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An autograph letter, dated 17 May 1645, from Prince Rupert, at Newport, [Shropshire], to [Sir Edward Nicholas, secretary of state], [?at Oxford], communicating the news that Montgomery Castle, under Sir John Price [or Pryce] the parliamentary governor, has come over to the Royalists, and that 'the Ennemys have drawne their cannon from Harding [Hawarden] Castle' (f. 28).
Also included is a letter, 30 March 1976, from the military historian Brigadier Peter Young to Anthony S. Gilbert, discussing the letter and tentatively suggesting General Charles Gerard or the Marquis of Worcester as its intended recipient (ff. 29-30). However, Thomas Thorpe's catalogue of autograph letters (1836) identifies the recipient as 'Sir Edw. Nicholes [sic]' and the Prince Rupert letter is endorsed in Nicholas's hand ('Maij. 1645. R[eceived] 21o. P. Rupert to me' on f. 28 verso).

A letter, 14 March 1964, from the novelist Richard [Vaughan], Talley, Carmarthenshire, to the actor Emrys [James], concerning the BBC television series Moulded in Earth, then in production, in which James was appearing as Edwin Peele (it was first transmitted on BBC Wales, 5 April-24 May 1964). The series adapted Vaughan's novel Moulded in Earth (London, 1951) and its sequel Son of Justin (London, 1955) (f. 67 recto-verso). Vaughan also discusses the whereabouts of some of his manuscripts and the commencement of work on a new novel (f. 67 verso).
Also included is a postcard, [?1990s], from Emrys James's widow, the author Siân James, to Tony [Curtis] giving him the Richard Vaughan letter (f. 68).

Llythyr, 23 Chwefror 1891, oddi wrth Robert Parry (Robyn Ddu Eryri), yn Llwydlo, sir Amwythig, at ei noddwr T[homas] F[anning] Evans, Mona Lodge, Amlwch, yn cynnwys cyfres o chwe englyn iddo. Mae Parry yn diolch i Evans am ei anrheg gymwynasgar ac yn disgrifio ansicrwydd ei sefyllfa ariannol. = A letter, 23 February 1891, from Robert Parry (Robyn Ddu Eryri), in Ludlow, Shropshire, to his patron T[homas] F[anning] Evans, Mona Lodge, Amlwch, enclosing a series of six englynion dedicated to him. Parry thanks Evans for his kind gift and describes his precarious financial circumstances.

A letter, 12 December 1964, from Vernon Watkins, Pennard, to the poet and editor Neville Braybrooke, in which he discusses 'The Beach of Falesá', the recently published adaptation by Dylan Thomas of R. L. Stevenson's novella (see Dylan Thomas, The Beach of Falesá (New York, 1963)), as well as his recent work and his visit to Seattle the previous Spring.

Two typescript letters, 1953-1955, from Vernon Watkins, Pennard, to poet and publisher John Lehmann, the first, 13 November 1953, concerning the death of Watkins's close friend Dylan Thomas four days earlier (f. 46), the second, 8 August 1955, concerning his foreword to Dylan Thomas, Adventures in the Skin Trade (London, 1955) (f. 47).

Autograph letter, 24 December 1868, from William Ewart Gladstone, 10 Downing Street, to [Vice-Admiral Lord] C[larence] Paget, [Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet], in which Gladstone discusses the formation of his first government, having become Prime Minister on 3 December.
The letter contains references to Paget's brother-in-law [Arthur Otway, Gladstone's new Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs], and to [Hugh] Childers, [First Lord of the Admiralty]. In a postscript he states 'The Welsh have made a notable demonstration in many of their elections and one which ought to warn the Clergy of what they are about'.