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A scrapbook, 1867-1882, begun by Evelyn Phillip Shirley of Ettington Park, Warwickshire, following his visit in August 1867 to his friend W. W. E. Wynne of Peniarth, Merioneth.
The volume initially contained ten photographs of Peniarth and its environs (ff. 11, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 40) with numerous further photographs (and photographs of prints) being added showing other local views and related houses such as Glyn (ff. i verso-47 passim). Also included are leaves from W. W. E. Wynne's Pedigree of the Family of Wynne of Peniarth… (London, 1872), with hand-painted coats of arms added (ff. 2 recto-verso, 12 recto-verso, 20 recto-verso, 22 recto-verso, 24 recto-verso, 26 recto-verso), and additional manuscript notes by Wynne (ff. 13-18); four letters to Shirley from W. W. E. Wynne, [1868]-1877 (ff. i verso, 3-10, 34-35); three letters, June-July 1880, from W. R. M. Wynne (ff. 41-44) and E[dward] Breese (ff. 45-46), following W. W. E. Wynne's death, with copies of Breese's obituary of Wynne (ff. 50-52); and papers relating to the building and consecration of the Wynne Memorial Church at Bryncrug, 1880-1882 (ff. 53-59).

A volume of autograph Welsh poetry, 1870-1882, by Robert Penbryn Roberts, Garthdderwen, Betws-y-coed, containing englynion, elegies, patriotic and other miscellaneous poems.

Volumes compiled by Thomas Bevan (Caradawc or Caradawc y Fenni), 1807-1881, which comprise an album and two scrapbooks of annotated autographs, photographs and engravings, printed matter, press cuttings, etc. The material is largely of Welsh literary and musical interest.

Letters, 1873-1881, to Edward Breese, Portmadoc, from D. Silvan Evans.

Ten letters, 1852-1881, to Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber) from various correspondents, containing mainly personal news; together with one each to her son Ivor (f. 20), her daughter Maria (f. 13), and Henry Thoby Prinsep (f. 17).

Translations by George Henry Borrow of a Cornish prose text (ff. 1-4), and of Welsh poetry, including works by Iolo Goch, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Roger Cyffin, Goronwy Owen, Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) and Huw Morys, and a translation from Greek of an ode in praise of Rome (f. 4 verso), with notes by Borrow and others.

A volume containing two addresses, 1880-1881, by T. Glwysfryn Hughes, entitled 'Cups and Saucers' (ff. 2-11) and 'Dau Hen Almanac' (ff. 12-55, 61-62 verso).

Six letters and fragment of another, 1861-1864, from Guiseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), advocate of Italian unity, to William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), one of which is written on a printed circular for subscribers to an association to succeed the Friends of Italy (ff. 1-13). Four of the letters have been published in William Rees (Hiraethog): A Memoir by his son Ebenezer Rees, ed. by H. Elvet Lewis, M.A. (Liverpool, 1915); see also NLW Journal vol. I (1940), p. 149. Also included is a postcard, 1880, from William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), to Gwilym Hiraethog (f. 14).

Copi o'r Beibl cyssegr-lan (Rhydychen, 1824) fu'n eiddo i Edmund Evans ('Utgorn Meirion'), un o'r gweinidogion fu'n ymweld â Richard Lewis (Dic Penderyn) cyn ei ddienyddio ar 13 Awst 1831. Mae enw Edmund Evans yn ymddangos yn nhu blaen y gyfrol a cheir amryw nodiadau yno ac ar dudalennau cyntaf y testun. Mae papur gyda nodiadau arno yn rhydd rhwng tt. 24-25. Ar yr ail dudalen o'r Testament Newydd gludwyd toriad papur newydd, 1879, gyda hanes marwolaeth Evan R. Evans, Cambria, Wisconsin, sef un o'i feibion. Gosodwyd papur hefyd ar ddiwedd y gyfrol yn cynnwys rhestr, yn llaw Edmund Evans, o ddyddiadau geni a marw ei blant ef a'i wraig Ellin. Yn ogystal, mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys toriad o erthygl gan y rhoddwr am hanes y Beibl a gyhoeddwyd ym mhapur y Daily Post, 3 Gorffennaf 2019. = Copy of the 'cyssegr-lan' Bible (Oxford, 1824) that belonged to Edmund Evans ('Utgorn Meirion'), one of the ministers who visited Richard Lewis (Dic Penderyn) before his execution on 13th August 1831. Edmund Evans's name appears in the front cover of the volume with various notes and on the first pages of the text. Handwritten notes are loose between pp.24-25. A newspaper cutting (1879) reporting the death of Evan R. Evans, his son, in Cambria, Winconsin, has been glued on the second page of the New Testament. At the end of the volume a list, in Edmund Evans' hand, states the dates of birth and death of his children with his wife Ellin. Additionally, the file also contains an envelope in which there is a newspaper cutting reporting the history of the Bible, published in the Daily Post, 3 July 2019.

