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Account book, 1850-1858, of disbursements on Aberpergwm colliery, containing details of wages and work done.

A volume containing a record of coal production at Aberpergwm Colliery, 1864-1866.

Letters, 1888-1894, to Morgan S. Williams, Aberpergwm, and accounts and other papers, 1882-1895, relating to the administration of the Aberpergwm estate in South Wales, Devon and Oxfordshire, including Barnstables Farm in East Hanney, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).

Diary, 9 April-16 June 1900, of Morgan S. Williams of Aberpergwm House, Neath, recounting an expedition to British East Africa [now Kenya] on safari with two companions identified only as Godfrey [probably his eldest son, Godfrey Herbert Joseph Williams] and Rhys (ff. 1 verso-23 verso), together with thirty-six photographs taken on the safari (pasted in on ff. 25-60, rectos only).
The group left London on 9 April and set sail from Marseille the following day (f. 1 verso), reaching Mombasa on 28 April (f. 3 verso). They made preparations there (ff. 3 verso-6) and left on the Uganda Railway for the interior on 2 May, along with fifty-one local porters and fifteen others. From the rail head beyond Nairobi the group trekked northwards to the vicinity of Lakes Naivasha, Elementaita and Nakuru, where the three men hunted game for several days, 9-14 May (ff. 7 verso-14). The trip was cut short due to Godfrey falling ill; he and Morgan left Rhys and returned to Mombasa, sailing to Zanzibar, where Godfrey was hospitalised, and finally sailed back to Europe on 27 May (f. 20), arriving in London on 14 June (f. 23). The photographs mostly comprise various groups of Maasai people (ff. 25-32, 34-39, 43-48, 53), the group's encampments (ff. 33, 54, 59-60) and trophies including two dead rhinos (ff. 49-53, 55-58); an European appearing in three photographs is probably Williams himself (ff. 54, 56, 60). The inclusion of a photograph labelled 'Lake Baringo' (f. 42) suggests they were taken by Rhys, as the only one to continue north to that location. Also included are various memoranda and lists relating to the safari (ff. 97 verso-100) and a pencil sketch of Mt Kilimanjaro, dated 3 May (f. 100).

Letters to Morgan Stuart Williams (1846-1909) and related papers, 1839-1901.

Deeds of the Aberpergwm estate in Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, and Carmarthenshire, 1258-1919; rentals and general account books of the estate (including some colliery accounts), 1791-1870, account books and balance sheets of the Aberpergwm colleries, 1794-1972; documents relating to Treferig Valley railway, 1874-1884; and personal papers, including letters to the Williams family of Aberpergwm and the associated families of Smith of Castellau, Llantrisant, Lloyd of Castellau and Aberpergwm and the Bush family of Burcot, Oxfordshire, 1760-1909; Castellau estate papers, 1867-1879; and papers, mainly 18th century, relating to the claims of inhabitants in the Forest of Dean.

1. Morgan Lewelyn of Blaengwrach fawr, p. Glyncorrwg, co. Glam., gent.;. 2. William Gwyn of p. Neath, gent. Articles Of Agreement that a note of hand for £400 from the said Morgan Lewelyn to William Gwyn should be secured by a further charge on the estates specified in No. 2204 of 1 Feb. 1810.

1. David Lake of p. Neath, co. Glam., yeoman;. 2. William Williams of Aberpergwm, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, esq. Assignment of the remainder of a lease for 42 years of a copyhold m. and land called Pwllfaron, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath. Incomplete.

Final Agreement in a fine between Evan Jenkin, plaintiff, and Griffith Evan and Friswith, his wife, and Thomas Williams and Elizabeth his wife, deforciants of m's and lands in p. Lantrissent, co. Glam.

1. Rees Williams of Aberpergwm, co. Glam., esq., on behalf of his brother, William Williams of the same;. 2. Edward Protheroe of Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, esq. Grant of a right of way over, along, across or upon, in, under and through all that parcel of land lying between a tmt of lands called Pwllfaron and the Neath Canal for conveying minerals from a level lately made under the said tmt of lands by the most convenient and advantageous line of road for working the minerals and conveying them to the Neath canal. (With full liberty to make a level or tunnel under the said lands.).

