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Letters To [Sir] D. S. Davies Relating To Contributions To Beibl Y Teulu. Fifteen autograph letters written to [Sir] D. S. Davies by those contracted to contribute to the second (New Testament) volume of Beibl y Teulu. Also included is a list of writers who might be prepared to contribute to this second volume.

Letters To Thomas Gee And Son, Relating To An Alleged Libel Published In Baner Ac Amserau Cymru. The alleged libel was against the Reverend T. C. Benjamin, minister of Pisgah Congregational Chapel, Talgarreg, Cardiganshire, who had acted as the literary adjudicator at the Llanarth Eisteddfod. He was accused of partiality and complicity by two correspondents of Baner ac Amserau Cymru. Mr Benjamin threatened legal proceedings against the correspondents and the publishers, unless a public apology appeared in Baner ac Amserau Cymru. These thirty three letters and telegrams represent an attempt by the different parties to arrive at an amicable settlement.

Letters To Thomas Gee Relating To A Charge Of Infringement Of Copyright. Nine autograph letters to Thomas Gee charging him with infringement of copyright. The charge is made by William Hughes, Dolgellau, publisher of Y Dydd. Mr Hughes alleged that Mr Gee introduced into Caniadau y Cyssegr a'r Teulu, published in 1878, a number of tunes from a collection called Aberth Moliant which were Mr Hughes's copyright. He claimed to have acquired the copyright from William Rees, 'Gwilym Hiraethog'. He threatened legal proceedings through a solicitor and the matter remained unsolved at the time of the last letter (July 1884). [Old List, March 1936, II; May 1936, No. 8].

Letters To Thomas Gee Relating To Publication Of Emyn Y Cyssegr In 1885. P143-70 are letters in reply to requests by Thomas Gee to various people for premission to include hymns form other collections in the above work. P171-9 thank Thomas Gee for copies of the work.

Letters To Thomas Gee Relating To Y Llyfr Hymnau And Its Publication. Nineteen autograph letters written to Thomas Gee concerning the new Llyfr Hymnau to be published by him for the Calvinistic Methodist of Wales. They refer to the technicalities of printing, with some disagreement about the printing and binding methods of Thomas Gee.