A manuscript monograph, [1878], entitled 'Some Notice of William Herbert, first Earl of Pembroke of the present creation', by J[ames] E[dward] Nightingale, F.S.A. (ff. 1-59). It was published, under that title, in The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 18 (October 1878), 81-131. The notice places particular emphasis on the politics of the time, in which Herbert played a prominent role, and on his Wiltshire connections.
The text is complete except for some two paragraphs (corresponding to the top of p. 114 in print), missing due to the bottom of f. 36 having been cut away, and a single sentence (top of p. 128) missing from f. 55. There are manuscript emendations throughout, including some revisions supplied as pasteovers (ff. 11, 21, 22, 23, 33, 42, 47); footnotes have been inserted on paper flaps attached to page margins (ff. 2-3, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16-17, 19-20, 22, 23-24, 25-30, 32-35, 37-44, 46, 48-49, 52-53, 56, 57, 59), and occasionally as separate leaves (ff. 6a, 6b, 24a). Also included are earlier drafts of a few sections of text and footnotes (ff. 22a, 22b, 43a, 56a, 61-62) and notes, references and transcripts of related letters and documents (ff. 60 recto-verso, 61 verso-64).

Papers, 1630-[?1877], of the Griffith family of Garn, Henllan, Denbighshire, mostly relating to George Griffith.
The papers comprise twenty-six letters, 1841-1865, to George Griffith (ff. 44-94), including ten from his wife Charlotte Griffith (née Douglas), March 1841, on the illness and death of her brother Hargreave (ff. 44-63), and ten from Joseph Brereton, Liverpool, 1861-1862 (ff. 69-79, 82-89); nine letters, 1833-1842, to Charlotte Griffith (ff. 22-43); and eleven letters, 1763-1848, addressed to other members of the family (ff. 1-21); together with other papers of George Griffith, [1850s]-[?1877] (some 100 items in total), which include draft and copy letters, newspaper correspondence, and drafts of articles and speeches, mostly by Griffith, on topics of both national interest, such as taxation, the Game Laws, the Reform Bill, etc, and local Denbighshire interest (ff. 95-415), some being written on the reverse of printed ephemera, dated 1859-1866 (ff. 95-108, 245-246, 306-307, 309-310). Also included are miscellaneous items including a receipt, dated 1 October 1630 (f. 416); part of a transcript, [?1690], of a valuation of the Lordship of Ruthin (ff. 417-418); draft answers, [c. 1705], to a bill of complaint of Richard Griffith, relating to the 1686 marriage agreement of Grace Williams, Coedmawr, and John Williams, Caerberllan (ff. 419-423); notes, [c. 1816], on Napoleon and recent European military matters (ff. 424-430); and a letter, 30 October 1853, from [the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General], Scutari, [Istanbul], to the Commanding Officer of the troops at Kulali, [Istanbul] (f. 431). A letter, 4 November 1958, from Ermine Dixon, Preston, to Edward Hall is included (f. iii), together with a few notes on specific items, apparently in the hand of Edward Hall (ff. 2a, 3a, 7a, 13a, 16a, 21b, 416a, 423a).

A collection consisting mainly of essays and literary extracts by Stephens. Some of the works were submitted as competitive pieces at eisteddfodau.

Papers, [18 cent.]-[1876], from the library of Professor Richard Humphrey Richards, including a manuscript of John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), Llyfr Tonau Cynnulleidfaol (Wrexham: Hughes, 1876), Ieuan Gwyllt's manuscript of a proposed English hymnal, and correspondence, 1860-1874, and notes of Ieuan Gwyllt; sermon notes, 1731-1763; and an eighteenth-century commonplace book.

Journal, [mid 1820s] (watermark 1822), of a tour through parts of Monmouthshire, Glamorgan and Breconshire, [26] July-[?3] August 1822, in the company of the Rev. B[arton] B[ouchier] and his wife. The author is unidentified but was a resident of Monmouth; the journal was compiled by him after the fact from his notebooks. The tour began and ended in Monmouth, going west as far as Neath, then northwards to Brecon (NLW ex 2962 (i)).
Also included are: a volume of religious notes, [?1820s], in the same hand as the journal (NLW ex 2962 (ii)); and a mid-Victorian album of cartes de visite relating to the family of Edward Smalley Hutchinson of Radcliffe, Lancashire, and Longworth Hall, Lugwardine, Herefordshire, containing thirty-four photographs of family members and five depicting at least two different churches, one being the parish church of St Mary, Radcliffe (NLW ex2962 (iii)).

Manuscripts, 1827-1875, from the library of G. T. O. Bridgeman, including heraldic material, etc., relating to the Wynn family of Gwydir, and also transcripts of charters and public records.

Manuscripts, 1813-1875, from the library of John and Henry Harries of Cwrt-y-cadno, astrologers, cunning men and conjurors. The collection includes records of patient prescriptions and payment, draft horoscopes compiled in response to patient requests, a printed astrological almanac with manuscript entries, patient correspondence, notes and transcripts of medical lectures, and medical treatises; together with general account books, miscellaneous papers, etc.

Literary compositions submitted for competition at the Crown Eisteddfod held at Llanarth, Cardiganshire, on 29 July, 1875, viz. 'Can o Glod i R. L. Lloyd, Nantgwyllt, fel Tirfeddianwr', translations into English of a portion of the 'awdl' 'Molawd Ynys Prydain' by David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'), and prose translations into Welsh of a portion of Act III, Scene 2, of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; together with adjudications by William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles'), Llandysul.

A tune book, [19 cent., third ¼], containing hymn tunes, chants and other sacred music. An index to the composers of the tunes on ff. 1-9 verso is on f. ii. The tunes on ff. 33-34 are dated 'Jan. 1866'.