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A volume compiled, 1811-1830, by Thomas Llewellyn of the parishes of Cardigan and Ferwig, Cardiganshire, chiefly containing arithmetical exercises but also miscellaneous notes and memoranda in English and Welsh, perhaps partly composed by him and partly derived from printed sources. These include a bidding letter for the marriage of Mary Owen and John Williams, both of the parish of St Dogmaels, Cardiganshire, 1816; draft documents relating to property in Cardigan and Ferwig; love letters and verse in English, including a number of Valentine rhymes; prognostications in Welsh and English on the weather and on lucky and unlucky days, together with astrological notes; two apparently unpublished ballads in Welsh, one of them, perhaps by Thomas Llewellyn, recounting a case of alleged slander by Sara Evans, a Methodist, against the Rev. John Herring (1789-1832), Baptist minister at Cardigan; and a transcript of the title-page of The [Supposititious] Works of Aristotle (Arbroath, 1801) (not recorded in the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue).

A holograph letter, 10 April ----, from Felicia [Dorothea] Hemans from Wavertree, to Samuel Parkes (returning the recipient's 'nice quiet Tragedies', the writer's holiday at Seacombe); and poetry by Mrs. Hemans, including manuscript copies of 'The Child's first Grief' and 'The Better Land' and printed copies of 'Child of Earth' and 'To the Cliffs of Dover'.

Letters to John Lodge, Mrs John Wordsworth, etc., from Felicia Hemans, and poetry by Felicia Hemans. English. Between boards. Purchased from Winifred A. Myers, London, September 1959.

A collection made by Isaac Mann (1785-1831) of about two hundred autograph letters of Baptist ministers, missionaries (including William Carey) and converts, written 1711-1831; together with a calendar, prepared by F. G. Hastings, with annotations by W. T. Whitley, which was printed in The Baptist Quarterly, VI and VII (1932-1935).

The Christian Lady's Pocket Book for 1798 belonging to the Rev. David Jones of Llan-gan, Glamorgan, and Manorowen, Pembrokeshire, the prominent Methodist preacher, containing brief diary entries noting day-to-day activities, preaching engagements and tours (pp. 14-118, versos only) with additional material occasionally added on facing pages.
Two short prayers in Welsh are on pp. 111, 113. Additional memoranda, in pencil and ink, 1817-1831, appear to be in the hand of his grandson, the Rev. Lewellin Lewellin (pp. i, iii, vi, 146 and inside the covers). The volume also incorporates printed poetry, prose, tables and other information (pp. 1-12, 121-144). A few extracts from the diary, translated into Welsh, were published in 'Lloffion ar ol yr Hybarch David Jones, Llangan', Y Drysorfa, 70 (1900), 129-131 (pp. 129-130).

'An Essay on the Island of Anglesey', 1832, in an unidentified hand, apparently the original version submitted by the Rev. Peter Bailey Williams in the competition for an essay on the history of Anglesey at the Beaumaris Eisteddfod, 1832, winning the second prize for its author.
The essay was published in The Gwyneddion for 1832: Containing the Prize Poems, &c., of the Beaumaris Eisteddfod and North Wales Literary Society, ed. by W. Jones (London, 1839), pp. 1-97. The first prize was won by Angharad Llwyd for the work later published as A History of the Island of Mona, or Anglesey (Ruthin, 1833). Williams may have forwarded his work to the competition in the hand of an amanuensis in order to disguise the authorship from the adjudicator, his fellow diocesan cleric, the Rev. J. H. Cotton.

Copies sent by E. M. L. Mostyn, M.P. for Flintshire, 1832, to Edward Lloyd, Cefn, St Asaph, of A List of the Majority for, and the Minority against, the Passing of the Reform Bill ... and of Protest against the Second Reading of the Reform Bill (England) over the name of the Duke of Wellington and others, dated 16 April 1832, and endorsed with a note by Mostyn relating to the formation of a new ministry.

A notebook belonging to Daniel Richard, Mynydd-bach, Llangyfelach, Glamorganshire, mining engineer, containing measurements and other details relating to anthracite coal mines in the Swansea area, 1831-1832.

A volume containing miscellaneous documents relating to Glamorgan, including a letter, 1780, from the bailiffs of Cardiff to the portreeve and burgesses of Loughor concerning a parliamentary election (f. ii); transcripts or abstracts of title deeds of lands in the parishes of Gelli-gaer and Llanfabon, 1783-1785 (ff. 1-7), Eglwysilan, 1813 (ff. 8-16), Geli-gaer, 1795-1806 (ff. 17-29), a lease of Pennsylvania meeting-house, Merthyr Tydfil for use by Methodists, 1796-1797 (ff. 32-36), Llysfaen, Llanedern, Michaelston-y-Vedw and Roath, [c. 1784] (ff. 37-39), Tirygwernllwyn, Merthyr Tydfil, 1823 (ff. 42-44), and lands in the manor of Llandaf and parishes of Llandaf, Whitchurch and Canton, [c. 1810], held by Francis James Matthew, earl of Llandaf, including recitals of deeds dated 1553-1740 (ff. 46-49); an extract from the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions relating to an action brought by the Rev. Edward Picton against John Davies, [c. 1830] (ff. 30-31); a quitclaim of Henry William, Cowbridge, to Henry Collins, Tre-gof, 1724 (f. 45); various related printed items and typescript notes by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.

