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Six numbered portfolios containing originals and transcripts of material acquired by J. H. Davies which belong or relate to the Morrises of Anglesey ('Morrisiaid Môn') and especially to Lewis Morris ('Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701-65): I. Holograph letters and receipts to J. H. Davies from T. Hamer Jones, London, 1900-01, E. A Lewis, London, 1901, and T. Vaughan Roberts, London and Llangollen, 1901, and typescript copies of correspondence between T. Hamer Jones and E. Vincent Evans, London, 1900-01, all relating to the transcription of Morris letters and manuscripts in the British Museum. Ii. A mutilated lead mining account book (10 pp.) largely in the hand of Lewis Morris, 25 January-25 February 1756, including such entries as 'Received to subsist Cwmervin Ten Guineas by me Edward Hughes', 'To Evan Hugh for work at Galltvadog ... 1/6', 'at Cwmervin - 5 or 6 yards cleared to ye East', 'Brandi bach Galwyn 6/-', 'To David Headley for last week at Penbryn 4/-', 'To nans ty n y bedw for Jacks lodging 2 weeks 3/-', 'discovered ore in ye R. Rake Cwmervin', 'Sent ye Inspectors on acct. of Incidents £70', 'Cwm Ervin bottoms clear almost', etc.; two undated [c.1745] drafts in the hand of Lewis Morris of documents in a legal action touching the ownership of a lead mine called Bwlchgwyn in the manor of Perfedd, Cardiganshire, the first being entitled 'The Freeholds in the Neighbourhood of Bwlchgwyn Mine whose Tenants have always made use of the Lands where the Mine stands as well as of all the Mountains adjoyning as a Common, Have Cut Turf on the mountains as a Common over against their Tenements as Customary, and those that had no wood growing on their Lands made use of ye wood of allt rudd as a Common, and have always turn[e]d their Cattle to Graze on the Common, as belonging to the Tenants of the Mannor of Pervedd, and not to any other Person', and the second, in a very mutilated condition, comprising interrogatories, in Welsh, to be administered to witnesses [see D. Lleufer Thomas: 'Lewis Morris in Cardiganshire', Y Cymrodor, Vol. XV, 1901, pp. 8 ff.]; drafts in the hand of Lewis Morris entitled 'Holyhead. April 1736. Proposals for Printing by Subscription a Treatise ... Entitled Chwedlau Doethion Rhufain, or, The Tales of the wise men of Rome.... By L. Morris' (endorsed 'copied by D[afydd] Ddu Eryri'), '13 Aug[us]t 1740. Proposals for Carrying on a survey of ye Sea Coast of Wales &c begun under ye Probation of my L[or]ds Comm[issione]rs of ye Adm[iral]ty 1737 ... By L. Morris', 'August 1740. An Account of a Survey made of some part of ye Sea Coast of Wales in ye years 1737 & 1738. By L. Morris, Surveyor of ye Customs at Holyhead', and 'Remarks upon Mr Nicolson's first volume of his English ?Historical Library; more Particularly what regards the History of ye Ancient Britains or Welsh' ('Enterd in my Q[uar]to misscell[any] 1759'); an attested copy ('Concordat Cum originale. Llywarch Lechweddgam. D Registr.') of 'Private Queries to be answer'd before ye 1st of May under Pain of Excom' (endorsed: 'Penance to be Performd by Mr Richard Evans Surgeon at Llanerchmedd for defamation'); a holograph letter from An. Owen to Lewis Morris, 1748/9 (published in Hugh Owen (ed.), Additional Letters of the Morrises of Anglesey (1735-1786), Y Cymmrodor, Vol. XLIX, 1947-9, part I, p. 191); drafts of letters by L[ewis] M[orris], Holyhead to Thomas Corbett, MP, Adm[iral]ty Office, London, 1740-1 (3) (published in Hugh Owen, op. cit., part I, pp. 45-6, 98-9, 102-03), and a draft of a letter by L[ewis] M[orris], Galltvadog, near Aberystwyth to G[wyn] Vaughan, 1750/1 (published in Hugh Owen, op. cit., part I, pp. 97-8); a holograph letter from 'The Brawd Du' [William Vaughan], Plashen to [Lewis Morris], 1763 (published in Hugh Owen, op. cit., part II, pp. 597-8); an attested copy ('Concordat cum Originali. Anon.' of a letter, partly in verse, from Tho[ma]s Morgan [of Tredegar] from Privy Gardens, to [ ], 1755/6 (he hopes the recipient and his family will resent the ill usage that Mr [Roderick] Gwynne [of Glanbran] and 'his' family have given to 'my' good friend and 'your' near relation Sir Humphery [sic] and 'his' family 'these last Elections' [for Brecknockshire], greetings to the family at Maselwych) (with a descriptive note attached in the hand of [D. Lleufer Thomas]); a holograph letter from W. Skinner, Hereford to [ ], 1763 (requests the support of specified Brecknockshire 'Herefordians' for