A typescript copy of the probate of the will of Rees Lewis of the parish of Killycwm, Carmarthenshire, yeoman (father of Morgan Rhys, Llanfynydd, hymnist), 10 September, 1779 (will dated 26 June, 1768); and two typescript copies of the probate of the will of Morgan Rhys of the parish of Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, yeoman, 7 August, 1779 (will dated 2 August, 1779), together with a photograph of a section of the original will comprising testator's signature and seal.
A manuscript souvenir (with illustrations and press cuttings) of the silver jubilee of the accession of King George V and Queen Mary, 1935, as celebrated in Barbados, British West Indies. The volume is in the hand of Evan Taylor, Bridgetown, Barbados.
An essay by Richard Hughes, Tai Newyddion, Rhostryfan, Caernarvonshire, on 'Nodweddion unrhyw ddeg o gymeriadau hynotaf yr ardal yn ystod yr haner canrif diweddaf', which was awarded the prize at the Rhostryfan and Rhosgadfan Literary and Musical Festival, Christmas, 1903. The writer has added a note to the reader ('Gair at y Darllenydd'), 1 January, 1904.
A contributions book of the W. T. R. Powell (Ysbyty Ystwyth) Lodge in the Aberystwyth District Branch of the St. David's Unity of the Order of True Ivorites, 1918-1944.
A holograph manuscript of part (signature B) of an unpublished Welsh translation of the text of 'Cydymholiad' or a catechism, together with directions to the printer, dated 19 June, 1806, by W. Owen [-Pughe]. The text covers four large folio leaves, and is divided into thirty pages 'marked page for page as it is in the English edition'. Signature A, to be sent to the printer thereafter, contained the title, preface, and table of contents. The directions to the printer contains also rules 'for dividing words at the end of lines'.
Notes on, and extracts from, early nineteenth century farm account books of Hafod-y-porth, Beddgelert, compiled by John Thomas, Brynbela, Caeathraw, c. 1912.
A notebook in the hand of 'R. Lloyd, Bala College, 1873' (aft. of Llangristiolus), containing extracts from Hans Lassen Martenson: Christian Dogmatics (1865, etc.), and a synopsis in English of Griffith Williams (Talsarnau): Yr Hynod William Ellis, Maentwrog [1875]. Blank leaves at the end of the volume have been used to record a sale of household effects.
A group of papers of R. A. Jones, Beaumaris, 1919-1928, including holograph letters, receipts, and manuscript, typescript, and printed minutes, circulars, rules, etc. relating to the North Wales Temperance Federation and the North Wales Union of Evengelical Churches. The correspondents include J. Glyn Davies, 1927 and J. Talwrn Jones. The group also includes a letter, 1919, from D. J. Davies, Caernarvon to the Reverend H. P. Roberts, Beaumaris, relating to the rental of a room at Beaumaris for a tent of the Independent Order of Rechabites.
A typescript copy, with footnotes by W. Gilbert Williams, Rhostryfan, of an incomplete essay by John Williams, Tyddyn Gwian, Bwlch y Llyn, on the early history of Cesarea, Llandwrog Uchaf, Caernarvonshire, being the winning essay at a literary and musical festival ('Cylchwyl Lenyddol a Cherddorol') held at Cesarea on 10-11 April, 1908.
Williams, W. Gilbert (William Gilbert), 1874-1966.
A group of poetry and miscellaneous papers from the collection of, and partly in the autograph, of David Griffith (Clwydfardd). They include englynon by Clwydfardd, e.g. 'Ar ymweliad ei rasusolaf Fawrhydi Tywysog Cymru an gwyl Genedlaethol yn Nghaernarfon Gorphenaf [1894]'; 'Ir diweddar barchedig Edward Anwyl Cadeirydd y Dalaith Ogleddol', etc.; englynion addressed to Clwydfardd by Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) and John Cadvan Davies (Cadvan) (1891); copies of the proclamations of meetings of Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain at national and provincial eisteddfodau; a letter, [c. 1891], from Clwydfardd to B. Morris Lewis, Chelsea, giving particulars of nineteenth century national and other eisteddfodau; notes on the key to 'Coelbren y Beirdd', etc., by T. H. Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn); incomplete notes on the Epistle to the Hebrews; and an incomplete eulogy of the writing pen, 1872.
