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Transcripts of miscellaneous poems, prose extracts, etc.

Notes and memoranda by Walter Davies, and fragments of letters received by him.

Miscellaneous notes written by Walter Davies and including 'Enwau Ceingciau adnabyddus i Gwen verch Wiliam, Cantores o Drev Rhiwaedog, o gylch 1550', and a few fragments in the hand of John Jenkins.

Miscellaneous poems by Thomas Watkins, Anna H. Hulbert, William Augustus Miles, J. Montgomery, etc.

Two volumes of miscellaneous transcripts mainly in the hand of Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain, 1761-1849), relating to the antiquities, history, topography, language, and literature of Wales. They include catalogues of Welsh manuscripts; transcripts of manuscripts of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), of letters of Edward Lhuyd, Lewis Morris, Goronwy Owen, etc., of Strata Marcella abbey charters, of monumental inscriptions, of Evan Evans's transcripts of Richard Farrington's archaeological notes, etc.; notes on Llanerfyl, Llangadfan, and Garthbeibio, written by William Jones, Llangadfan, and sent by him, with letters, to Walter Davies; a letter, 1792, from Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) to Walter Davies; an extract, by Lewis Morris, from his Celtic Remains; Marwnad Lewis Morys ... by Goronwy Owen, in the autograph of Evan Evans; etc. Both volumes are indexed.

Transcripts by Walter Davies of Lewis Morris's 'Bonedd y Saint', of pedigrees of some of the saints and some Welsh chieftain families, of a long letter from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick to Angharad Llwyd dealing with hereditary insignia, and of pedigrees from 'Llyfr Cae Cyriog' (now MS. 7008).

Transcripts by John Jenkins of vocal and instrumental music, sacred and secular, with English words added in some instances, and a letter, 1808, to John Jenkins from David Lloyd, Llanbister.

A copy, in an unknown 18th century hand, of the trio sonata no. 2 in F (1747) by William Boyce in an arrangement for harpsichord. The adaptation involves the addition of ornaments in the 1st movement, the omission of the 2nd movement adagio, and the deletion of the 2nd violin part from the 3rd and 4th movements.

'Mr. H. Browns Vocal and Instrumental Music Book' containing songs, marches, etc., 'Transpos'd For a B Clarinett ...'; etc.

Anthems, with English words, transcribed by John Jenkins.

Psalm- and hymn-tunes.

Notes relating to Welsh music, and copies, mainly by John Jenkins, of official papers and letters relating to British naval affairs in the West Indies.

Transcripts by John Jenkins of English, Welsh, and Scottish airs arranged for four voices and with English words.

Psalm- and hymn-tunes sung in Wales, transcribed, with Welsh words, by John Jenkins.

Welsh and English airs and hymn-tunes, and some English nursery rhymes transcribed by John Jenkins.

Three volumes of miscellaneous notes by Walter Davies, most of them relating to his survey of North Wales undertaken on behalf of the Board of Agriculture; poems; sermon notes.

Notes and extracts by Walter Davies from printed sources dealing mainly with British history and archaeology.

Notes made by Walter Davies on reading George Chalmers : Caledonia : an account of ... North Britain (London, 1807-1824).

Notes made by Walter Davies on a journey undertaken on behalf of the Board of Agriculture through Brecknockshire, Monmouthshire, and Glamorgan [1811], and dealing particularly with the geology of the counties and with their agriculture and other industries.

Extract from the 'Minutes of the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society Feb: 14th 1805', and other material, including notes in the autograph of Walter Davies relating to the orthography of the first complete Welsh Bible to be issued by the Society, 1807; drafts of prayers; a letter, 1822, from John Jenkins to Walter Davies; and miscellanea.