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A volume of William Williams, Bedol, Llanbedr, 1845, containing over thirty airs, nearly all Welsh. There is an incomplete list of contents at the beginning of the volume. Most of the airs are those commonly found in published collections but they also include the following: 'Posal Cwrw', 'Ffarwel Twm bach or Coety', 'Llyweni Fforest' and 'Nancy's Fancy'.

An album (260 pp.; watermark 1828) containing poetry written in several hands, c. 1830-44, with one or two prose items and a few drawings and engravings. Many of the poems are by Mrs Hemans and Byron is also represented. References to Brynymor [?Swansea], coupled with the fact that some of the items are dated in the manner of the Quakers, suggest that Anne Knight Eaton, whose name appears on a book-plate within the volume, was the daughter of Robert Eaton of Swansea, banker. One pencil drawing of an unidentified scene is signed 'Geo. Harley 1833' and a water-colour drawing of flowers is described as being by Anna Wilkinson who married Richard Sorton Darby of Hawkswood, Bridgenorth.

A composite ('Amryw') volume of early nineteenth century printed Welsh texts (ballads, minor tracts etc.) with thirty-six pages of manuscript sermon or expository notes in Welsh and English.

Miscellaneous notebooks and unbound papers from the library of, and largely in the hand of, Owen Jones (1833-99), Calvinistic Methodist minister, man of letters, book collector and bibliographer, of Liverpool and Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Montgomeryshire. They include a fragment of a late eighteenth century manuscript containing 'Carol Plygain' by John Cadwaladr, verses by Ellis William, Llwunc[y]nfal, etc. ('Howel Jones his Book ... 1792,' 'Howel Jones Llwyncunfal ... ber 1792'); a volume of poetry including three libretti entitled 'Samson (Cyfieithiad o waith [John] Mil[ton]', 'Deborah' ('Finis May 4th 1861') and 'Y Cread' ('11/3/62'), and Welsh and English originals and translations, 1860-3 (e.g. 'The Hymns of A[nn] G[riffiths] rendered into English', 'Gray's Elegy'); a draft list of 'Hen Ddiarhebion' [old Welsh proverbs] rendered into Welsh verse (nos 1-540; one section dated 3 March [18]63); copious draft bibliographies of prose and poetry works by individual Welsh authors; etc. The material was originally tied in a brown paper wrapper inscribed by J[ohn] B[allinger], 'Library of the late Rev. Owen Jones, notes lent to Mr J. H. Davies by Miss Janet Jones, & by him deposited in the N[ational] L[ibrary of Wales]. 15-12-[19]09'.

Miscellaneous material including notes on legends associated with 'Llyn Barfog' and 'Llyn tri Graienyn' in Merioneth [in the hand of E. G. B. Phillimore]; 'Cân croesawiad i Edmund Buckley, esq., ar ei ddyfodiad iw oed, Mai 7ed 1882. Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Llanymawddwy Mehefin 7ed 1882' by L. Jones, Bwlch; an elegy entitled 'Dyhuddiant. Cyflwynedig i'r Parch. D. Silvan Evans, ar Farwolaeth ei anwyl Fab, Dr Tegid Aneurin Evans, Fflint. Gan J. Callestr Ellis, 23 Coleshill Terrace, Flint. Ebrill 25ain 1887'; and verses entitled 'The Bunking of Alfred Hebden and Andrew Lang'.

Proof sheets, photostat copy, etc. of 'An Act for the Propagation of the Gospel in Wales, 1649; together with The Proceedings of the Commissioners for North Wales appointed under the Act' ('Cymdeithas Llên Cymru' series), with correspondence of J. H. Davies relating to the publishing of the volume.

