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Account of labour charges due to Edwd. William, mason, from Robert Jones, Esqr., in the year 1773. (In the autograph of Edward William Senior).

'The Acc[oun]t of Mr. Rees Robarts Rees &c. &c.' Dated at Rumney. Beneath is the following note: 'please to enquire of Morgan John of St. Athen Concerning Mr. Wm. Mathews of Rumneys Daughter whome whent to London about 32 year past'. On the dorse are some Welsh words with their meanings.

Account of the funeral expenses and debts of Edward William, senior, with an explanatory note by Iolo Morganwg.

An account of the Stock upon Penrhose Demesne as apprais'd by Richard Rowland Owen and William Morris.

Pages from an account-book kept by Iolo Morganwg in connection with his lime business 1783-84, with an account of receipts, 1786.

Acknowledgement by Thos. Davies for Wm. Davies of settlement with Jenkin Thomas for his year's rent for part of Cae Rhys Ddu, allowing him at the same time for the clover seed and the income tax.

A letter, 30 December 1952, from Dylan Thomas, Laugharne, to A[lfred] Morgan of Barry, Glamorgan, acknowledging his letter of condolence on the death of Thomas's father [on 16 December 1952]. The poet's statement that his father 'died very peacefully', contrasts with the sentiments expressed in his villanelle 'Do not go gentle into that good night'. The letter is apparently unpublished.

Acknowledgment by Jenkin Williams of the parish of Pyle, co. Glamorgan, that he has from time to time received from his son Williams of the said parish in money and other articles of value to the amount of more than £20 toward the support of himself and his wife, in consideration whereof he has sold to his said son the house, houses, gardens, orchards, and also all the furniture which may be in the said house and houses belonging to him at the time and date hereof. Not signed. (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg).

The covers and final leaf only, of The Active Service [New] Testament (1918).

A letter, 17 May [1840] (watermark 1840), signed Augusta Ada Lovelace, to a Mrs Tynte, discussing the educational future of a musical prodigy, presumed to be the harpist John Thomas [Pencerdd Gwalia], and asking Tynte to use her Welsh connections to advance his career. Lovelace refers to her communications with [John Fane], Lord Burge[r]sh, co-founder of the Royal Society of Music (f. 73).
Also included is a photocopy of a letter, 10 April 1961, to H. B. Ward, Great Baddow, from the bookseller Winifred Myers, London, offering the Ada Lovelace letter for sale and transcribing its contents (f. 74).

A letter headed, 'Y Cymry sy'n Preswylio yn Cambria Talaith Pensylvania, at eu Brodyr sy'n preswylio yn Nhir Brydain yn anfon annerch', followed by an address delivered at the annual meeting of the Managers and Members of the Beula Seminary of Rural Arts by Morgan J. Rees, Esqr., as president of the Society of Rural Arts, both dated 22 September 1800. Copy.

Address of ..., Saint Athan, co. Glamorgan, members of a little Society lately formed under the ministry of their present preachers, Mr Francis Derry and Mr William [...] to the Annual Conference of Preachers late in Connexion with the Revd John Wesley Am, asking for the continuance of the above-named preachers amongst them for another period of one year. (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg). Mutilated. Unsigned.

Address (draft) of E. W. 'To his Royal Highness G[eorge] P[rince] of W[ales]'. He humbly asks permission to prefix to his poems such a Dedication as His Royal Highness will find here enclosed.

Address of E. W. to HRH The Prince of Wales soliciting the favour of being permitted to dedicate his two little volumes to him. Draft.

Address of E. W., 'To the Gentlemen of Glamorgan &c who have benevolently given their names as subscribers towards an Annual Benefaction for me', proposing his plan for the preservation, for the public use of the County of Glamorgan and of the Principality at large, of the historical documents he has collected. Draft.