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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.

One of six volumes consisting of several hundred letters ranging in date from the late eighteenth century to about the middle of the nineteenth, and addressed mainly to Walter Davies, with some to his daughter Jane, to John Jenkins, and to John Vaughan, from numerous correspondents connected with various aspects of Welsh life and including: Rowland Williams (Meifod, aft. of Ysceifiog), Taliesin Williams (Taliesin ab Iolo), William Williams (Aberpergwm), William Williams (Caledfryn), William Williams (Cowbridge Free School), William Williams (Llandegai) W. W. E. Wynne (Peniarth), Charles W. Williams Wynn, Philip Yorke, and Simon Yorke.

A copy, with manuscript notes by Walter Davies, of Sir John Wynne : The History of the Gwedir Family (London, 1770).

The manuscripts of John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), forming part of a collection of manuscripts called the Crosswood Manuscripts.

Miscellaneous sermons

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.

A notebook of William Evans containing Latin-English and English-Latin phrases, the argument of Virgil's AEneid, Books 4-12, and extracts from Latin authors.

'An Essay on The Scriptural Evidence of the Doctrine of Proportionate Rewards in the next life ...' [? by David Evans, vicar of Clydey].

Eleven volumes of sermons, 1796-1847, by Walter Davies.

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: David Davies (Mallwyd), David Davies (Penegoes), Jane Davies, John Davies (Brychan), John Davies (Nantcribba), Mary Davies (Kerry), Richard Davies (Breton), Walter Davies, Walter Cecil Davies, Richard Dickens (Cardigan), James Donne (Llanyblodwel), John F. M. Dovaston, Ellis Owen Ellis (Ellis Bryncoch), Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion), David Evans (Dafydd ab Ieuan), David Evans (Llanymynech), David Evans (London), Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), Herbert Evans (Highmead), John Evans (Ioan Maelor), Morgan Evans (Llangunllo), Titus Evans (Machynlleth), and William Evans (Seren Gomer Office, Carmarthen).

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: Caleb Lewis (Cardigan), D. Jones Lewis (Gilfach), John Lewis (London), David Lloyd (Llanbister), Howel W. Lloyd, Angharad Llwyd, C. T. C. Luxmoore (Guilsfield), Carl Meyer, Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, S[arah] Millingchamp, W. Morgan (Bradford), Joseph Morris (Shrewsbury), and Richard Newcome.

A copy of Vol. I (A-Hachelai)of Carolus Stephanus (i.e. Charles Estienne): Dictionarium Historicum, Geographicum, Poeticum ... (Oxford, 1671), interleaved with manuscript notes, some of which are by Walter Davies.

A copy of Walter Davies: Rhyddid: Traethawd a ennillodd ariandlws Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion ar ei Thestun i Eisteddfod Llanelwy, B.A. M,DCC,XC (Llundain, 1791), with manuscript corrections by the author.

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).

Transcripts, 1828-1829, by John Jenkins, of 'Historical Notices of Powys Castle, Montgomeryshire, and its Possessors' (see The Topographer, January, 1791), 'Description of Powys Castle', and 'Genealogical Particulars of the Family of Herbert collected by ... Walter Davies ... 1829 (at the request of the Countess of Powys)'.

Pedigrees, mainly of South Wales families, transcribed for John Jenkins by Joseph Morris (Shrewsbury) from a manuscript belonging to D. Jones Lewis, Gilfach.

Papers relating to the marriage, 1823, of John Jenkins, Kerry, and Elizabeth Jones, Crosswood, and to the birth of their son, John Heyward, 1824, including congratulatory poems, letters, etc., written by John Blackwell (Alun), Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn), Walter Davies, Thomas Edwards (Arfona), Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion), Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), John Howell (Ioan ab Hywel), Dewi Hughes (Cynwyd), William Ellis Jones (Gwilym Cawrdaf), Isaac Llwyd (Gwyddon), John Athelstan Owen (Bardd Meirion), William Owen (Gwilym Glan Hafren), A. Pryse, John Roberts (Hersedd), Owen Williams (Waunfawr), William Williams (Gwalchmai), William Williams (Gwilym Cyfeiliog), etc.

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

'Welsh Tunes sent [by John Jenkins] to Mr. [John] Parry January 28th 1826 and the words adapted to them; with some observations on both'; a list, by John Jenkins, of 'Welsh Tunes wanted to which appropriate Words are found'; and 'Remarks on certain Welsh Tunes which are to be transcribed into ... " Melus Seiniau Cymru"....'

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