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A treatise on central and local government in Britain, including ecclesiastical and parochial administration.

Sermons, 1827-1843, by Walter Davies.

Five volumes of miscellanea by Walter Davies, including notes written when he was making a survey of North Wales, extracts from poems, Latin and Greek vocabularies, a calendar of saints' days, lists of place-names, etc.

Memoranda relating to the topography of Cornwall; genealogical and historical references of Welsh interest; English and Welsh phrases; etc.

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.

Extracts by Walter Davies from James Howell : Epistolae Ho-Elianae; Familiar letters; extracts from Welsh manuscripts; etc.

An elegy on John Vaughan, Penmaen Dyfi, Merioneth, written by Merfin Dyfi for the national eisteddfod held at Aberystwyth, 1865.

A transcript of the introduction by Lewis Morris to his 'Celtic Remains'. The transcript was begun in 1775 by his grandson [? nephew] Lewis Morris.

Transcripts by John Jenkins and others of poetry in free metre by John Evans (Llanfihangel Ystrad), John Howell, Jonathan Hughes, John Edwards (Clochydd Manafon), R. Jones, David Ellis, and Peter Jones (Pedr Fardd).

Arithmetical examples copied by Walter Davies, 1772.

'A Protestation made on behalf of the Welsh Language and the Church of England against Such orthographical innovations proposed to be made in a new Edition of the Welsh Bible by a Sub-Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society as are not warranted by established authorities and the laws of the Welsh Language ... faithfully transcribed from Mr. Roberts's Manuscript by H.&.A. Lloyd'.

Transcripts by Walter Davies of pedigrees of North Wales and Shropshire families, geographical notes, lists of technical words, and poems by Gwylim ap Sefnyn, Lewis Mon, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Tudur Aled, Hywel Swrdwal, Dafydd Cilan, and Lewis Morganwg.

Memoranda by Walter Davies, including copies of englynion, a Welsh-English vocabulary, etc.

An 18th century manuscript consisting of an analysis of Polymnia.

'Remarks on the unfair manner Mr Burton in his Commentary on Antoninus's Itinerary has quoted and treated the British history which goes under the Name of Galfridus Monemuthensis. By Lewis Morris'.

Transcripts of poems by Jonathan Hughes, Dafydd Cadwaladr (Dinas Mawddwy), Thomas Williams (Llanfihangel y Gwynt), Henry Humphreys (Llanfechain), Evan Williams ('clochudd Llanfihangel y Gwynt'), Dafydd Gruffydd ('Maswn', Meivod), Robert Evans (Meifod), Griffith Griffiths (Clawdd Llesc, Guilsfield), Dafydd Manuel, John Rhys (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), George Humphreys (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), James Jones (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), Rees Ellis, Roland Davies (Llangyniw), Huw Jones (Llangwm), Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), John Cain Jones, and John Wesley. The collection, which bears the title 'Sain yr Utgorn', appears to have been intended for publication by Robert Jones at Welshpool. The second part of the volume is described as being 'o Gascliad William Jones'.

Archaeological and genealogical notes transcribed by Walter Davies from various manuscripts, and including Memoranda ... copied from Mr. [John] Lloyd of Caerwys's copy which he transcribed from loose scraps of paper which he found in the 3 vols. of Mr. [Edward] Lhuyd's Itinerary &c. which is at Hallstone.

Three volumes of transcripts and notes made by Walter Davies, including extracts relating to the history, language, topography, and archaeology of Wales, 'englynion' and other poems, extracts from the Bible, etc.

'An essay', by Walter Davies, 'on the distinct Characters and Comparative Advantages of the Bardic Institutions of Caermarthen and Glamorgan, and on the Notices that remain on each. To which are prefixed some Introductory Remarks upon Alliteration'.

Some of the poems of Huw Morus transcribed by Walter Davies for his edition of Eos Ceiriog : Sef Casgliad o Ber Ganiadau Huw Morus ... (Wrexham, 1823), together with a part of the editor's introduction.