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A group of holograph letters:- four letters, 1883-91, from Geo. T. Clark, Dowlais House, Dowlais, etc., to [G. W. Tomlinson and A. S. Ellis?] (endorsed with a letter from G. W. Tomlinson to [A. S.] Ellis) (illustrations for G. T. Clark: Mediaeval Military Architecture in England (London, 1884), etc.); a letter, 1901, from F. S. Coleman, The Rectory, Barwick-in-Elmet, Leeds, to [A. S.] Ellis (the writer's archaeological studies); and a letter, 1903, from W. H. St. John Hope, Society of Antiquaries of London, to [A. S. Ellis] (requesting plans of Richmond Castle and Chepstow Castle).

A group of letters, largely relating to genealogy, heraldry, etc., which include: from Richard Llwyd ('Bard of Snowdon') to Sir William Betham, Herald's College, Dublin, 1814; Robert Roberts, Holyhead to Sir Joshua Meredyth, Dublin, 1814; and W. W. E. Wynne of Peniarth to an unnamed recipient, 1828. The pedigrees mentioned include those of the Powell family of Stanage Park, Radnorshire and of W. W. E. Wynne, Peniarth.

Fifteen letters, 1844-9, from John Henry Cliffe (d. 1867), author of Notes and Recollections of an Angler: rambles among the mountains, valleys and solitudes of Wales ... (London, 1860), to his father W[astrell Brisco] Cliffe and brother Charles Frederick Cliffe (d. 1851), editor of the Gloucestershire Chronicle and author of The Book of North Wales ... (London, 1850), mostly describing his fishing holidays in counties Merioneth and Caernarfon; together with a letter, 1846, from Charles Frederick Cliffe to his father, and two letters from W. B. Cliffe to his sons Frederick, 1844, and Henry, 1847.

A group of holograph letters:- one from Jos[eph] Stennett (1663-1713; Seventh-Day Baptist) from London, to [his daughter-in-law?], 29 July, 1707; one from Jo[hn] Evans (c. 1680-1730; Congregational minister at Wrexham, etc.) from London, to ----, 28 August, [1]707; two from Jos[eph] Stennett (1692-1748; Baptist minister), the one from Exeter to [the Reverend] Thomas Holder, Leominster, 25 September, 1721 (the writer's ordination at Exeter), and the other from Fetter Lane [London] to Daniel Booth in Devonshire Square, 8 February, 1748/9; one from Samuel Stennett (1728-95; Baptist minister) from London, to the Reverend Benj[amin] Francis at Horsley, near Hampton, Gloucestershire, 9 August, 1768 (a 'call' to Goodman's Fields church, etc.); and eleven from [Sir] W[illiam] Jones (1746-94; orientalist) from Calcutta, etc., largely to Richard Johnson, 1773-90 and undated (the impeachment of Warren Hastings, etc.).

Three holograph letters:- from William Herbert, 2nd marquis of Powis, to ----, [174-]; John Parry ('Bardd Alaw') to the editor of The Literary Gazette, [18]22, mentioning that Mrs Hemans has written some fine words for the writer, etc.; and [Sir] Lewis Morris [of Penbryn, Carmarthenshire] to Otto Goldschmidt, [18]98 (comments on music composed by the recipient to verses by the writer).

Three holograph letters:- from [Philip Henry] to his son Mr. Matthew Henry, near the Sugar-House in Chester, 1689 (a collection for the relief of George Speak, a proposed fast for Ireland, personal); from John Flamstead, first astronomer royal, to [William Lloyd, bishop of St. Asaph], undated (the calculation of eclipses) (mutilated); and from [Thomas Tenison], archbishop of Canterbury, to [bishop William Lloyd], 1702 (a fixed allowance for Mr. Peters, the collation of mandates); together with copious endorsements in the hand of bishop William Lloyd.

Miscellaneous letters, the correspondents including Thomas Charles (1755-1814), Thomas Coke (1747-1814), Wesleyan minister and missionary, John Jones (regicide) (1597?-1660), Michael D. Jones (1822-1898), etc.; two original Rebecca letters; papers relating to William Davies, Froodvale, Carmarthenshire; a note in the hand of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) (1747-1826).

