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Cwrtmawr manuscripts Llew Llwyfo, 1831-1901 Welsh periodicals -- 19th century
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Llythyrau 'Gwilym Hiraethog',

Forty holograph letters from W[illiam] Rees ['Gwilym Hiraethog'], Liverpool, etc. to [Ebenezer Thomas] 'Eben Fardd', 1848-60 (the proposed Welsh translation of Chambers's Information for the People; the writer's review of 'awdlau' in Yr Amserau; the forthcoming publication of Telyn [Egryn; neu Gyfansoddiadau Awenyddol Miss Ellin Evans ('Elen Egryn)']; reviews by [Evan Jones] 'Ieuan Gwynedd'; observations on adjudications by the writer and others on chair and other competitions at eisteddfodau, with particular reference to Rhuddlan eisteddfod, 1850; appreciation of [John Jones] 'Talhaiarn'; the writer's family tree; criticism of Y Traethodydd; published and unpublished poetry by the writer; a girls' school to be opened at Porthmadog by two of the writer's daughters and the schooling there of one of the recipient's daughters; lectures and lecture tours by the writer; the fiftieth anniversary of the Welsh Congregational cause in Liverpool; the recipient's lecture to a men's society in the writer's church; criticism of [William Williams] 'Caledfryn'; the ingratitude of John Lloyd; an attack upon the writer by [Lewis William Lewis] 'Llew Llwyfo'; an anonymous attack in Y Cronicl by [John Ceiriog Hughes] 'Ceiriog'; decline in taste in current Welsh literature; an action for libel against Yr Amserau; the writer's visit to Lady Hall [at Llanover]; personal, including references to the death of the writer's son, David, and to the recipient's bereavements; etc.). The spine is lettered 'Llythyrau Hiraethog. MS'.

Llyfr lloffion,

A scrap book compiled by ?John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing undated cuttings from Welsh and Welsh American newspapers, among those (identified on internal evidence) being Y Gweithiwr, Y Celt and Y Drych. Titles include 'Y Flwyddyn' (being an account of Welsh customs associated with feast days) partly signed by 'M.M.', 'Nodiadau Henafiaethol' by O[wen] Morgan ('Morien'), Pontypridd, 'Hynafiaeth Llanilltyd Fawr' by [David Watkin Jones] 'Dafydd Morganwg', 'Hynafiaethau Ceredigion' by John Rowlands ('Giraldus'), Cardiff , 'Yr Eisteddfod' by [Lewis Williams Lewis] 'Llew Llwyfo', 'Gwyddoniaeth, Moesoldeb a Chrefydd' by R. C. Roberts, Deerfield, N. Y., 'Llydaw a'r Llydawiaid' (being a report of a lecture delivered [in Liverpool] by E[dward] Thomas ('Cochfarf'), Cardiff), 'Beirniadaethau Eisteddfod Utica, N. Y.' 'Hirhoedledd' by the Reverend J. H. Jones, Rome, N. Y., 'Pa fodd y mae dyn yn byw, symud ac yn bod' ('Gan Feddyg o Pasadena, Calif.'), and 'Hanes y Bedyddwyr ym mhlwyf Gelligaer' by the Reverend R[ichard] Evans, Hengoed. Also included in the volume are the printed articles of incorporation of 'Cymdeithas Gymreigyddol Powys', 1861, and a printed circular appeal by the editor, Beriah Gwynfe Evans, on behalf of Cyfaill yr Aelwyd. Inset are cuttings, extracted from another scrap book, of articles (Llythyrau I-IV) on 'Griffith Williams, Esgob Ossary, a'i amserau' published by J[ohn] J[ones], rector of Llanllyfni, in Yr Herald Cymraeg, 1857.