A volume (No. VI) in the autograph of the Rev. Henry James Vincent (1799-1865), vicar of St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire. The manuscript contains a description of 'an archaeological tour', which commenced 'Monday Augt 25 1862', from Llantood to St Davids and back to Goodwick. Places visited or referred to include Eglwyswrw, Brynberian, Henry's Moat, Ambleston, Little Newcastle, St Dogwells, Letterston, Jordanston, Granston, St Nicholas, Trenewydd (Pencaer), Trefasser, Ffynnon Druidion, Mathry, Mesur y dorth, Waun beddau, Rhodiad, St Davids, Llanrian, Trevine, Trenewydd (Pencaer), Llanwnda and Goodwick. There are many references to and short descriptions of archaeological and historical sites. The descriptions are most detailed for the St Nicholas, Llanwnda and Pencaer area, with which the writer was familiar. He stayed twice at Trenewydd (Pencaer), 'the residence of my cousin John James, Esq.' and he refers to Trevelgare [?recte Trefelgarn] as 'the abode of my childhood'. He also recites anecdotes relating to the French landing at Pencerrig gwastad in 1797. There are interesting details also in his description of St Davids, which he compares with its condition when he first saw it in January 1810 and he gives also his earliest recollections of the buildings and of the grammar school in the cathedral. A large number of pages have been inserted into the description of the tour giving details concerning famous figures connected with various places on or near the route of the tour. Most of this material is derived from published sources but in some cases (e.g. the section relating to the Rev. Nathaniel Rowland) it includes personal reminiscences and information acquired from acquaintances. The following figures are referred to at some length: Owen Glendower (a lengthy description of his activities as Little Trefgarn in St Dogwells was 'supposed to have been the birthplace of the celebrated Owen Glendower', though the writer admits later 'That Glendower was born in Pembrokeshire is scarcely probable'; Joseph Harris (Gomer, 1773-1825), (from St Dogwells) (in this section the writer states his attitude towards the preservation of the Welsh language); the Rev. Nathaniel Rowland (1749-1831) (connected with Little Newcastle) (this section contains some personal reminiscences and information acquired from acquaintances and details relating to other members of the Rowland family); and the Rev. Howell Davies (1716-1770) (connected with Llysyfran). There are briefer references to Bartholomew Roberts (1682?-1722), the pirate, from Little Newcastle, the Rev. William Gambold (1672-1728) and John Gambold (1711-1771), the Moravian bishop. There is a longer note relating to Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815), which includes anecdotes which the writer had heard from a friend of Picton. The writer states that he had been promised a title for orders from St Nicholas but the incumbent had died before the writer had come of age and had been succeeded by the Rev. William Grey Hughes (?1792-1824). The writer gives his recollections of the Rev. William Grey Hughes and also details concerning his father the Rev. John Hughes (1760-1813) and his grandfather the Rev. Thomas Grey (1733-1810).

A letter from the Reverend Professor John Young Evans, Aberystwyth to J. H. Davies enclosing printed copies ('"Pembroke County Guardian", Hwlffordd') of 'Awdl i J. H. Davies ... gan Ieuan Mynyw' [i.e. J. Young Evans], originally published in the Pembroke County Guardian, 18 November 1910.

A notebook containing transcripts of religious texts entitled 'Analysis of the Evidences. Preparatory Considerations. Of the Antecedent Credibility of Miracles ...' and 'Analysis of the Horae Paulinae. The Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul evinced'.

A report of the twenty-third meeting of the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales.

Letters and papers of Angharad Llwyd, Caerwys comprising an 'englyn' ('Atteb Silin i Angharad Llwyd pan y cymhellai ef i aros yn Nghaerwys i ddarllen gwaith Lewis Dwn, ac yntau yn gorfod myned adref'); letters from P[eter] B[ailey] Williams, undated [?1832] (1) (congratulating her on her success notwithstanding he was her opponant [sic] investigator), [Rice] P[ryce] B[uckley] Williame[s], India Board, 1829 (1) (thanking her for each of her papers), and Aug[usta] Hall, Gwenynen Gwent, Llanover, 1838 (1) (an invitation); lines of verse written by Gwenynen Gwent, Llanover, 1842, to Miss Helen Lhwyd, asking her to let Angharad remain with them, and Helen Lloyd's reply, also in verse; An Ode written on the occasion of the Eisteddfod of the Cymmrodorion in Powys at Wrexham, Sept. 13, 1820 by T. I., London, Aug. 28, 1820, 4 pp. (Davidson, Printer, Old Boswell Court, London); a letter May 28 [ ], from A[neurin] Owen, Evershot (the copy he sent of the works of Lewis Glyn Cothi, the scribe of Llyvr du Basing, etc.); a pen-and-ink sketch of Ap Glanwylt Glendower, 1st. Seneschal of Euloe 'done by ? Rv'd Edward Stanley'; two letters, undated and 1832, from Henry Parry, [Llanasa] (the Hugheses of Halkin, requesting information about the Youde family, the illness of the writer's daughter, etc.); letters from M. Roscoe, Toxteth Park [Liverpool postmark, ?1828] (1, addressed to Miss Ann Lloyd, Caerwys) (a small box from the writer's cousin, Margaret Waln, family news, mention of Mrs Hemans), Richard Parry alias Monwysiad, Llanerchymedd (? Richard Parry 'Gwalchmai'), 1835 (1) (having a copy of her account of the Beaumaris Congress would render him essential assistance in drawing out an account of the Llanerchymedd Eisteddfod, 'englynion'), David Jones alias Dafydd ab Ioan, Llangollen, 1823 (1) (sending a sword as a gift at the suggestion of the Reverend Mr Jones alias Ioan Tegyd), and H. Meyrick, Beaumaris, 1824 (1) (she never saw a picture of Bishop Meyrick or Sir Gelly Meyrick at Bodorgan, her brother has a very extensive pedigree book); and miscellanea, including a ticket to Eisteddfod Caerwys, 1798.

