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An exhibition catalogue, 2011, compiled from research undertaken by the donor to celebrate over three hundred years of contributions by the Welsh in Pennsylvania and their lasting legacy.

An article entitled 'Ancient Baptist Cemetary at Sinking Spring' [Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA] transcribed by the donor William F. Griffiths from the Reading Eagle dated 16 September 1900 and 'The trek to Conestoga'.

Tri llythyr, 1818-1845, oddi wrth ymfudwyr Cymreig i Ogledd America. = Three letters, 1818-1845, from Welsh emigrants to North America.
Maent yn cynnwys llythyr, yn y Gymraeg, 16 Mehefin 1818, oddi wrth wraig Thomas Morgan, yn ninas Efrog Newydd, at ei rhieni a'i theulu, yn adrodd hanes ei mordaith o Fryste, ei chyrhaeddiad yn Efrog Newydd, a'u bwriad i fynd ymlaen i Dyffryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (ff. 1-2 verso); llythyr, yn Saesneg, 26 Ionawr 1835, oddi wrth David Morgan [?mab Thomas Morgan], Beamsville, Upper Canada [sef Ontario, Canada], at ei daid a nain ym Merthyr Tydfil (ff. 3-4 verso); a llythyr, yn y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg, 8 Ebrill 1845, oddi wrth y Parch. Joseph H. Jones, Cleveland, sir Oswego, talaith Efrog Newydd, at ei fam, Elizabeth Jones, Troedrhiwdalar, plwyf Llanafan Fawr, sir Frycheiniog, ac at ei chymydog David Davies, Penycrug (ff. 5-6). = They comprise a letter, in Welsh, 16 June 1818, from the wife of Thomas Morgan, in New York, to her parents and family, recounting her voyage from Bristol, her arrival in New York City and their intention to go on to Dyffryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (ff. 1-2 verso); a letter, in English, 26 January 1835, from David Morgan [?son of Thomas Morgan], Beamsville, Upper Canada [now Ontario, Canada], to his grandparents in Merthyr Tydfil (ff. 3-4 verso); and a letter, in Welsh and English, 8 April 1845, from the Rev. Joseph H. Jones, Cleveland, Oswego County, New York, to his mother Elizabeth Jones, Troedrhiwdalar, parish of Llanafan Fawr, Breconshire, and her neighbour David Davies, Penycrug (ff. 5-6).