the candidature of Mr John Drummond, banker at Charing Cross, in the impending election for the city of Hereford, references among others to the 'Ladies at Blaen Nant'); a holograph letter from Tho[ma]s Vaughan to 'Dear Ned', undated [mid 17 cent.] (a debt claimed by Gab. Jeffres from the writer, the writer's relationship with his brother arising from the will of 'Aunt Madocks'); an undated [mid 17 cent.] volume (38 pp.) containing 'an Essay on Dramatic Poetry' (with a 'Dedication to Charles E[arl] of Dorset Lord Chamberlain') and 'Defence of an Essay of Dramatick Poesy', both texts extracted from the works of John Dryden, a sermon on Job 36, 2-3, 'The Preface w'ch has always been prefix'd to Moliere's Works', and 'The Life of Moliere'; transcripts [by T. Vaughan Roberts] from BM Add MS 15032 of a letter from E[dward] Williams to [Lewis Morris] [1740] (published in part in Hugh Owen: op. cit., part I, p. 91) and of a letter from Owen Holland to [William Morris] 1761 (published in Hugh Owen, op. cit., Part II, pp. 519-20; and a holograph letter from D. Lleufer Thomas, Swansea to J. H. Davies, Lincoln's Inn, 1903 (encloses remaining Morris letters for the recipient). Iii. Material largely in the form of drafts or copies by Lewis Morris and almost entirely relating to legal actions arising from the superintendency by him of the Esgair-y-mwyn lead mine in the parish of Gwnnws, Cardiganshire. The papers include 'The Joint and several answers of Lewis Morris and John Owen def[endan]ts to the Information bill of Complaint of Sr Robt Henley, Knight, his Majesty's Attorney General, for and on the part and behalf of his Majesty' [1758], with miscellaneous relevant drafts, among them being a list of 'Mismanagements at ye mine of Esg[air] y mwyn in 1757. for Lord Powis's Information'; annotated correspondence with John Sharpe, Zachariah Chambers, Tho[ma]s Walker, W[illia]m Corbett, Gwyn Vaughan, [Richard Morris], Tho[mas] Croso(e), Tho[mas] Evans and Lord Powis, 1744-63 (all published in Hugh Owen, op. cit., Part I, pp. 127-31, 133-8, 147-52, 163-72, 176-7, 185-7, 241-3, 287, 335-42, Part II, pp. 436-7); a holograph letter from John Charlton to [Lewis] Morris, 1757 (published in Hugh Owen, op. cit., Part I, pp. 330-1); a notebook (15 pp.) of affidavits, comparable in content but not to be identified with the book of 'Witnesses Examinat[ions]' quoted by D. Lleufer Thomas, op. cit., p. 22 ff.; an original lease, 1763, for 21 years from William Jones of Dol y Clettwr, esquire, to Lewis Morris of Penbryn, esquire, both of Cardiganshire, of mineworks, mines, and minerals upon a tenement called Troed y rhiw las, of late known as the Shop; and an original declaration of 'particulars', 1663, signed by fifty tenants of the lordship of Perveth, Carmarthenshire, and more especially the inhabitants of the parish of Llanthoysant, for the restoration of liberties of pasturage on 'our Common & mountaine' and for the cessation of payment of redemption dues for impounded cattle to the collectors of the Crown 'out of the great Forrest of Brecon adjoineing to our Common ...' (endorsed: 'Llanthoysant sub script. touching the gr[e]at Forrest'). Iv. A transcript [by T. Vaughan Roberts] from BM Add MS 14929 of 'The First Book of the Chroniclers of ye Mines' (published in Hugh Owen, The Life and Works of Lewis Morris ... (1951)' pp. 53-60); a transcript [by E. A. Lewis] from BM Add MS 15025 of the appointment, 1752, by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury of Lewis Morris to be Agent and Superintendent of the mine called Esgair y Mwyn 'lately discovered by him in his Majesty's mannor of Mevenyth ...'; typescript copies, with annotations, by T. H[amer] J[ones] of Morris letters in BM Add MS 15025 (published in J. H. Davies (ed.), The Letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris, of Anglesey ... Vol. I (Aberystwyth 1907), pp. 103-08, 115-23, 136-8, 140-1, 144-7, 163-6, 172-3, 188-91, 200-02, 207-08, 210-11, 221-8, 233-8, 243-5, 290-2, 333-6, 370); brief extracts [in the hand of D. Lleufer Thomas] from Morris letters; and a holograph letter from T. Vaughan Roberts, Highbury [London] to J. H. Davies, Aberystwyth, 1905 (the proposed publication of the Morris letters) (together with a note on a letter in BM Add MS 15028, p. 49). V. Transcripts in a modern hand of manuscript compilations of Evan Evans ('Ieuan Fardd' or 'Ieuan Brydydd Hir'; 1731-88), being Panton MS 84 (NLW MS 2049), pp. 3-14, 25-59, 69-84, 101-03, 122, and Panton MS 75 (NLW MS 2041), pp.

