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Two volumes of poetry, many of them printed in Rees Jones: Crwth Dyffryn Clettwr ... (Caerfyrddin, 1848) and J. Howell (ed.): Blodau Dyfed ... (Caerfyrddin, 1824), written by Rees Jones ('Amnon'), uncle of Rees Jenkin Jones, and others; sermons; miscellaneous notes.

Transcripts by Nathan Dyfed of copies by Thomas John Jones ('Cynonwyson') of poems by Sion Llewelyn (Coed y Cymmer), Rhys Hywel Rhys (Blaen y Glais), Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), Thomas Llywelyn (Ystrad y Fodwg), Evan Bevan, Thomas Evans ('Tomos Glyn Cothi'), Thomas Morgan (Blaengwrach), William Harri ('Gwehydd Garwdyle'), Edward Harri ('gwehydd Cefn Coed y Cymmer'), etc., together with original poems and translations.

Notebook, 1822-1841, of David Davies containing autograph poetry and an incomplete autobiographical sketch (inverted text pp. 169-172). Bound into the volume (pp. 51-58) is a copy of an elegy by David Davies ('Dafydd ap Dewi, Brynyffynnon'), Rhybydd o Dragwyddoldeb mewn ffordd o Alar Gan ... Sara Efans, unig ferch Y Parch Daniel Efans, Mynydd Bach ... (Abertawy, 1822).

A volume, 1849-1871, containing autograph verse by David Rees Davies, together with personal memoranda for 22 July-5 August 1850 (pp. 15-16).

Transcripts by Thomas Thomas, Cefnpennar, Aberdare, of poetry in free metre by himself and by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), Thomas Taylor, David Edwards (Gurnos), Robert Leyshon, Edward Evans (Toncoch), William Evans ('Cawr Cynon'), Howell Rees, 'William Tomos Shôn o Gilsanws Vaenor Yr hen Galchwr', and Roger Edwards; English poems; prose extracts; etc.

Poems, including several 'englynion', by Daniel Jones and others, many of them submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan.

'Cywydd Marwnad y parchedig Mr. Evan Llwyd or Fron'; 'cerddi' and 'englynion' by Ellis ap Ellis, Arthur Jones, Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Huw Morus, John Prichard Prys, and John Davies ('Sion Dafydd Las'); poems submitted for competition at a Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant eisteddfod; triads; a list of subscriptions 'to alleviate the present distressed Situation of the Widow and Five Children of the late John Humphreys Parry ...'; and notes and memoranda by Walter Davies and D. Silvan Evans.

Poetry by Owen, together with biographical notes, rhymes, riddles and miscellanea. Most of the work in this volume is published in Cell Meudwy ..., 1877.

'Englynion' and miscellaneous verses, some in the autograph of the authors and some of them relating to the Wynn Williams family of Menaifron, Dwyran, Anglesey and Bronwylfa, Llandderfel. They include 'englynion' by Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu') (1766-1850), E[van] Breeze ('Ieuan Cadfan') (1799-1855), R. Lloyd Foulkes and Rowland Huw (1714-1802); verses by G. B. Lewis, Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') (1802-1863), R. A. Pierce ('Cystenyn'), Richard Roberts (1818-1876), E. Jones, R[obert] [Mona] Williamson (1807-1852) and David Lewis; an English translation [?by and] in the autograph of William Owen [-Pughe] (1759-1835); 'Marwnad ... am y Farddones glodwiw Mrs. Hemans' [Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans (1793-1835)] by 'Trallodus'.

Miscellaneous poems, some of them holograph, but most of them in the hand of Walter Davies.

A manuscript containing poetry by various Welsh poets, together with a letter from Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) (1802-1863).

A transcript by John Thomas ('Sion Wyn o Eifion') of cywyddau and other poems by Robin Ddu, Rhys Goch Eryri, Iolo Goch, Tudur Aled, Dafydd Gorlech, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Dafydd ap Hwlcyn ap Madog, Rhys Llwyd ap Rhys, Maredudd ap Rhys, Mathew Owen, Edward Morus and Sion Lleyn; the manuscript also contains triads, genealogies, 'Breiniau Gwŷr Arfon', 'Meddygon Myddfai', 'geirlyfr William Lleyn', etc.

