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Transcripts of poetry in free and strict metres by Robert Davies ('Bardd Nantglyn'), Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Griffith Isaac, Rhys Goch Eryri, Goronwy Owen, John Roberts ('Sion Lleyn'), Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), and others.

Correspondence mainly of Paul Panton, senior, and Paul Panton, junior, 1779-1799, the correspondents including John Bruce, Edinburgh, 1779, S. Pellet, Richard Thomas, Jesus College (to Evan Evans), J. Parry, 1780-1781, Henry Baker, Peter Grosvenor, W. Wynne, Mold, 1782, Watkin Williams, Penbedw, Paul Panton (to Mr. Howlett concerning the population of Anglesey), J. Mander, Roger Ellis, Cornist, 1785, Edward Jones, Wepre, 1785-1794, Evan Evans, Gynhawdref, 1787, Paul Panton (to Evan Evans), John Wilkins, Bersham, 1789, Thomas Parry, Chester, Thomas Williams, Holywell, William Owen, Pentonville (relating to the Padoucas, 1791, Welsh Archæology, emended by Paul Panton to Archaiology, 1798), S. Small, Holywell, 1792-1795, Thomas Hughes, Nant y moch, 1792, William Shackfield, Denbigh, 1793, L. Hansard (instructions for Paul Panton's printing press, 1794), Benjamin Hughes, Birmingham, 1795, William Jennings, Covent Garden, David Thomas, Amlwch (to John Williams, Plas-y-brain), John Williams, Plas-y-brain, 1796, and J. Williams, Treffos, 1798. Also included are draft letters of Morgan Jones, Mold, 1698; correspondence between Evan Williams, the Strand, Thomas Percy, bishop of Dromore, and Paul Panton, 1798; correspondence and papers relating to protests against the appointment of John Probert, 1779, heads of a speech by Lord Powis, and an abstract of Edmund Burke's bill, 1780; papers relating to lawsuits over Talar Goch and Disserth mill, 1777; an account of Paul Panton's journey to Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach, 1780; a list of works by Richard Wilson at Clemendu, 1786; a document relating to coal works at Coleshill, 1787; estimates for a fire engine, 1787; a translation of 'Marwnad Lleucu Llwyd', 1790; papers relating to Penmynydd almshouses, 1792-1793; a report by the keeper of the Common Gaol of Flintshire, 1794; copies of letters between Col. Richard Bulkeley and Capt. Stephen Rich, 1646; and a declaration in ejectment touching property in Holywell, 39 Geo. III.

A transcript, in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), of 'Brut Gruf. ab Arthur', a compiled version of Brut y Brenhinedd 'transcribed from a very old copy of the British History on Vellum' (NLW MS 1978iB, ff. 1-109 verso, and NLW MS 1978iiB, ff. 110-261 verso); together with copies of correspondence, 1758-1765, of Edward Richard of Ystrad Meurig School and Lewis Morris, relating to Ieuan Fardd, Morris's health, literary criticism and Celtic antiquities, with special reference to Camden and Nennius (NLW MS 1978iB, ff. 111-192); and copies of two letters from 'Dr. Phillipps' [the Rev. James Phillips], Blaen y Pant, to Edward Richard (NLW MS 1978iB, ff. 192-194). Also included is a table of contents (ff. 195-196) and a pedigree of St David (f. 261 verso).
The text of Brut y Brenhinedd was the original of the text of Brut Gruffydd ab Arthur printed in the second volume of the Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales.

Ten letters, 1757-1766, from Lewis Morris and Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydyd Hir).

A collection of historical tracts transcribed by John Thomas from manuscripts of Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir') - a transcript of the Charter granted by Henry VII to the inhabitants of North Wales, 1507; a translation of De Bardis Britannicis Dissertatio, 1760; extracts from correspondence concerning Welsh antiquities between Lewis Morris, Edward Richard, Dr Philips, Blaenpant, and Samuel Pegge, 1759-1760; a transcript of Sir John Wynne's History of the Gwydir Family; and a copy of the pedigree of the families mentioned in that work brought down to 1764, and taken from a manuscript in the possession of Lewis Owen, curate of Llanllechid.