1-11 (there is a version of the latter text also in Cardiff MS 2.271); and a transcript [by T. Vaughan Roberts] from BM Add MS 15033 of a letter from Ev[an] Evans, from Oxford, to Richard Morris, Navy Office, London, 1751 (published in D. Silvan Evans (gol.), Gwaith y Parchedig Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) (Caernarfon, 1876), p. 157). Vi. Transcripts [by T. Vaughan Roberts and E. A. Lewis] and typescript copies of material from BM Add MSS 14929, 15021, 15024-5, and 15029, being largely letters published in Hugh Owen, op. cit., Part I, pp. 15-19, 31-4, 36-7, 52-64, 105-06, 160-3, 177-182, 213-14, 246-8, Part II, pp. 400-2, 460-1, 526-9, 624-5, 650-1, 673-5, 684-6, 749-51, 762, 765, 775-7.

The file includes letters from T. A. Archer, John Ballinger, Thomas E. Brigstocke, J. Glyn Davies (2), E. Vincent Evans, J. Spinther James, John Edward Lloyd (3), W. J. Parry, R. Silyn Roberts, Sir John Williams Bart, and Mallt Williams.

The file includes letters from W. N. Bruce, Alfred T. Davies, J. Gwynoro Davies, E. Vincent Evans, William George, R. T. Jenkins, Henry Haydn Jones, E. Lloyd Owen, Owen Griffith Owen ('Alafon'), Joseph Pease, Mardy Rees, Alfred Thomas, Lord Pontypridd, and Sir Ifor Williams.

The file also contains letters bearing some family, domestic and personal news. The file includes letters from Bishop A. G. Edwards, 1890, Canon D. Silvan Evans, 1899, E. Herber Evans (3), 1891-1892, Sir E. Vincent Evans, 1886, Thomas Gee, 1897, Richard Griffith ('Carneddog'), 1902, J. Gwili Jenkins ('Gwili'), (2), 1902-1903, John T. Job (7), 1892-1903, W. Goscombe John (16), 1895-1903, Sir Henry Jones, Glasgow, 1893, T. Gwynn Jones, 1901, H. Elvet Lewis ('Elfed') (3), 1891-1900, Lewis William Lewis ('Llew Llwyfo'), 1893, Eluned Morgan, 1895, H. Isambard Owen, 1899, Owen Griffith Owen ('Alafon') (4), 1899-1902, Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), 1896, R. D. Rowland ('Anthropos') (3), 1901-1903, Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, 1901, Edward Thomas ('Cochfarf') (9), 1899-1903, and Eifion Wyn (2), 1894-1897.

Written in the hand of the secretary, Charles W. Jones, from 1885-1887, and of his successor, Sir E. Vincent Evans

Includes letters from: R. A. [Griffith] (Elphin) (5); E. H. Griffiths (6); W. F. Grimes (3); Hubert Hall (9)

Letters, 1875-1892, to John A[thanasius] Jones ('Athan Fardd') from many correspondents, including Cosslett Cosslett ('Carnelian'), Thomas Essile Davies ('Dewi Wyn o Essyllt'), Sir Owen M. Edwards, T. C. Edwards ('Cynonfardd'), D. Emlyn Evans, Sir E. Vincent Evans, Charles Henry Glascodine, Griffith Penar Griffiths ('Penar'), John Griffiths, Neath, Jenkin Howell, Aberdare, L. W. Johns, Sparta, Wisconsin, U.S.A., D. W. Jones ('Dafydd Morganwg'), E. Gurnos Jones, J. R. Kilsby-Jones, H. Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), Lewis William Lewis ('Llew Llwyfo'), John Rhys Morgan ('Lleurwg'), Robert Parry ('Robin Ddu Eryri'), Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Jonathan Rees ('Nathan Wyn'), Jonathan Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed'), Daniel Thomas ('Pabellwyson'), John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), Lizzie Glanffrwd Thomas ('Llinos y De'), W. Glanffrwd Thomas ('Glanffrwd'), Gwilym Williams, Miskin Manor, H. Cernyw Williams ('Cernyw'), Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Môn'), Thomas Williams ('Brynfab') and Watkin H. Williams ('Watcyn Wyn').

A holograph letter, 9 June, 1921, from [Sir] John Morris-Jones, Llanfair P. G., to [Sir E. Vincent Evans], containing a brief outline of the writer's personal, academic, and literary career. The letter was written on the occasion of the award to Sir John in 1921 of the Medal of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and was published almost in full in the Society's Transactions ... 1919-1920 (London, 1921), pp. 153-5. Also included is a holograph letter relating thereto, 9 September, 1936, from [Lady] Mary Morris-Jones to [Sir D. Owen] Evans.

A copy of A Vision of Saints by Sir Lewis Morris, London, 1890, with two autograph letters, by the author, to [Sir] E. Vincent Evans, December 1890.

