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Letters from David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), Llanystumdwy, Traeth Coch, Bettws St Garmon, Waunfawr, etc. to the following correspondents: John Roberts, [Siôn Lleyn], Pwllheli, 1791-1812 (7) ('Cyfrinach y Beirdd', criticism of an elegy by 'Siôn Lleyn', the unfriendly attacks of Siôn Wm Prichard, the work of Owen Jones ('Owain Myfyr'), etc.), David Owen ['Dewi Wyn o Eifion'], Gaerwen, Llanystumdwy, 1804-07, (3) ('Dosparth Morganwg - Speciments of Morganian Poetry', Dewi Wyn's elegy on Goronwy [Owen], Yr Eurgrawn), Richard Roberts, Harper at Cevn Mine near Pwllheli, 1804 (1) (writer's disagreement with some of the Gwyneddigion and other bardic matters), Thos. Edward[s], Cofiadur C[ymdeithas Y] G[wyneddigion], care of Mr. O. Jones, 148 Upper Thames Street, London, 1806 (1) (writer's disagreement with some of the Gwyneddigion), and one to an unnamed person, 1806 (an essay Dafydd Ddu has written on Welsh poesy); and miscellaneous letters as follows: J. Thomas [Siôn Wyn o Eifion'] to his uncle, J. Roberts [Sion Lleyn], Pen'rallt, Pwllheli, 1809 (his feelings on the subject of religion); D. Thomas, ['Dafydd Ddu Eryri'], Dolydd to John Thomas ['Siôn Wyn o Eifion'], Chwilog, 1821 (his inability to find the addressee's book and his intention to move to Llanrug); O. Williams ['Owain Gwyrfai'], Waunfawr to Ebanezer [sic] Thomas ['Eben Fardd'], Schoolmaster, Llanarmon, nr. Pwllheli, 1827 (2) (an invitation to Waunfawr to discuss matters concerning a school), a copy in the autograph of 'Eben Fardd' of a letter from Rob. Williams, Fron deg, to Js. Wyatt, Esq., Lime Grove, 1835 (recommending Eben Fardd as a writer and accountant if a vacancy occurs); Dafydd Llwyd, Llanystymdwy to Ebenezer Thomas ['Eben Fardd'], Llangybi [18]23 (a vacancy at Llanystumdwy School); a note from Owen Williams, [Towyn] to his friends at Capel isaf Celynog [sic] (his 'Holwyddoreg am Grist a'r Pab'), 'Cybi Eifion' [i.e. Ebenezer Thomas], Llangybi to John Thomas, ['Siôn Wyn o Eifion'], Chwilog, 1822 (Seren Gomer); E. Thomas to John Thomas, 1826 (how he went to Abererch the previous day to be confirmed); H[umphrey] Gwalchmai, Oswestry to [Ebenezer] Thomas, 1843 (the addressee's parcel); Ebenezer Thomas, Clynnog to R. Saunderson, Printer, Bala, 1835 (the addressee's wish to see an original composition by Eben Fardd together with a translation) (holograph copy); memoranda concerning the grant by Arvon and Lleyn & Eifionydd Monthly Meetings to Eben Fardd's school, 1857-8; a letter from Y Graig Monthly Meeting, Caernarvonshire to [Eben Fardd], 1852 (hoping that he will not leave Clynnog for Portmadoc and promising £30 p.a. for at least five years); Samuel Jones and Richard Thomas, Tydweiliog to Ebenezer Thomas, Schoolmaster, Clynog, 1828 (2) (urging him to come to Tydweiliog to keep a school); Edmund Francis, Carnarvon to David Lloyd, Shoemaker, Llanystymdwy, 1829 (referring to the completion of the translation of the Commission and to the seventh number of a certain publication); R. Jones, Llanllyfni to E. Thomas, 1850 (returning a book - is glad the addressee's honest conduct at the Aberffraw eisteddfod is receiving so much public acknowledgement); Ieuan Prisiart, Ty Mawr, Bryncroes to John Roberts, Bardd, Pen y mount, Pwlleli, undated (concerning poetry and eisteddfodau); John Roberts, Llanbrynmair to John Thomas, ['Siôn Wyn o Eifion'], Chwilog, 1815 (his inability to come to the meeting at Pwllheli and the addressee's loss of such a friend as Mrs Nanney), John Jones, Talysarn to Ebeneser Thomas, Clunog, 1840 (the unsuccessful efforts of Robert Owain and the writer to urge the elders of the various churches in those parts to join to hold a school), and to John Jones, Ffactori, Clunog, 1841 (a preaching invitation); David Jones, Caernarfon and Treborth to E. Thomas, Clynnog, 1858 and 1862 (2) (the grant to the addressee's school and the addressee's letter of resignation), and to an unnamed correspondent, undated; and Ellis James, Vaynol to [E. Thomas], 1860 (the resolution of the Llanrug Monthly Meeting if E. Thomas feels it is his duty to move to Pwllheli). It appears that an item in the autograph of John Elias was at one time to be found between letters 20 and 21. Some of the letters have been published in Adgof Uwch Anghof.

A volume (511 pp.) containing 'Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon ... gan Ymchwiliwr' ['sef John Jones (Myrddin Fardd)' added in another hand], a prize-winning entry at the Caernarfon National Eisteddfod, 1877; it is fuller than the published work bearing the same title. Inserts include a letter, 29 January 1806, from D[avid] T[homas] ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), Waunfawr to ?[David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion')] (the illness and death of the writer's brother, Humphrey [Thomas]), a letter, 1905, from [the Reverend] E[van] Evans, Llansadwrn Rectory, Menai Bridge to ['Myrddin Fardd'] (names of subscribers to Cynfeirdd Lleyn), a copy by 'Glynn' of the inscription on the (?) tombstone of the Reverend J. H. Hughes ('Ieuan o Leyn'), a letter, year not given, from [the Reverend] D. Roberts, Llanelidan Rectory, Ruthin to John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') (replying to a query concerning his father, the late Reverend William Roberts, rector of Llanddeiniolen), and a number of press cuttings, etc. There are also some sheets (161-173 and 329) from a later manuscript version of 'Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon' and a transcript by [W. H. Roberts ('Iseifion')] of a note by 'Myrddin Fardd' on David Williams, MP, JP, DL ('Dewi Heli') (see Cwrtmawr MS 932D).