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A volume containing forty-five holograph letters, 1820-30, mostly dated, on guards, with a few drafts and miscellaneous papers, from Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'; 1795-1855), writing at various times from Trefriw, Croesoswallt [Oswestry], Berriw (Aberrhiw), Llanrwst, St Bees, Chester and Christleton to 'Teulu Darowen' (addressed generally to the Reverend Thomas Richards (1754-1837), Darowen) and to individual members of the Darowen family, viz. the Reverend David Richards, vicar of Llansilin, the Reverend Thomas Richards (1785-1855), Berriew, later rector of Llangynyw, M[eistresa]n Sian Rhisiard, Darowen and the Reverend Richard Richards, Caerwys, and one letter, 1822, from J[ames] Evans, Sec[retary], Cymmrodorion Institution, London to Mr Evan Evans, Grammar School, Berriew, Montgomeryshire. The subjects discussed by Evan Evans include his health, education and financial position, literary matters (references to Y Gwyliedydd), his situation in the church, etc. The other items in the volume include a draft of a letter to [ ] Parry and lines of verse entitled 'Poor little Sweep'. The present arrangement of the letters is chronological, however a list [?in the autograph of J. H. Davies] inside the front cover relates to earlier numbers preceded by the letters 'E. E.' [? for Evan Evans] which are to be found on many of the letters near the address.

Nineteen letters, 1812-1863, addressed to various members of the Richards family, mainly from relatives, comprising letters to Thomas and Jane Richards from their daughters Jane, 27 May 1812, 17 September 1812 (ff. 1-4), and [?Mary], 1 April 1817, August 1826 (ff. 13-14, 20-21); letters to Mary Richards from her brother Lewis Richards, Berriew, 18 December 1819 (ff. 18-19), and niece Elen Richards, Llangynyw, 1 December 1835 (ff. 24-25); letters to Jane Richards from her friend Margaret Gwynn, Gwastadgoed, [?18] March [?1815]-26 June 1816 (ff. 7-12), and niece Elen Richards, [early 1830s] (ff. 22-23) and (from Hackney) 13 September-9 October 1862 (ff. 28-44); a letter to E[lizabeth] Richards, Shrewsbury, from her brother Tho[ma]s Richards, Berriew, 8 June 1818 (ff. 15-16); letters to John and Lewis [Richards] from [?Mary Richards], Darowen, 1 April [?1814] (ff. 5-6), and to Richard Richards from T. Price, Darowen School, June 1819 (f. 17); and two letters to E[len] Richards from friends and acquaintances, 9 April 1852, 19 August 1863 (ff. 26-27, 45). Also included is a tune 'Difirwch Arglwyddes Owen' (ff. 46-47).