The file comprises tributes, both typescript and manuscript, to O. M. Edwards following his death in 1920. Among those paying tribute are Sir Alfred T. Davies, Sir E. Vincent Evans, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, H. A. L. Fisher, D. Lloyd George, Sir Henry Haydn Jones, Sir John Morris-Jones, J. Puleston Jones and Sir John Edward Lloyd.

Letters, 1905-1907, relating to the preparation of Cofiant Hwfa Môn. The correspondents include John Davies, Llangrannog, J[ohn] C[advan] Davies ('Cadfan'), D[avid] Evans, Caerfyrddin, E[van] Vincent Evans, T[homas] Evans, Amlwch, W[illiam] Justin Evans, London, D. Griffith, Llandudno, Thomas Griffiths & Co., Manchester, J[ohn] T[homas] Job, Carneddi, H[owell] Elvet Lewis ['Elfed'], London, Thomas Nicholson, London, W. J. Parry, Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Henry Rees, Valley, [Sir] John Rhys, Oxford, Gwylfa Roberts, Llanelli, T[homas] Roberts, Mold, T[homas] H[enry] Thomas ['Arlunydd Penygarn'], Cardiff, William Thomas, Caerau, R[obert] Peris Williams, Wrexham and W[illiam] Williams, Tanybwlch.

Ymhlith y gohebwyr amlycaf mae J. E. Daniel (3), W. Ll. Davies (7), T. Charles Edwards (7), D. Simon Evans (9), E. Lewis Evans (10), E. Vincent Evans (5), Gwynfor Evans (3) a Robert Evans ('Cybi').