A printed bidding letter, December, 1837, of Ann Smith, daughter of Richard and Ann Smith of Wigfa, parish of Kiillybebill, and a notebook containing a list of donations 'bestowed' (or 'conferred') or 'repaid' at the bidding on 12-13 January, 1838. At the end of the volume is an inventory of the estate and effects of the late Richard Smith of Wigfa, 8 November. 1869, and undated accounts of payments to Edmund Davies, mason, and others.
'Welsh Lyrics', being the original manuscript of a review by Robert Arthur Griffith ('Elphin'), published in The Arvonian, April, 1901, of R. Silyn Roberts and W. J. Gruffydd: Telynegion (Bangor, 1900). The greater part of the review is written on the dorse of leaflets entitled 'Cyngrair Cymru Fydd. Sut i ffurfio cangenau'.
A typescript volume of two hundred and thirty-six hymns composed by the Reverend Howell Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), pastor of King's Cross Welsh Congregational Church, London; together with an index of first lines. The collection, compiled and bound by the Reverend J. Seymour Rees, Seven Sisters, Neath, is classified into (a) general hymns, (b) translations and adaptations, (c) hymns for children, and (d) translations and adaptations for children.
Correspondence between the donor Rosemary Markham and Peter Prendergast, Kyffin Williams, Jonah Jones, Martin Tinney and others relating to an appeal for the donation of artworks towards the exhibition 'Art for Mercy' at the Washington Gallery, Penarth, 22-24 November 2002, to raise funds for Tearfund, together with minutes of the organising committee and exhibition and auction catalogue. Also included is a letter (in Welsh), 2008, to the donor from David T. Jones, Jonah Jones's son, relating to the project 'Cofio Jonah Jones'.
A notebook of William Jones ('Gwilym o Feirion'), Glyndyfrdwy, containing recollections of a baptismal service at Glyndyfrdwy Baptist Church, 1854; a catechism entitled 'Holwyddoreg ar Deyrnasiad Crist' transcribed by William Jones, 4 September, 1853, from Athraw i Blentyn, Hydref, 1838; lists of preachers and of the texts of their sermons at Glyndyfrdwy Baptist Church, 6 March, 1853-10 December, 1854; accounts by William Jones of anniversary services of Glyndyfrdwy Baptist Church, 1853-1854; and a paper, in a different hand, on 'Balchder'.
A volume of pedigrees of Monmouthshire and Herefordshire and some other families transcribed, with an index of places, in 1904 by John Hobson Matthews ('Mab Cernyw'), Monmouth, from 'Llyfr Baglan'. The original volume was compiled during the years 1600-1607; it was to be edited in full by Joseph Alfred Bradney under the title of Llyfr Baglan or the Book of Baglan (London, 1910).
Four autograph letters, [?1840]-1841, from [Sir] John S[alusbury] P[iozzi] Salusbury, adopted son of Gabriel and Hester Lynch Piozzi, to the Rev. Thomas Raffles, Liverpool, mainly concerned with the exhibiting of Raffles' collection of autographs by the [Liverpool] Royal Institution (ff. 2-3). Salusbury also refers, 9 December 1841, to [the Rev. Thomas] Pennant, son of Thomas Pennant of Downing and Salusbury's tenant at Brynbella (f. 4).
An abstract of title (1774-1780) to the manor of Bradley, co. Stafford, and to properties in Bradley late belonging to John Wilkinson, esq., ironmaster, of Bilston, Bersham, etc.; and an abstract of the will and codicils of John Wilkinson (proved 1808), and subsequent title (1806-1828) to the same properties. Both abstracts were compiled circa 1830.
