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Miscellaneous genealogical notes chiefly written by Walter Davies with some in the autograph of John Jenkins and Angharad Llwyd and mainly relating to Montgomeryshire.

Genealogical notes of Welsh interest written by Walter Davies.

Highway rate assessments made on the inhabitants of the townships of Hendrehen and Trawscoed in the parish of Guilsfield, 1858-1872.

Poems, essays, letters, and miscellanea by Walter Davies used by D. Silvan Evans when he was compiling Gwaith ... Walter ... Davies ... (Carmarthen and London, 1868).

A transcript by Walter Davies of Dafydd Thomas : Hanes Tair Sir ar Ddeg Cymru.

References, in the hand of John Jenkins, to sources of information on notable Welshmen and an attempt at ascertaining, by means of comparative chronology, the dates of certain Welsh chieftains.

Summaries made by Walter Davies of John Jones : The History of Wales (London, 1824) and Hugh Owen and J.B. Blakeway : History of Shrewsbury (London, 1822).

Miscellaneous notes and extracts by Walter Davies relating mainly to Welsh history, archaeology, topography, etc.; a list of Montgomeryshire sheriffs; memoranda relating to the Manafon national school, 1832-1835; etc.

A copy of William Schickard: Horologivm Hebraem, sive Consilium, quomodo sancta lingua spacio xxiv, horarum, a totidem collegis, seu eorundem semisse sufficienter apprehendi queat, Septies Combrabatum ... (London, 1639), and Rota Hebraea pro facilitate conivgandi pridem inventa, sculpta et explicata ... (London, 1639).

Sketches by Walter Davies of early inscribed stones, and transcripts of late monumental inscriptions; notes on British history and archaeology; a letter, 1663, from Efan Watkis, Salop to Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt; etc.

A large group of personal letters to and from various members of the family of John Jenkins, including letters from him, his mother, his brothers, his wife, and his son, John Heyward Jenkins (afterwards known as John Heyward).

A copy, with manuscript notes by Walter Davies and others, of John David Rhys : Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve linguae institutiones et rudimenta ... (London, 1592).

Letters and drafts of letters from John Jenkins to several correspondents including Walter Davies, Peter Roberts (Halkin), David Rowland (Carmarthen), Robert Saunderson (Bala), and Taliesin Williams (Taliesin Ab Iolo).

A book of legal precedents compiled by Philip Holland, Neath.

Drafts of letters sent by Walter Davies to The Church and State Gazette and The Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1811-1835.

Two volumes of letters 1851-1880, to Jane Davies, daughter of Walter Davies, from D. Silvan Evans, relating to the editing and publishing of Gwaith ... Walter Davies ...; and personal letters to her from Mrs. Silvan Evans.

One of eight volumes consisting of several hundred letters, chiefly of the first half of the nineteenth century, written mainly to John Jenkins and his wife, to Walter Davies and his daughter Jane, and to John Vaughan (Penmaen Dyfi) and other members of his family, by numerous correspondents, including: D. Bird Allen, Thomas Beynon (archdeacon of Cardigan), C. W. Bowen (Kidwelly), J. Bowen (Bath), J. Bowen (Llechryd), Samuel Bowen (Newtown), Edward Breese, Samuel Butler (Shrewsbury), R. Myddelton Biddulph, John Blackwell (Alun), Thomas Burgess (bishop of St. Davids), Lord Carrington (chairman of the Board of Agriculture), Thomas Clarkson (philanthropist), W. Cleaver (Denbigh), Hester Maria Cotton, William Cragg (Board of Agriculture), Alfred Butler Clough, and Roger B. Clough.

One of eight volumes consisting of several hundred letters, chiefly of the first half of the nineteenth century, written mainly to John Jenkins and his wife, to Walter Davies and his daughter Jane, and to John Vaughan (Penmaen Dyfi) and other members of his family, by numerous correspondents, including: Rice Rees, W. J. Rees (Cascob), William Rees (Llandovery), David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), Hugh D. Richards (Caswallon Machno), T. Richards (Llangynyw), T. Richards (Berriew), John Roberts (Tremeircion), Peter Roberts (Halkin), Samuel Roberts (S.R.), W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), David Rowland (Carmarthen), David Rowlands (Chatham), David Rowland (Llanwnnog), Thomas Rowland (Newtown), William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn), Robert Saunderson (Bala), J. C. Severn, Anna Maria Shipley, Sir John Sinclair (Board of Agriculture), David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), Edward Thomas (Tregarth), John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), and Lewis Turnor.

Letters and fragments of letters, addressed mainly to Walter Davies, Jane Davies, and John Vaughan (Penmaen Dyfi), among the correspondents being Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) and Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg); fragments of letters from Humphrey Foulks to Edward Lhuyd and from William Jones [? also to Lhuyd]; autographs of Welsh bishops; etc.

One of eight volumes consisting of several hundred letters, chiefly of the first half of the nineteenth century, written mainly to John Jenkins and his wife, to Walter Davies and his daughter Jane, and to John Vaughan (Penmaen Dyfi) and other members of his family, by numerous correspondents, including: George Vance, John, Mary, and Jane Vaughan (Penmaen Dyfi), William V. Vernon, Elijah Waring, David Williams (Ystradmeurig), D. T. Williams (Tydfylyn), Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg), Edward Williams (Strand, London), Eliezer Williams, Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris), Jane Williams (Ysgafell), John Williams (Ab Ithel), John Williams (Cynhafal), Morris Williams (Nicander), Peter Bayley Williams, Pryce Buckley Williames, Taliesin Williams (Taliesin Ab Iolo), St. George Armstrong Williams, William Williams (Caledfryn), William Williams (Brecon), and C. W. Williams Wynn.