One hundred and ninety-nine holograph letters and imperfect letters and miscellanea addressed to members of the family of Jones, printers and booksellers, of Llanrwst and Portmadoc, and more especially to John Jones ('Pyll Glan Conwy'), to his sons Evan Jones and Owen Evan(s) Jones, and to his brother-in-law Owen Evans. The writers include W. Ambrose ['Emrys'], Portmadoc, 1852 (a request for schedules) (endorsed are 'englynion' entitled 'Myfyrdod ar Fynwent Ynys Cynhaiarn cyflwynedig i Ellis Owen Yswain'); Annie Bryan, Madeley, undated (the writer's and the recipient's 'cartes [de visite'], personal); J. B. Cramer & Co., Liverpool, 1887 (piano tuning); David Davies, Llanfyllin, 1862 (an order for English almanacs); D[avi]d Davies, Merthyr Tydfil, 1865 (the death of the recipient's father ['Pyll Glan Conwy'], the writer's business misfortunes, an order for books); Henry Davies, Tywyn, near Conway, 1877 (mourning cards); John Davies (Shion Dafydd), Ardwick, Manchester, 1857-1860 and undated (the exchange of the recipient's accordion, the writer's relations with the Welsh [Congregational] Church at Manchester, the removal of [William] Williams, 'Caledfryn', to Bangor and the possibility of a 'call' to Manchester, greetings from friends, health, the dispatch of trunks, the writer's association with Jane Rowland, a proposed visit to Manchester Exhibition, a report of the forthcoming marriage of T[homas] R[oberts], 'Scorpion', personal); Price Davies, Llanrwst, 1859 (news from Llanrwst, including an exciting legal action); Messrs. Davison & Jones, London, 1906 (A. W. Gamage preference shares); T. W. Davoll, Eglwysfach, near Conway, undated (a forthcoming concert); M. Eastwood, Brin Glorian Bach, undated (personal); Richard Edwards, Union House, Caersws, [18]69 (a request for an almanac); Dafydd Elis, Ty du [Llanberis], to David Jones, Trefrhiw, near Llanrwst, 1767 (the sale of books on behalf of the recipient, the writer's removal to [Llangeinwen] Anglesey); John Ellis, Llanrwst, Llangollen, and Wrexham, [18]57-1859 (news from Llanrwst, the beneficial effect of the water of 'Cae Coch', the release of a balloon at Caernarvon, the writer's removal to Llangollen, requests for publications, Llanrwst eisteddfod, references to publications by 'Crafnant' and '[Gwilym] Cowlyd', Wrexham fair, an enquiry respecting tobacco boxes); Wm. Ellis, Llanrhaiadr, Oswestry, 1873 (the prospect of a curacy); E. P. Evans, 'Gwlad Cannan' [Llanrwst], [18]59 (the writer's health, Miss Roberts's return from Edinburgh, a sermon by Mr. Roberts, personal); Ellis Evans [Baptist minister, Cefn-mawr], 1842 (the sale of printed sermons); E. Vincent Evans, London, to J. T. Evans, 1927 (A Bibliography of Welsh Ballads and other publications, the recipient's proposed Catalogue of ballads); J. H. Evans, publisher, Trefriw, etc., 1877-1878 (the writer's debt to the recipient); Owen Evans, Aberdeen, etc., 1860-1863 and undated (impressions of Aberdeen, personal, the writer's 'cartes-de-visite', the success of the writer's cousin at St. Andrew's University); Isaac Foulkes, Liverpool, 1897 (an inquiry concerning John Jones, 'Pyll'); W. M. Grafton, Llanrwst, to Miss [Catherine?] Jones, 1858 (a love letter) (in the hand of Owen Evan(s) Jones); Messrs. Griffith & Allard, solicitors, Llanrwst, 1885 (purchases at Gwydyr sale); Robert Griffith, Carnarvon, 1842-1843 (the purchase of publications); G. W. M. Hellyer, Bettws-y-Coed, 1882 (forms and paper for the Bettws-y-Coed Quarry Company); H. Hudson, Hudson's Temperance Hotel, Swansea, [18]91 (the recipient's bill); A. Hughes, Colwyn Bay, [18]85-1887 (business matters, the writer's journey to America); H. Hughes, Bethesda, [18]56-1866 and undated (a visit to Barmouth, the illness and death of ['Pyll Glan Conwy'], the health of the writer's father); Owen E. Hughes ('Crafnant'), Trefriw, 1885 and undated (the price of slates and other business matters, personal, Portmadoc eisteddfod, a lecture by the writer at Trefriw, the popularity of novels published by the writer in the Herald Cymraeg) (one letter written on the blank spaces of a printed circular by 'Cymdeithas Brodorion Glan Geirionydd'); Rob. Hughes, Cricieth, to C[atherine] Jones, 1873 (personal, impressions of Harlech); Rowland R. Hughes, coal merchant and book-seller, Ebenezer, near Carnarvon, etc., 1878-1884 (the purchase of copies of the works of Aristotle, debts due to the writer from J. H. Evans & Co. and to the recipient from the writer); W. E. Hughes [Llanrwst], undated (the writer's proposed visit to London, personal and family news, haymaking); William Hughes, schoolmaster, Llanfairtalhaiarn Nat[ional] School, 1843 (the purchase of a flute, an estimate for the printing of cards) (mutilated); Albion Jones, Bangor, 1847 (the refusal of William Hughes [of Llanrwst] to answer the writer's letters); Avarina Jones, Tregaron, to Miss [Catherine?] Jones, 1874 (personal); [Benjamin Jones] 'P. A. Môn', 1835 (a proposed publication); Benjamin Jones, Llandudno, to H. Pierce, 1870 (the payment of £200 and interest to the 'Caradigion nant Conway' Society at Llanrwst); Catherine [Jones, Portmadoc], undated (business matters); E. Jones, Manchester, [18]59 (sending a shirt, news of friends, 'dreadful' incidents at Manchester); Edward Jones, bookseller, Bethesda, [18]53 (personal, news of the writer and of his family); Edward Jones, Bangor, 1899 (a request for information concerning the family business towards a history of Welsh printing); Evan Jones, bookseller [Port-madoc] [on behalf of his brother Edward Jones, Llanrhaiadr, Oswestry], undated (a request for parts of The Penny Cyclopaedia) (draft); Hugh Jones, Llangollen, [18]42 (the binding of copies of the Geirlyfr [?Ysgrythurol]); Hugh Jones [Baptist minister], Cefn bychan, 1843 (the writer's debt to the recipient); Ifano Jones, Penarth, etc., to R. H. Williams, J.P., and [J. T .] Evans, 1922-1927 (thanks for information about Ishmael Dafydd and 'Evan Coed Gwydir', information about 'the bibliophile Phillimore', thanks for items from J. T. Evans's printed catalogue, the identity of an imperfect volume); Jacob Jones, U.S. Naval Home, Phila[delphia], Pa., to his nephew David Morris, undated (thanks for a photograph, verses by 'Eryr Arfon', personal) (with a biographical note on the writer, a native of Maentwrog, by J. T. Evans); John Jones, printer, Llanrwst, to Messrs. Hughes & Butler, London, etc., 1843-1859 (personal, orders for books); John Jones, Bangor, 1846 (an order for books); John Jones, Pont y Pant Hotel, 1875 (the payment of an account); John Jones to John Jones, printer, Llanrwst, undated (an order for books); John A. . . . Jones, 'Regante Parke Barricks' and Windsor Barracks, to Frank [ ], etc., 1857-1859 (an employment in London for the writer's cousin, personal); J. H. Jones ['Je Aitsh'], Liverpool, 1915 (requesting information about the family press); John H. Jones, Liverpool, 1877 (enclosing £2); Jno. Morris Jones, Salford, Manchester, and Llanrwst, 1843-1865 (printed copies of Welsh translations of verses by the writer, other verses by the writer) (description continued below).