Four letters, mostly in English, May-October 1831, May 1834, from John Jones (Tegid), Oxford, to Henry Jones, Merthyr Tydfil, mainly concerning Tegid's dispute with William Bruce Knight on the proposed reform of Welsh orthography (see W. B. Knight, Remarks, Historical and Philological, on the Welsh Language (Cardiff, 1830) and John Jones, Reply to the Rev. W. B. Knight's 'Remarks' on Welsh Orthography (Cardiff, 1831)).
Tegid quotes excerpts from letters of support received from Aneurin Owen (f. 1 verso), the Rev. Walter Cecil Davies (f. 2), George Phillips, BA, (f. 2) and Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) (f. 5). Also included are holograph poems, in Welsh (ff. 5 verso-6, 7, 10), including 'Merch ieuanc mewn darvodedigaeth', 1833 (f. 7), which was published in the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, 5 (1833), 56.

The Sussex sections of 'Collectanea Caleyana' - a collection of historical, genealogical, legal and topographical material compiled by John Caley, Keeper of the Records in the Augmentation Office and the Chapter House, Westminster.

Journal of Susan Eleonora Watkins (1768-1847), widow of the Reverend Thomas Watkins of Penoyre, co. Brecon, describing a tour, 1830, from London through Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy to Zurich (ff. 1-36v), and a visit to the Isle of Wight, 1835 (ff. 37v-43).

Holograph papers of Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Hemans, including poems entitled 'To the Memory of Bishop Heber' and 'Hymn on the Resurrection', an incomplete poem beginning 'In the green trees ...', a letter from Bronwylfa, St. Asaph, 7 January, 1822, to Lady John Campbell (the gift of the accompanying 'little Works'), and an undated letter to J. C. Graves, Fitzwilliam Square (a visit to Cheltenham, etc.).

Two holograph poems by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (née Browne) - 'The Silver locks to Mrs Foulkes, Eriviatt', signed F.D.B., 18 August 1809, and 'Our Lady's Well', signed F.H.

Miscellanea from the collection of Hugh Jones ('Erfyl'), consisting of poems by him and in his own hand, among them being 'Emyn y Tymmorau' translated from James Thomson's The Seasons and awarded a prize at the Tegeingl Eisteddfod, 1829, and 'Englynion i Fab ac Etifedd Syr W. W. Wynn, 1820, composed in a field near Wrexham; transcripts by 'Erfyl', including the 'Substance of a Sermon preached at the Baptist Chapel in Oswestry, on Sunday, August 13th, 1815. By the Revd. J. Palmer of Shrewsb[ur]y', a translation (copied at Whittington, 1814) of a petition to Governor [Warren] Hastings by the wife of Almas-ali-can 'who was seized upon and put to death for political purposes in India', and extracts from printed sources relating to Bangor, Tegeingl, etc.; a draft in the hand of Richard Llwyd, 'Bard of Snowdon', relating to the slave trade; a short-title list of Welsh periodicals ('Rhwydd Restr o Gyhoeddiadau Cym[r]aeg a Chymreig Amseriadol') in the hand of Robert Davies, Llansannan; and holograph poetry by Robert Ellis ('Cynddelw'), John Jones ('Myllin'), Thomas Edwards ('Caerfallwch'), and John Owen, Liverpool (1835) (awarded the prize at the Holywell Eisteddfod, 1834), etc.

An autograph essay entitled 'The Origin of Moral Evil' by Thomas Gee, signed and dated 12 February 1837.

A letter, 26 May 1837, from the Rev. John Williams, missionary, to [Henry John Temple,] Lord Palmerston, the then Foreign Secretary, sending him a copy (not present) of his book A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands (London, 1837) (ff. 1-2); together with a copy letter, in his own hand, of Lord Palmerston's reply, 22 August 1837 (ff. 3-4).
Williams discusses his forthcoming return to the South Pacific Ocean (ff. 1 verso-2); he was killed by cannibals on Erromango, Vanuatu, in November 1839.

A draft essay entitled 'Observations on Parturition amongst the Poor In the Upper District of Cardiganshire' by [Dr. Richard Williams, Aberystwyth]. The paper is watermarked 1837.