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'Hanes Eglwys y Bedyddwyr yn sir fôn yr hon a gorphorwyd yn Eglwys ynhre-fol-llwyn isa ar y 20 fed o fehefin yn y flwyddyn 1779 gan y parchedig weinidogion Stephan Dafis, a Dafydd Jones pont y pwl', with notes and additions by Ben. Jones ('P. A. Môn').

A report book, 1854, containing a daily record of the transportation by rail of goods and merchandise between Newport and iron-works, possibly Nant-y-glo.

A notebook begun in 1826 by John Williams (1806-1856), Baptist minister and author of Yr Oraclau Bywiol, containing essays, sermons, poems, etc.

Miscellaneous legal and other papers. They include details of the debt on the Baptist chapel at Caernarvon, 1828-1842; a receipt, dated 1826, for payment for printing 750 copies of 'Llythyrau Cymanfa y Bedyddwyr'; resolutions passed at a meeting held in the house of John Thomas, in the village of Cross Inn, 1850, relating to the building of a Baptist chapel; share certificates in the Brynmawr Gas Company held by 'Nefydd'; a draft of a petition from the inhabitants of Blaenau to the Postmaster General; sermon notes by Daniel Jones; etc.

Ten letters, 1923-1926, from Joseph Alfred Bradney, Tal-y-coed, Monmouthshire, to E. I. Williams, Pontypridd (ff. 1-21); two letters, 1938-1952, from E. I. Williams to E. Silk, headmaster of Nant-y-glo Secondary School, the former listing Charity Schools, 1737-1847, in the parish of Aberystruth (ff. 23-6; and two letters, 1941-1942, concerning the loan of documents of Monmouthshire interest including some of the above (ff. 27-8).

A miscellaneous collection of records mainly relating to Wales compiled towards the middle of the seventeenth century. -- The manuscript begins on page 53 with extracts from 'Llyfr Coch Asaph', with the additions from the hand of William Bullocke, as in Peniarth MS 231 - a manuscript written by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, and most probably the immediate source of the Nefydd version; the 'summa' of 'Llyfr Coch Asaph' compiled in 1602, which is also contained in Peniarth MS 231, as well as the list of contents of another St. Asaph record - the 'liber pergamenus' which is now deposited with the Church in Wales records at the National Library; a transcript of a record of proceedings on a writ of quare impedit brought by the Prince of Wales against Howel Gymen and a hundred and seventeen others, touching the advowson of a prebend in the collegiate church of Holyhead ('prebenda de Castro Keby') supplied by 'Mr. Ellice the Councellor'; a collection of historical records relating to Wales taken directly from the hand of Robert Vaughan in Peniarth MS 236; a transcript of the 'Historia Britonum' of Nennius, copied out of a book given to John Selden by William Camden, compared with a version in 'Oxford Library' under the name of 'Gilda Minor', and ending with an extract from a Cottonian manuscript (pp. 245-88); a copy of the statutes of Chester Cathedral, temp. Henry VIII (pp. 289-310); 'Ymrafaelion henwau Ynys Brydain', etc. - seventeen chapters of pseudo-history and description of the Isle of Britain (cf. slightly different versions in Peniarth MSS 163 and 215), with a supplement containing accounts of place-names not included in the main text, a reference to the earthquake of 1574/5, the wonders of Scotland and Ireland, the conversion of the various British nations to Christianity, and 'y naw helwriaeth', 'mesurau cerdd dant', and 'trioedd mab y krinwas' (pp. 312-49). -- At the end of the volume are a number of documents relating to Cheshire and Flintshire - a note of entail of Flintshire lordships, Flintshire rents of assize, the customs of Dee mills and other records taken from a book of Edward Whitby, recorder of Chester, and a transcript of Robert Vaughan's copy of the fealty roll of the Prince of Wales, 29 Edward I .

'Llyfr Cwrdd Chwarterol yr Eglwysi Bedyddiedig yn Aberduar, Castell Newydd, Cilfowyr, Llangloffan, Rhydwilym, Moleston, a Llanelli', 1765-93.

A fragment of a volume described as 'Llyfr Kowyddav y Masdr [Hwmffre] Huws or deirnion siryf veirionydd ...', containing autograph 'cywyddau', some of them eulogising him, by Thomas Penllyn, Rhisiart Phylip, Tuder Owen, Sion Cain, and Huw Machno (some of them being dated 1619), together with other 'cywyddau' by Sion Cent, etc.

A miscellany containing a metrical dissertation on Psalm 8, verses 3 and 4, followed by a poem dealing with the seven planets; 'Darlleniad diwiol'; 'Carol i Fair', beginning 'Yngwledydd Judea yr oedd Zackaria'; a part of a carol by Mathe[w] Owen; a 'cywydd', a 'dyri', and a carol by Huw Morus; a 'dyri' by Edwart Rolant ('o'r bala'); 'Erapater dros byth a gaed o lyfr Thomas Jones ... 1701'; farm notes for 1702; etc. -- Much of the volume is in the hand of Richard Roberts, whose name, with the date 'Mai 21, 1699', appears on one folio. At the end of the manuscript is the note: - 'Llyfr y coch o Hergist yn y glasgoed y mae ef'.