Letters and papers, including a petition, circa 1722, from Sir John Philipps suggesting the preferment of Owen Philipps to the rectory of Walwins Castle, Pembrokeshire, a petition, 1745, signed by Sir John Philipps, Thomas Carew, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and George Heathcote, to the members of the House of Commons, requesting their attendance at the House on January 16, 1746, and a Return of the number of Men that can be contained, in the Different Towns in the Counties of Carnarvon, Anglesea, Montgomery, Merioneth and Denbigh under the superintendance of Major Genl. Fisher on an emergency. Wrexham June 2nd 1805.

Letters from Thomas Rees (Swansea), and William George Jenkins (Llandyssul, to Rees Jenkin Jones (Aberdare), a letter from Rees Jenkin Jones, and press cuttings containing a translation by Williams Thomas (Gwilym Marles) of In memorium verses written by Rees Jenkin Jones.

Letters, 1787-1803, sent to David Griffith (Nevern) and George Bowen (Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire) by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, George Best and others, together with four stanzas by David Jones beginning Whom see I from Edom arise ... .

A small group of holograph letters and papers from the library of John Jones, vicar of Nevern with Cilgwyn. They include letters from Thos. Evans, Llangoedmore, 1853 (the behaviour of 'an unworthy and notorious Parishioner' of the recipient's, etc.) (with a draft letter endorsed relating to tithe arrears), and J. Lewis, Yspytty, Wrexham, 1856 (the freight of a heifer from Swansea to Liverpool); an incomplete copy of a letter written from Nevern Vicarage, 1858 ('the Tryddyn business') (with stanzas of Welsh hymns endorsed); an estimate by Charles Davies, architect, 1852, of the repairs to be done to the Parsonage House of Nevern, with other buildings, fences, etc., on the glebe; etc.

Eight holograph letters:- Thom[as] Tanner [aft. bishop of St. Asaph], Norwich, to Charles Lockyer, 1731 (relating to payment of dividend on stock standing in the books of the South Sea Company); Lady Emma Vesey, Savernake Forest, Marlborough to Messrs. Miles and Edwards, Oxford Street, London, 1843; [Edward Copleston], bishop of Llandaff, 1846 (declining support for a candidate at an election); Fitz Roy James Henry Somerset, 1st baron Raglan, 1853 (declining an invitation to dinner); Richard Henry Fitz Roy Somerset, 2nd baron Raglan, Great Malvern, 1865 (declining an invitation to dine); Lady Henrietta Anna Howard, countess dowager of Carnarvon, to Messrs. Hindley & Sons [1871] (an order for chintz for Pixton Park, Dulverton); Lady Mary Windsor Clive, St. Fagans Castle, Cardiff, to Messrs. Hindley [& Sons], 1872; Lady Elizabeth Herbert [wife of Sidney Herbert, 1st baron Herbert of Lea, P.C.], to Messrs. Hindley [& Sons], 1873; together with a certificate by William Cleaver, bishop of Chester [bishop of Bangor, 1800-06, and of St. Asaph, 1806-15], dated at Oxford, 1792, that John Marshall, clerk, was licensed to the curacy of Leek in Tunstall.

Letters, 1919-21, to Messrs Hughes & Son, Wrexham, publishers, from G. Lowensohn, Fürth (Bayern), Germany, printer, relating to the printing of picture books for children, together with examples of books printed by his firm (NLW ex 1412). Papers relating to the writer Elizabeth Mary Jones ('Moelona', 1878-1953) including photocopies of poems composed by her, 1910-11 and 1952 (NLW ex 1413). Draft maps for the volume Atlas y Byd, edited by Dafydd Orwig (Yr Wyddgrug: Canolfan Technoleg Addysg Clwyd, 1977), together with related papers (NLW ex 1414).

Letters, 1964-78, to O. E. Roberts from the poet John Evans, J. Tysul Jones, Dr. Glyn O. Phillips and Dr. Gareth Ff. Roberts; order of service leaflets respecting a memorial service for William Rowlands, Porthmadog, and a service to open the Pen-y-Maes Memorial Garden, Cricieth, 1980; and a duplicated copy of 'La Tapisserie de Bayeux'.

