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Richards, David, 1783-1826
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Tune book,

The tune-book, 1806, of David Richards ('Dewi Silin', 1783-1826), containing psalm-tunes and anthems by John Williams, Dolgellau (ff. 58-69) and others, accompanying words mostly in Welsh. Also included are notes on runic characters (p. 128), and pasted inside the covers are a printed announcement, 1814, of the second annual meeting of the Merionethshire Auxiliary Bible Society, and a printed note, 1822, from Robert Saunderson, Cambrian Printing Office, Bala, of a proposal to publish extracts from Y Gwyliedydd, under the title Cyfaill y Cymro.

'Dewi Silin'.

Tune book,

Tune book, compiled mainly during the second half of the eighteenth century, containing psalm-tunes and anthems, with some accompanying words in English and Welsh. Annotations identify David Richards ('Dewi Silin', 1783-1826) as the copyist of two of the tunes (ff. 29 verso, 35 verso).

David Richards ('Dewi Silin') and others.