Letters addressed mainly to William Roberts (Nefydd), by W. R. Baxter, 1858-1860; Thomas Butter (ysgrifennydd Côr Dirwest Dowlais), 1857; William Cosslett (Gwilym Eilian); Edward Davies, Cowbridge, 1842; Joseph Joseph, Brecon, 1872; Lewis Llewellyn, Risca, 1856; Robert Roberts, Nannerch; Joseph Williams, Liverpool, 1852; T. Williams (Hafrenydd), 1856; E. P. Williams, Bassaleg, 1867-1869; Edw. D. J. Wilks, London, 1857; Samuel Roberts (S.R.), 1852; John Phillips, Boro Road, 1855; Hugh Owen, Whitehall, 1860, (on eisteddfod reform); Daniel and Jane Jones, Cowbridge and Llanelly, 1843-6; Evan Jones, Bedwellty, 1857; John James, Bridgend, 1842; W. Davies, Llandilo, 1857; W. Dugdale, Blaina; W. M. Evans, Carmarthen, 1857; Thomas Evans, Solva, 1857; James Griffiths, Beaufort, 1857; William Hoad, Manchester, 1848 (to Daniel Jones to know whether there would be any purpose in placing his name before the congregation as a possible minister); Jane Jones to her son Ebenezer R. Jones, 1838; notes and circulars by William Roberts (Nefydd); a certificate of the subscription of statutory oaths by Daniel Jones, a dissenting minister, at the Carmarthen Quarter Sessions, 15 July 1812; calls to Daniel Jones from Baptist churches at New Street, Liverpool, 1818; Penrhyncoch, 1823, Newport, 1842, Caernarvon, 1846, and Velin Vole, 1845.

A copy of a prospectus of the work by 'Nefydd' which was published in 1852 as Crefydd yr Oesoedd Tywyll ... yn cynnwys y Traethawd Gwobrwyol yn Eisteddfod y Fenni ar Mari Lwyd ..., a list of orders for copies, etc.

The original manuscript of 'Ymgais at roddi crynodeb o "Hanes dechreuad Mary Lwyd, neu y Pen Ceffyl a ddygir yn gyffredin yn amser Nadolig mewn llawer rhan o'r Dywysogaeth ..." ' by, and in the autograph of, 'Nefydd' and published as part of his Crefydd yr Oesoedd Tywyll ... (Carmarthen, 1852).

Memoranda an accounts kept by 'Nefydd', together with a note by him on his ancestry.

An account book, 1866-1871, of No. 2 Black Pins Pit colliery, Nant-y-glo, containing a monthly record of work carried out, by hauliers, daymen, etc. and wages paid including particulars of deductions and cash advances. 'No. 2 Black Pins Pit. Henry Whittington' is inscribed inside the front cover.

Miscellanea, including a draft of an application by E. P. Jones for admission to an educational institution.

Miscellanea of 'Nefydd', including drafts of letters to the press, articles, and addresses, together with an account of the life and work of 'Nefydd' by Thomas Phillips.

Printed material, much of it with manuscript notes by 'Nefydd' and Daniel Jones. Among the printed matter are copies of 'Cywydd Llyntegid' by Morris Roberts, Bala; copies of appeals on behalf of the Academical Institution at Abergavenny, dispensaries at Liverpool, the Baptist Theological Institution at Pontypool, a 'Normal' College for Wales, (at Brecon, afterwards in Swansea), the Baptist chapel at Penrose, Monmouthshire; advertisements, circulars, prospectuses, etc., relating to a Welsh Reform meeting to be held in Liverpool in 1840, 'Diwygwyr Cymreig Llynlleifiad', the Liverpool Auxiliary of the Baptist Missionary Society, and 'Cymdeithas Gyhoeddiadol Bedyddwyr Cymru'; papers relating to eisteddfod meetings at Liverpool; prospectus of a proposed 'Hanes y Bedyddwyr' by Ben Jones ('P. A. Môn') with notes sent to 'Nefydd' by Ben Jones's son concerning his father's materials for such a 'Hanes'; poems; two copies, with manuscript revisions by 'Nefydd', of the third edition of Golygiad byr ar Fedydd Gristnogol. Gan John Craps. Wedi ei gyfieithu gan R. Jones, Llanllyfni; etc.

Two volumes of printed tracts, circulars, etc., mostly relating to religious meetings, committees, etc., in Liverpool and district, with sermon notes by Daniel Jones, etc.

Miscellaneous items including diary entries, January-February 1855, by William Roberts ('Nefydd'), mainly relating to his duties as South Wales agent for the British and Foreign School Society (ff. 1-5v); an essay in Welsh 'Traethawd ar y Lles y mae Dadguddiad Dwyfol wedi ei wneud i ddyn fel bod cymdeithasol' by 'Eiddil Clydach' (?Edmund Morgan), apparently written for the Brynyfryd eisteddfod, Ebbw Vale, 1854 (cf. NLW MS 7133C) (ff. 7-11v); and a list, late 18 cent., of members of the Cymmrodorion Society in London (f. 12r-v).

Miscellaneous printed pamphlets, addresses, poems, programmes, etc., with sermon notes, fragments of poems in manuscripts, etc.