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A pocket book of Robert Daniel of Llandderfel, father of D. R. Daniel, containing farming accounts, 1844-5, largely connected with the purchase and sale of stock and the sale of wool.

Notebook, partly in Welsh, of Daniel Jones, Tynbwlch, parish of Lledrod, co. Cardigan, containing farming accounts, 1928-9; details of payment to servants and workmen, 1929-37; and of sale of farm stock and equipment, 1937 (inverted text ff. 69 verso-76 verso).

Account books, 1849-1880, of Daniel Jenkins of Coed, Llanddewi Aber-arth, later of Tyngwndwn, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, co. Cardigan, farmer, containing farming and other accounts; a list of purchasers at the Coed sale, 1874, with the amounts paid for the various lots (MS 22878, ff. 1v, 9v-62); and miscellaneous memoranda. Inserted in MS 22877 is a copy of Reynolds's Astrological and Prophetic Almanack for 1848 (ff. 126-34v).

An account book of a farmer of [the parish of Guilsfield], Montgomeryshire, containing particulars of daily receipts and disbursements for the period 1796-1804. There are references to the sale of livestock, crops, and farm produce, to the receipt of rent and of interest on loans, and to payments in respect of food and clothing, wages, turnpike tolls and other travelling expenses, taxes, coal, lime, stones, slates, tithes, chief rent, etc. At the beginning and the end of the volume are memoranda, 1790-1798, relating to agreements for the delivery of barley and peas, the shoeing of horses, etc.

A photostat facsimile of the parish register of Ffestiniog, Merioneth, 1695-1791.

An essay, written about 1913, by Dr. Hugh Jones, Liverpool, entitled 'A Scheme for the Diffusion of Knowledge of First Aid, Home Nursing, and Domestic Hygiene in Wales'.

A copy of the Order Book of the Fishguard Turnpike Trust, 1791-1843.

A file of draft and printed election addresses, with correspondence relating to the same, by Sir John Herbert Lewis, 1891-1910.

Research papers of the botanist Richard Henry Roberts, [1953]-[2002], a county recorder for the Botanical Society of the British Isles. The papers including field notes on plants in Anglesey, together with a copy of The flowering plant and ferns of Anglesey (Cardiff, 1982) by him and heavily annotated, and offprints of articles relating to his research.

A file of papers, certificates, and cards, relating to food rationing, 1917-1920, kept by William Henry Davies, The Stores, Rhuddlan.

A copy of Alun E. Evans's MA thesis 'Football on the Edge. The relationship between Welsh football policy-making and the British International Championship' (De Montfort University, Leicester, 1996).

A collection, c. 1834, by Ffoulk Robert Williams (Eos Llyfnwy, Llanrug) (1774?-1870), entitled Llyfr Cerddoriaeth o Gerddi Sion, A Gwir folianwur yr Arglwydd, containing anthems, hymn-tunes, carols and old airs written by himself and also Edward Jones (Dolydd Byrion, Cricieth), John Williams (Ioan Rhagfyr) and others; also included are triads, ballads and miscellanea.

Notes by J. Lias Davies on words and phrases current in Denbighshire.

A copy of the results of a survey undertaken between 1898 and 1900.

Printed volume including data recording the names of fishermen and the number of fish caught in north Ceredigion lakes (Llyn Conach, New Pool, Llynpenrhaidr and Llyn Dwfn) owned by the Gogerddan estate, 1944-1960.

Recollections of agriculture in the vale of Edeyrnion, 1857-1870, written in 1928-1929 by Gomer Roberts, then of Bryn Llyfin, Llanfair, Ruthin.

An incomplete, typescript copy of a work by the Reverend Digain Williams, San Francisco, U.S.A., described on the title-page as 'The Great Hymns of Wales, translated by Rev. Digain Williams . . .', and intended for publication. The text consists of brief notes on twenty-one well-known Welsh hymn-writers (in alphabetical order), with translations into English of some of their best-known hymns. The preface, introduction, and pp. 1-5 of the text, which, according to the table of contents, would have dealt with two other writers, are missing. In some instances, spaces have been left in the text for the insertion of hymn-tunes.

An entry book, 1783-1798, of fees collected by the Reverend John Rocke on the passing of fines and recoveries in the Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire circuit of the Court of Great Sessions.

Ledger, 1874-1891, of Robert Thomas, Bagillt, co. Flint, grocer, including details of cases of nonpayment referred to the County Court, 1878-1886.

A letter, 1896, from David Watkin Jones ('Dafydd Morganwg') to John Daniel Evans with transcripts of unpublished poems by Thomas Evans ('Telynog'); a postcard, 1902, from William Jones, M.P., to J. D. Evans at Goginan, Cardiganshire; an unsigned letter, 1900, containing a brief history of the Baptists in Goginan and district; and a hymn-tune entitled 'Goginan' by William Aubrey Williams ('Gwilym Gwent'), 1869.