An imperfect copy of an unidentified edition of Ellis Pugh's Annerch ir Cymru [?c. 1750] wanting all before p. v and after p. 94 (although it would appear that only one page [95] is wanting at the end). Also included are three letters to J. H. Davies from John Ballinger, Cardiff, 1900, E. Cartwright, Dowlais, 1896, and S. N. Rhoads, Franklin Bookshop, Philadelphia, 1913, all on the subject of Annerch ir Cymru, and an offprint of an article by Frederick J. Gibbins entitled 'An early American Welsh book' from The Friends' Quarterly Examiner [1902] and given to [J. H. Davies] by the author 'With thanks for kind help'.

An eighteenth century copy of an interlude which lacks a title but which is based on events of the Civil War, the Commonwealth and Protectorate, and the Restoration. The original work was written by Huw Morys ('Eos Ceiriog', 1622-1709), Pontymeibion, Llansilin, but the present manuscript contains no direct evidence of authorship. There are some additions and corrections in a nineteenth century hand. The upper parchment cover bears the following inscriptions: 'Owens Translation of the Pre. dis. prefixed to the Work of M. Vertot' and 'The foundation of the Roman Republic and the Principal Cause of its ? fall', but neither of these refers to the text of the manuscript. J. H. Davies, probably on the strength of these inscriptions, has tentatively suggested that the work is a translation, but references in the text to Llangollen, Llansilin, Llandderfel, etc. do not support such a view.

A transcript by Edward Evans, 15 January 1734/5, of the interlude by Mathew Owen [Llangar, Merioneth] (d. 1679) which is generally known by its short title 'Brutus'. The full title (cf. NLW MSS 57 and 2620), not included in the present volume, is 'Enterliwt Ynghylch Cronicl y Cymry er Amser Brutus hyd at Sior y 3ydd' (see National Library of Wales Journal, Vol. X, pp. 421-2).

A transcript of an interlude generally referred to as 'Einion ap Gwalchmai' and attributed to John Cadwaladr, Bala and Huw Jones, Llangwm ('Chwâryddiaeth a gyfansoddwyd fel y tybir Gan Sion o'r Bala a Huw Jones o Langwm'). The transcript was made by Rowland Vab Owen at York Mills, Oneida County, New York and is dated 18 March 1870. The source is not specified but a transcript of this manuscript with a note on the transcriber may be found in NLW MS 2629, p. 223.

An incomplete interlude of unknown authorship which is generally referred to as ['Frederick Brenin Denmark']. The characters include Sir Waltro Arglwydd (?) Maria, Frederick Brenin Denmark, Marteinws (Merteinws), Francus Prins o Gandi, Griffrii y Duwk o holant, etc. The number '3' is written on the original brown paper wrapper.

An anonymous interlude, 'Anterliwt Oliphurnes (Oluphernes)', written at Plas [?Gwynfryn], Llanbedr, 1732, by Edward Evans (see E. D. Jones: 'Rhai o Anterliwtiau Cwrt Mawr', The National Library of Wales Journal, 1958, pp. 421-2). This interlude is not to be identified with the one by Ellis Roberts ('Elis y Cowper') contained in Cwrtmawr MSS 46, 123.

'Enterlute Newydd o Hanes Olophernes a Judith', being a transcript in the hand of [David Evans, Llanrwst], with orthographical variants, of the text contained in Cwrtmawr MS 46.

A manuscript in several hands containing an incomplete text of an interlude, 'Hannes Oliffernes a Jiwdath' by Elis Roberts ('Elis y Cowper'), 1766 (see MSS 103, 123); free-metre poetry by Elisabeth Dauiuis [sic], Thomas Edwards ('or Nant'), Elis Roberts, John Richard, and Robert Richard (1768); and anonymous 'englynion' and free-metre compositions; and farming memoranda.

An interlude based on the story of King Lear. Following the text are stanzas ('tribannau'), of which four are by John Hughes.