Notebook and loose leaves containing carols, hymns and other verse including a hymn headed 'Hymnau Iw Canu yn Cymdeithas Dyngarol Eglwys-Bach' attributed to Evan Evans [?Ieuan Glan Geirionydd] (f. ii verso); a marwnad to a young Vale of Conwy man, John Thomas (ff. 1-5 verso); eight verses of the carol plygain commencing 'Roedd yn wlad [sic] hono fugeiliaid yn gwilio' sometimes attributed to John Richards (Siôn Ebrill) (ff. 6-9 verso); the hymn 'Y gân Newydd' [commencing 'Mae'r gwaed a redodd ar y groes'] by 'Robt. Ap Gwilim ddu o Eifion' [Robert Williams] (f. 10 recto-verso); and a carol attributed to Morris Gryffydd, Llanllechid (ff. 11-13 verso).

A scrap album containing manuscript and printed items, newspaper cuttings, etc., described on the first page as 'Casgliad amrywiol o eiddo Ionawryn Williams [see the preceding manuscript] yn cynnwys engreifftiau o'i ddiddordeb a'i weithgarwch. Ceir ynddo hefyd nodiadau ychwanegol ar rai o Gymry Manceinion . . .' The manuscript material includes a copy of an anonymous election manifesto addressed to the [Manchester] Welsh, denouncing the previous Conservative administration and advocating the return of Messrs. Jacob Bright and John Slagg as [Liberal] members for the city [of Manchester] [?1880]; a holograph letter from Joseph Parry, University College, Cardiff, to Mr. [Ionawryn] Williams, 1899 (reference to the writer's fifth opera King Arthur); a holograph postcard from Owen M[organ] Edwards, Oxford, to Mr. [Ionawryn] Williams, 1898 (acknowledging the receipt of 'englynion' and hymns); poems addressed to Ionawryn Williams at Bethesda [co. Caernarvon] (1900); miscellaneous other poems; a few biographical notes on Manchester Welshmen; etc. The printed items include copies of a prospectus (with order form attached) advertising Ionawryn Williams's forthcoming volume of biographies of Manchester Welshmen [see the preceding manuscript]; a handbill announcing 'A Liberal demonstration of the north east and south east divisions of the county of Lancaster' to be held at Manchester, 24 and 25 October 1879; the rules (with balance sheet and list of members and officials) of the Manchester Welsh National Society (1894-1895); the programme of the same society's activities for the session 1895-1896; menus and programmes in connection with St. David's day celebration dinners in Manchester (1891 and undated); the programme (with rules and list of officials) of the Booth Street East Young People's Literary Society for the session 1869-1870; a commemorative article on Ellis Roberts of Manchester by Ionawryn Williams (extracted from Y Cronicl, July 1893), and a similar article on Ionawryn Williams himself (extracted from Y Cronicl, October 1907). The newspaper cuttings, which form the largest class of insets, are of a varied nature. Most refer to persons and events connected with the Manchester and Salford area from the 1860's to the early twentieth century. They include, inter alia, obituary notices of Welshmen who had some connection with Manchester (e.g., Sir William Roberts, physician, ob. 1899, Professor Thomas Jones, surgeon, ob. in South Africa, 1900), Manchester news items of Welsh interest (e.g., St. David's day celebrations, meetings of Welsh societies, a meeting in connection with Welsh disestablishment in 1883), poems by Ionawryn Williams, and other miscellaneous verse.

The last of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).

The second of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).

The first of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).

Two carolau plygain and 'Cerdd i ofyn cyf[r]wy' by 'John Richard o'r Garth' (Siôn Ebrill). 'G. Griffiths, Dyffryn, ai ysgrifenodd i Richard Jones, Cowper, Harlech, 1865' (f. 12 verso).