Letters, chiefly of members of the Nicholl family. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 96.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Letters, chiefly of members of the Nicholl family. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 97.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Letters, chiefly of members of the Nicholl family. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 98.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Letters, etc of A. P. Graves. English. Between boards. Donated by Mr E. M. S. Wood & the Misses Wood, Ormskirk, June 1969 & by J. Meredith Tatton, January 1969.

Holograph letters to or from, and other items relating to, [the Reverend] David Charles [David Charles I, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Carmarthen] and members of his family. The correspondence includes letters from David Charles [I] from Aberystwyth, Bala, Bristol, Builth, Carmarthen, Hay, Llanidloes, Llandrindod, and London, to his son David Charles [II], Carmarthen, 1821-1827 and undated (13 as per address or by inference) (personal and family matters, the writer's travels, business affairs, religious reflections), [? George] Hodson, to be laid before the Directors [of the London Missionary Society], 1822 (the Society's rejection of Mr. Morgan's application to be allowed to serve as a missionary, a suggestion that the Society was prejudiced against Calvinistic Methodists, the financial efforts made by the C.M. movement on behalf of the Bible Society, the missionary cause, etc., the movement's independence of any English financial support) (unsigned draft or copy), and [ ], 1815 (enclosing a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Wilks outlining the [Calvinistic] Methodist attitude towards the proposed Auxiliary Missionary Society for South Wales) (unsigned copy); Eliza Charles (also, after her marriage, as Eliza [Davies]) [daughter of David Charles I], from Aberystwyth and Bala, to her brother David Charles [II], Carmarthen, 1822- 1830 and undated (6 as per address or by inference) (personal and family news, her father's preaching activities, religious reflections) (2 incomplete, 3 written on blank pages of the aforementioned letters from D. Charles I to D. Charles II); Mary Foulkes, Machynlleth, to [ ], 1812 (personal); W[illiam] Alers Hankey (treasurer of the London Missionary Society), from Aberystwith, to David Charles [I], Carmarthen, 1822 (assuring recipient that the Society had not rejected Mr. Morgan's application to become a missionary because he was a Calvinistic Methodist, their true reasons for doing so, missionary activity); H[ugh] Hughes, London, to his brother [-in-law] D[avid] Charles [II], 1836 (the publication of a volume of the sermons [of recipient's father]); Hugh Price, Carmarthen and Mumbles, to D[avid] R[oberts] Charles [? son of David Charles II], Liverpool, [18]61 (3) (personal, floods in Carmarthen, the American Civil War, a comment on [the Emperor] Napoleon [III], religious exhortations); [the Reverend] Henry Rees, Liverpool, to ?David Charles [II], 1845-?1847 (2) (personal, difficulties in arranging visits to South Wales, the Missionary Society, the writer's opinion that the [ Calvinistic] Methodists should concentrate their efforts on Wales rather than on the foreign mission field, the need to educate the children and young preachers); and [the Reverend] Ebenezer Richard, from Newport and Tregaron, to [David] Charles [I], 1826 (a message from the [C.M.] Association meeting at Llandeilofawr sympathising with recipient on his illness), David Charles [II], Carmarthen, 1823-1833 (2 + 1 by inference) (preaching engagements, the illness of recipient's father and messages of sympathy in connection therewith from [C.M.] Association meetings at Lampeter in 1828 and Brecon in 1833, the writer's indisposition in 1833), and the Reverend Tho[ma]s Evans and D[avid] Charles [II] jointly, Carmarthen, 1833 (returning hymn books with remarks thereon, the writer's health). The miscellaneous items include a bond entered into by David Charles [I], 1 January 1803, for the payment of a sum of five hundred pounds to Nathaniel Phillips of Haverfordwest, banker (endorsed with two notes whereby Nathaniel Phillips acknowledged receipt of the sum due in two instalments, 1807, 1813); probate, 19 February 1835, of the will of David Charles [I], 13 July 1826; and an imperfect copy of a memorial inscription to Sarah Charles, wife of David Charles [I], ob. 1817, and to Rice Rowland Charles, ob. 1801, aged 2.