1. Catherine Llewellyn of Baglan Hall, co. Glam., widow of Griffith Llewellyn late of the same, esq., dec., and also tenant for life of the premises hereby demised, and Griffith Llewellyn of the same, gent., third son of the said Griffith Llewellyn, by Catherine his wife, and also remainder man in tail of the said premises;. 2. Thomas Smith of Castella, p. Lantrissent, esq. Lease for 21 years of a m. and tmt of lands called Tyla Gweuthyr otherwise Tyla'r Winder in said p. Lantrissent. (Timber and minerals excepted.).

Deeds and documents, 1826-1851.

1. Margaret Williams (late Margaret Jenkins, spinster) of the town of Neath, co. Glam., widow, one of the daughters and coheiresses of Evan Jenkin late of p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, gent., dec.;. 2. William Williams of Aberpergwm, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, esq. (nephew of the said Margaret Williams);. 3. Rees Williams of Aberpergwm aforesaid, esq. (another nephew of the said Margaret Williams). Deed Of Covenant to surrender an undivided moiety of a customary or copyhold tmt called Tyr y Derllwyn fach, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath and in the manor of Neath Ultra and Killybebille, in consideration of an annuity of £40 to be paid to the said Margaret Williams. Surrender, dated 30 Sept. 1826, and other relevant documents enclosed.

1. John Watkins of p. Tregare, co. Mon., yeoman, son and devisee in fee named in the will of John Watkins late of Tregare aforesaid, farmer, dec., who was son and devisee named in the will of John Watkins formerly of Glasbury, co. Brec., gent., dec.;. 2. James Gunter of the Brooks within p. Abergavenny, co. Mon., labourer, and Ann his wife, and David Williams of p. Llanelly, co. Brec., labourer, the father and administrator of the goods, etc., of John Williams, dec., which said Ann the wife of James Gunter and John Williams, dec., were two of the children of Ann Williams the daughter of the said John Watkins of Glasbury and legatees named in his said will;. 3. Thomas Price of Llanthewy Skirrid, co. Mon., yeoman. Lease And Release, being a mortgage for £350, of a m. called Blayne bach and parcels of land called Wordwllydd vach, croft and patch, Wordwllyd cennol, Wordwllydd Lear, Cae Wern, Cae Llydd, Cae Shack, Wordwllyd Cae Carage, Cai Carage issha, and Cae Carage Ucha (the Garson and fold yard also mentioned), p. Glasbury, and a farm called Tyr Jenkin Perrott and the parcels of land called the Meadow by the Brook, Cae dan y Fforth, Cae Vedow isha, Cae pistil, Worwllwyd Vattock, Cae Skibbor, Cae Mawr, Cae bach, Cae Rhose, Cae Betwyn, and Cae Coed, p. Llaneliau, all in co. Brec.

1. Robert Smith of Aber Avon, co. Glam., esq.;. 2. Thomas Smith of Castella, esq. Bond to secure payment of £4,000.

1. Anne David of p. Newcastle, co. Glam., spinster;. 2. Howel Gwyn of the Middle Temple, Middlesex, and Neath, co. Glam., esq.;. 3. Jenkin Davies Berrington of Swansea, co. Glam., gent.;. 4. The said Jenkin Davies Berrington and John Jenkins of Swansea aforesaid, gent.;. 5. Stephen Jones of the town of Llandovery, co. Carm., maltster;. 6. Rees Williams of Aberpergwm, co. Glam., esq.;. 7. William Williams of Aberpergwm aforesaid, esq.;. 8. Thomas Williams of Aberpergwm aforesaid, clerk. Lease And Release, being a mortgage for £3,957.1.9, subject to an annuity, of m's and lands called Blaengwrach fawr, Blaengwrach fach formerly called Tyr lloyd ycha, Cellar, Blaencleirch, Trod y rhew wrach, and Gwinnidd Gwrach, p's Glyncorrwg and Lantwit juxta Neath, co. Glam.

1. Charles Tennant of Gray's Inn, Middlesex, esq.;. 2. Ralph Addison of Temple Bar in the city of London, esq.;. 3. The Rt Hon. George, Earl of Jersey;. 4. William Williams of Aberpergwm, co. Glam., esq. Deed Of Covenant to surrender the copyhold or customary m. called Abernanthir in the manor of Neath Ultra and Killibebill and in p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, co. Glam. Schedule of deeds (1750-1816) appended.