfield), the honour of Tickhill (Yorkshire), and the monastery of Dartford (Kent), 1877, a silver model of the Eddystone lighthouse, 1878, a 9-10th century Danish ship discovered near the mouth of the river Usk, 1878, and several printed articles by Octavius Morgan published in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 1855-1857. Many of the articles are annotated by Octavius Morgan. The file also includes a document with sectional diagrams of Caerwent Roman baths; a letter, 1887, to Octavius Morgan from the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe;; a folio from Notes and Queries, Feb. 1872, containing ‘Journeys from the south of Ireland to England and back in 1778, 1784, 1791, 1794’; and a folio from The Athenӕum, April 1882, containing a review [?by Octavius Morgan] of J.F. Nicholls and J. Taylor, Bristol, past and present.

A photographic print of an illustration of the trunk of the Cefnmabli Oak, which fell in 1779, with a printed note dated 1886 attached, and eight mounted photographs of Godfrey Charles Morgan, viscount Tredegar, being three copies of a half-length portrait photograph and five copies of a head and shoulders portrait photograph. The Cefnmabli Oak photograph is attached to a board to which is attached the remains of hinges.

The Cardiff Corporation Bill 1909, empowering it to create the Llwyn-on reservoir in the parishes of Vaynor and Penderyn, Breconshire, and other works. The papers include copies of the Bill, drafts of a clause to protect Lord Tredegar’s interests, correspondence, and memoranda relating to earlier developments of Cardiff’s water supply, maps, and an extract from a conveyance dated 1912.

Copies of newpapers, comprising the Brecon County Times, 28 April 1893 and 10 June 1915 (2 copies), Llais Llafur/Labour Voice, 24 Jan. and 7 Feb. 1914, the Brecon & Radnor Express, 3 June 1915, the South Wales Daily News, 23 June 1915, and the Western Mail, 23 June 1915, and a cutting dated 18 Feb. [--], probably from the Brecon & Radnor Express, relating to the local government board inquiry into the water supply for Llys-wen, including reference to Lord Tredegar’s contribution to the scheme, and to two recent deaths from diptheria.

Official agriculture publications comprising Board of Agriculture and Fisheries weekly notes for farmers, 1917; and the Corn Production Act, 1917, enclosing memoranda and London Gazette notices.

Copies of the Annual supplement to Willich’s tithe commutation tables for the years 1856, 1864, 1868-72, 1875-88, 1891-95, 1897-1918 and 1919 (‘1919-1925’), and of Percy William Millard’s Tithe rentcharge tables, 1919 (‘1918-1926’) and 1926.

Charity Commissioners’ report of charities in the parishes of Llanedern and Llanfihangel-y-fedw, 1896; advertising material for government surplus wire, angle iron fencing stakes and wire cutters, [post 1918]; unused inland telegramme forms (3 copies), [1930s?]; Breconshire War Memorial Hospital in-door and out-door patient forms, [1930s]; advertising material for David Rowell & Co. of London’s iron and steel structural products; [1930s]; advertising material for Turners Asbestos Cement Co. of Manchester’s ‘Turnall’ building slabs (hollow construction) for farm flooring, 1936.

The series comprises printed material accumulated by the Morgan family and printed public notices accumulated by the Tredegar estate.

An undated typescript walking guide to Tredegar House, entering by the side hall, and passing through the secretary’s room, the smoking room, the dining room, the main hall, the king’s room, the brown room and the drawing room.

Review of Mr Longlands's Pamphlet entitled 'A Review of the Warehousing System, or the Advocate for exclusive privileges unmasked, with observations upon the necessity of additional wet dock accommodation in the Port of London.'. Printed.

Letters from Philip Vaughan of Brecon to Sir Charles Morgan concerning the administration of the Tredegar and Ruperra Estates in cos Brec. and Glam., with some references to parliamentary elections in the county and borough of Brecon.

Letter from Philip Vaughan of Brecon to Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar concerning a requisition to petition Parliament to open the Corporation [of Brecon] with respect to the election of corporate officers.

Letters of Philip Vaughan of Brecon to Sir Charles Morgan, bart, concerning estate matters and local affairs, including elections in the borough of Brecon.

Letter from James Price of Glynllech to [Sir Charles Morgan, bart] concerning the lettings of the Palleg Estate and commenting on the new projected railway.