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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.

Letters, 1810-1829, from W.J. Rees, Cascob, to John Jenkins, Kerry.

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.

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

Biographical notes on Welshmen written by Walter Davies, John Jenkins, and D. Silvan Evans.

Material relating to eisteddfodau, mainly in the hand of Walter Davies, including notes on eisteddfodau, lists of subjects, adjudications, printed programmes, circulars, and minutes of committees, including some in the hand of John Jenkins, and original compositions by Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), 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: Owen Jones (Owain Myvyr), Richard Jones (Gwyndaf Eryri), Robert Jones (Rotherhithe), Theophilus Jones, Thomas Jones (Bardd Cloff), Thomas Jones (Esgair Ifan, Towyn), Thomas Jones (Llanrhaiadr), William Jones (Cadfan), William Jones (Brwynog), James Kearney, William Davies Leathart, Samuel Lewis (London), David Lloyd (Llanbister), John Lloyd (Wigfair), Simon Lloyd (Bala), Angharad Llwyd, Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon), and Joseph Hayes Lyon.

Letters and drafts of letters written by Walter Davies including several written to John Jenkins.

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: 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: Samuel Fenton, John Furnival, George Griffith (Hay), James Griffith (Carmarthen), Augusta Hall, Hugh Hughes (artist), John Hughes (author of Horae Britannicae), John Hughes (publisher, Wrexham), William Hughes (harper), Henry Humphreys (Welshpool), and Humphrey Humphreys (Dover).

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.

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: William Oakeley, Aneurin Owen, Anne Warburton Owen, D. C. Lloyd Owen (Birmingham), David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion), Francis Owen, William Owen (Gwilym Glan Hafren), William Owen [-Pughe], John Parker, David Parry (Carmarthen), Henry Parry (Llanasa), John Parry (Bardd Alaw), David Peter (Carmarthen), Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), Hugh Pugh (harper), William Pugh (Brynllywarch), and Huw Meyrig Puw (Patagonia).

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).

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).

Miscellanea, including prayers, sermons, fragments of essays, etc., mainly in the hands of Walter Davies and John Jenkins.

A list of sermons preached by John Jenkins, David Davies, Dewi Rowland, and others at Kerry, etc., 1819-1829.

'Diquisitions by Various Persons on the Welsh Language and Welsh Poetry', being transcripts by John Jenkins of letters, 1821, in The Gentleman's Magazine, etc., by David Williams (Rumsey, Hants.), John Parry ('Bardd Alaw'), and Walter Davies.

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)'.

A transcript by John Jenkins of 'Strictures on the British Chronicle ascribed to Tysilio' by Edward Davies (author of Celtic Researches), with a copy of a letter from Theophilus Jones to Edward Davies.