Mary Jones, Llanrhaiadr [-ym-Mochnant], [18]59 (personal, including the birth of a boy); Robert Jones, bookbinder, Bethesda, 1843 (an order for books); Robt. Jones, Wrexham, 1871 (the writer's clothes, Militiamen at Wrexham, the writer's impressions of Wrexham, the writer's visit to Caergwrley and a proposed visit to a dance at Gresford, a small pox outbreak at Oswestry); Robt. R. Jones, Rhos Goch, Cerrigceinwen, Anglesey, to Mr. [ ] Roberts, 1864 (a request to be employed to gather orders for books); Tom E. Jones, Llanrwst and Edinburgh, 1857-1858 and undated (news from Llanrwst, the writer's impressions of Edinburgh, the writer's medical studies at Edinburgh, personal); W. Jones (Messrs. Jones & Son, woollen merchants, Liverpool), from Swansea Valley, 1886 (the payment of a bill); Cad[walad]r Lloyd, Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, to Miss Lloyd, Post Office, Portmadog, and to R. Jones, Portmadoc, Clerk of the Peace for Merioneth, 1878-1886 (personal, the repair of the Cefn Post Township main road); E[dwin] Lloyd [M.D.], Worksop, to O. E. Jones, 1880 (a claim by the writer's nephew against the Conway Building Society); E. Lloyd, Llanrwst, to Dr. Edwin Lloyd, Worksop, 1880 (rebuking the recipient for his neglect as trustee for 'these poor Orphans '); J. J. Lloyd, Liverpool, 1877 (observations on printing machines examined at Liverpool); Tho. Jones Lloyd, Liverpool, 1859 (personal, the writer's visit to Nantclwyd and proposed removal to Bangor); W. J. Lloyd to Dr. Edwin Lloyd, Worksop ('our money') (mutilated); John Owen ('Owain Alaw', 'Pencerdd'), from Bala, 1859 (printing and other preparations for an entertainment); Mary Owen, Ysceifiog, 1858 (a memorial to the writer's brother William Edwards ['Gwilym Callestr'] and a reference to his death at Denbigh Asylum); Rachel Owens, Manchester, to Mrs. [ ] Jones, Llanrwst, 1844 (Miss Jones's proposed visit to Manchester); Richard Parry ['Gwalchmai'], Llandudno, 1878 (Llanrwst eisteddfod); T. L. D. Jones Parry, Madryn, 1868 (enclosing a copy of Mr. Warren's letter in connection with a rumour of pressure on tenant-voters on the Gwydyr estate to vote for the Conservative candidate) (draft); William Powell, Crynant, 1878 (the copyright of a ballad); David Price, Denbigh, 1844 (the sale of a printed lecture); John Prichard [Principal of Baptist College], Llangollen, 1843 and undated (the distribution of Yr Athraw, an order for wallpaper) (one letter is written on the dorse of a printed circular, 1841, by the Baptist Missionary Society); M. A. Probert, undated (personal) (incomplete); John Pryce, bookseller, Llamdloes, [18]58 and undated (orders for publications); Hugh Pugh [Congregational minister, Mostyn], 1844 (enclosing a letter); Mary Rees, Port Madoc, undated (personal, a new chapel); C. A. Revis [ Llanrwst], undated (a request for the loan of a book) (written on the dorse of a printed prospectus of Llanrwst Establishment for Young Ladies, conducted by Miss Revis) (mutilated); Ann and John Roberts, Bethania, Blaenau Festiniog, 1873 (personal, with references to a parcel and a quilt); Kate Roberts, London House [Llanrwst], [18]59 and undated (personal, a preaching meeting at Penmachno, a request for the loan of a book); T. E. Roberts, Llanrwst, [18]88 (suggesting a business partnership) (with a copy of a testimonial from Jno. Treadwell, Superintendent, Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son, Birmingham); T. Lloyd Roberts, Manchester, 1868 (personal, the writer' s business, the trial of three Fenians); [Thomas Roberts] 'Scorpion', to John [ ], undated ('Tagellations' of the recipient); Wm. Robet [Roberts], Dwygyfylchi, 1843 (an order for publications); [William John Roberts, 'Gwilym] Cowlyd', undated (personal) (incomplete); W[illiam] Spurrell, Carmarthen, 1853 (enclosing a new edition of the writer's Welsh-English Dictionary, and requesting an exchange of publications); Mrs. [ ] Thomas, Trefriw (in the third person), 1867 (the purchase of books); John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia'), 1877 (terms for the writer's engagement at Llanrwst eisteddfod); Robert Dafydd Thomas ['Iorthryn Gwynedd'], Llanfair [ Caereinion], 1844 (a request for copies of Y Crochan Aur); A. O. W., Carnarvon, 1872 (Portmadoc eisteddfodau, personal); Reginald A. Warren, Great Russell St. [London], to T. L. D. Jones Parry, 1868 (the freedom of Gwydir Estate tenants to vote according to their convictions) (copy); G. Williams, Carnarvon Slate Quarries, Carnarvon, 1880 (the payment of an account); G. J. Williams, Penarth, to [J. T. Evans], 1927 and undated (the purchase of books); John Williams, Nebo, Llansantffred, co. Cardigan, 1844 ( the purchase of diaries); Marg[are]t Williams, undated (the illness of the writer's aunt, wine for Owen, personal); Wm. C. Williams ['Caledfryn'], Groes Wen, Pont y Pridd, 1864 (interest payable to William Roberts, personal); and W[illiam] Morgan Williams ['Ap Caledfryn'], Bangor, Groes Wen, etc., 1857-1860 and undated (personal, news of friends and acquaintances at Llanrwst and elsewhere, 'Crafnant's recovery and his marriage, a visit to Bethel (Llanddeiniolen) [Congregational] Association, portraits completed by the writer, literary meetings at Bangor and Pentrefoelas, a visit to Beaumaris Castle, a choir trained by the writer, a railway accident near Abergele, the progress of the Revival in the Groeswen area). Bound at the end of the volume are imperfect letters and letters from unidentified correspondents, e.g., 'Bob', Port Darwin, to 'Kate' [Catherine Jones], 1887 ('Welshmen in Port Darwin'), and 'William', 1857-1861 (printing jobs, accidents to the pony, news of friends, the writer's work as a printer in Wrexham, the writer's health, an accident to Wm. Ambrose ['Emrys'], the success of 'Scorpion' at Llanrwst, the religious revival in the Wrexham area, references to eisteddfodau); and miscellanea, among them being verses entitled 'The Aged Printer' and 'Catolium' by W. J. Mollineux, Halifax, Yorkshire, and an announcement of the sale of household furniture, etc., at Beaver Grove, near Bettws y Coed, 1865.

Tri llythyr, 1886, yn Saesneg, at Vincent Evans oddi wrth T. E. Ellis, O. M. Edwards a John Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog'); tair llythyr ar ddeg (un yn Saesneg) ac un cerdyn post, 1903-1918, at J. Owain Evans oddi wrth Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'), ynghyd â thoriad o'r Darian a gohebiaeth, yn Saesneg a Chymraeg, [1917], oddi wrth y Comisiwn Yswiriant Iechyd Cenedlaethol parthed Thomas Evans, tad Robert Evans ('Cybi'); deuddeg llythyr, yng Nghymraeg a Saesneg, 1912-1914, at J. Owain Evans oddi wrth Robert Roberts ('Isallt'), ynghyd â thoriad o'r Rhedegydd, 15 Chwefror 1913, sy'n dwyn llythyr oddi wrth 'Isallt', toriad parthed 'Isallt' o'r News Chronicle, d.d., a barddoniaeth Cymraeg a Saesneg, 1911-1913, yn llaw 'Isallt' = Three letters, 1886, in English, to Vincent Evans from T. E. Ellis, O. M. Edwards and John Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog'); thirteen letters (one in English), and one postcard, 1903-1918, to J. Owain Evans from Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'), together with a cutting from Y Darian and correspondence, in English and Welsh, [1917], from the National Health Insurance Commission in relation to Thomas Evans, father of Robert Evans ('Cybi'); twelve letters, in Welsh and English, 1912-1914, to J. Owain Evans from Robert Roberts ('Isallt'), together with a cutting from Y Rhedegydd, 15 February 1913, which contains a letter from 'Isallt', a cutting relating to 'Isallt' from the News Chronicle, n.d., and poetry in Welsh and English, 1911-1913, in 'Isallt's hand.

Three autograph letters from Ernest Rhys, two, dated 1905 and 1911, addressed to the magazine editor Clement Shorter (ff. 194-197), and one, dated 19 November 1930, addressed to Sir E. Vincent Evans, signed 'Rhys Goch' and enclosing a book (f. 198).
The letters contain references to the publication of Rhys' Lays of the Round Table (London, 1905) (ff. 194-195) and to W. B. Yeats (ff. 196-197).

Includes letters from Lewis Morris (3), Eleanor Hull, T. Fisher Unwin, Harry Speight, J. Strachan (2), H. R. Reichel (2), Paul Vinogradoff, R. A. Stewart Macalister (6), Goddard H. Orpen (3), T. Mansel Franklen (10), D. Lloyd George, Rowland Ellis, Robert Cochrane (2), W. Warde Fowler (2, one enclosing a letter from Georg Wissowa), Marcus N. Tod, E. S. Dodgson (16), Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington (Earl Carrington), A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (7), J. Glyn Davies (5), Norman Lockyer (2), J. H. Hessels, Betha Hills-Johnes, J. Jenkins ('Gwili'), James Hastings, Robert Mowat, P. M. C. Kermode (6), Kuno Meyer (2), W. R. Morfill (2), Hugh Williams (2), F. Haverfield (3), Edward Clodd (4), E. Maunde Thompson, E. Sidney Hartland, Patrick Lyons (9), John Beddoe, John Williams, E. Lorimer Thomas, John Garstang, Julio de Urquijo, Otto Franke, Camille Jullian (6), B. Nogara, O. A. Danielsson, E. Vincent Evans, H. Gaidoz, Émile Espérandieu, Sidney Herbert (Earl of Pembroke) (2), George Eley Halliday, W. H. Preece, Douglas Hyde, T. H. Thomas (14), E. P. Wright (2), Maurice FitzGerald (Duke of Leinster), W. Baldwin Spencer, S. H. Butcher, A. W. Howitt, J. Romilly Allen (4), T. Herbert Warren, Alfred P. Graves (2), E. C. Quiggin, E. Ch. Babut, W. H. Stevenson, D. Brynmor Jones (2), F. Carruthers Gould (2), Paul Meyer, T. C. Evans ('Cadrawd') (2), J. Mortimer Angus, William Osler, W. Llewelyn Williams, W. Temple (2), Francis J. Jayne, John Edward Lloyd, Martin Hume (2), Henry Owen, Frederick York Powell, Evan Jones ('Ieuan Buallt'), and Marcus Hartog.

Includes letters from George G. T. Treherne (4), Charles Roeder (2), W. Bright, D. B. Monro, Frederick York Powell (2), J. Romilly Allen (3), James Darmesteter, Standish H. O'Grady (5), Max Müller, Adolf Noreen (2), W. M. Ramsay, John Lloyd Warden Page (2), Selwyn Blackett, Arthur J. Everett, Sophus Bugge (2), Alfred Daniell (3), Emil Hübner (2), F. Haverfield, D. Lleufer Thomas, Walter M. J. Campbell, Edward A. Freeman, Grant Allen, W. Cadwaladr Davies, Frederick T. Elworthy, E. B. Tylor, A. H. Sayce, W. Boyd Dawkins, W. W. Fowler (2), F. Pollock, Isaac Taylor, C. P. Le Cornu, Laurence Gomme (3), Edward Clodd (4), John Beddoe (2), Richard Morris, Morgan Davies, E. Vincent Evans, W. W. Skeat, G. W. Kitchin, E. S. Dodgson, Frances Power Cobbe (2), and Samuel R. Gardiner.

The first of seven volumes of about six hundred letters mainly addressed to Thomas Gee and relating to a variety of subjects particularly in the fields of education, temperance reform, religious movements, and political questions. -- The principal correspondents are H. Adams, Ruthin, 1868; William Ambrose ('Emrys'), 1865; R. Myddelton Biddulph, 1868; John Bright, 1866-85; Joseph Chamberlain, 1885-90; David Charles, Abercarn and Aberystwyth, 1866-9; Sir Robert A. Cunliffe, 1872, 85; Dr. R. W. Dale, 1885; David Davies, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1898; Sir. D. S. Davies, 1892; W. Cadwaladr Davies, 1884; O. M. Edwards, 1889-91; Principal Thomas Charles Edwards, 1889; Thomas E. Ellis, Dr. E. Herber Evans, 1877; E. Vincent Evans, 1898; S. T. Evans, 1891-3; and William Evans, Chester, 1883-4.

Sixty-five holograph and autograph letters and postcards, and telegrams, 1888-1913 and undated, addressed to David Robert Daniel (1859-1931) of Fourcrosses, Chwilog, Caernarvonshire. The writers include a circular, 1904, issued by the North Wales Quarries Ltd; P[eredur] Ll. Daniel, London, his son, undated; [Robert Evans] ('Cybi'), Llangybi, undated; [E.] Vincent Evans, London, 1913?; [Henry] Harold Hughes, Bangor, 1903-06; and The North Wales Quarrymen's Union, Caernarvon, undated. Also included in the group are three holograph letters, 1888-1905, from D. R. Daniel to his wife Sara and to his mother Jane; a holograph letter, undated, from Sara [Daniel] to her mother at Llandderfel; a grand jury summons for the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Caernarvonshire, addressed to D. R. Daniel,1905; vouchers, certificates of bank credits, etc. of D. R. Daniel, 1904-13; and other holograph letters which include one to [H. J. Williams] ('Plenydd'), 1890; and a letter, 1898, containing accounts of the North Wales Quarrymen's Union; also verses in Welsh entitled 'The Memorable Temperance Supper Dec. 23rd. 1882'.
References include those to Peredur Daniel, son of D. R. Daniel; memorials and a Testimonial Fund to Thomas Edward Ellis; the illness of Daniel's father-in-law; and the Penrhyn Quarry dispute.

Letters, 1864-1910, addressed to Elspeth Rhŷs, including some from John Rhŷs and other family members, with occasional letters and replies in her hand. Among the correspondents are Charles de Gaulle (12), Henri Gaidoz, A. H. Sayce (3), Hugh Derfel Hughes, E. R. Wharton, Eluned Morgan (2), Grant Allen, Edwin Hatch, Queen Victoria (copy), James Darmesteter (2), James MacFadden (2), David G. Ritchie, Frederick York Powell (2), O. M. Edwards, W. R. Morfill, Thomas Ellis (4), Paul Meyer, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (Marquess of Bute, 2), William Jones (2), Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, J. A. Simon, Annie J. Ellis, James Hills-Johnes, Ellis J. Ellis-Griffith, Alfred Daniell, D. Brynmor Jones, Marie Corelli, Edward Anwyl, E. Vincent Evans, Lydia E. Becker, A. Darmesteter, Frances Hoggan, and John Dillon.