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An interleaved copy of Edward Welchman, XXXIX Articuli Ecclesiae Anglicanae, textibus sacrae scripturae ... confirmati ..., editio quinta (Oxonii : e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1730). On the blank leaves are written Biblical passages referred to in the margins of the printed work. Loose inside is an abstract [by J. A. Bradney, according to a note in pencil by T. I. Ellis] of the will of John Edwards of Tredonyke, Monmouthshire, clerk, proved 8 January 1657/8 (P.C.C. Wotton 42).

A notebook belonging to J. H. Davies containing 'Caniadau', viz. the words of Welsh airs, etc., with an index. The first item in the index is 'I was go to Llandysul', of which the first line reads 'I live in Llandysul in shir Aberteifi'.

A notebook containing a catalogue of books belonging to [the Reverend] Edward Jones, Aberystwyth (d. 30 August 1860), 1848 (a few of the books were published after 1848), with lists of books given by him to his friends and a list of books given by Mrs Jones to her friends, 1862. There are also some later entries, 1887-8, not necessarily connected with Edward Jones.

Sixty-six letters and postcards, 1890-1910, from Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant'), Dolyddelen to John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') (literary matters, mention of Isaac Foulkes ('Llyfrbryf'), 'Beirdd Llyn' [Cynfeirdd Llŷn], etc.).

A small notebook in the autograph of J. H. Davies containing the titles of Welsh books on various doctrinal matters ('Armin v Calvin', 'Baptist Dadleuon'), etc. Loose inside is a letter, 1909, from T[homas] Shankland, University College of North Wales, Bangor to J. H. Davies (returning the things belonging to Llyfryddiaeth Thomas Charles, mention of Llythyrau'r Gymanfa and of two issues about to be published by the Bangor Welsh MSS Society).

A notebook bearing the name 'Nancy Williams, Drysgol, Abergwesyn' containing press cuttings (poetry, etc.) in English and Welsh and some items in manuscript including an 'englyn' 'I Miss Nancy Williams' by [the Reverend Evan Afan Jenkins] 'Ifan Afan', Moriah, Whitland. The press cuttings include 'Rhestr o Hen Dai Adfeiledig ym mhlwyf Llanwrtyd gan Mr Evan Jones, Tynypant, Llanwrtyd', relating to Llanddewi Abergwesyn, Llanfihangel Abergwesyn and Tir-yr-Abad.

'Llyfr cyfrifon yr ysgolion Sabbathol yn dosparth Llangeitho a Llambedr, Ionawr 16 1840' containing statistics, 1840-64, and resolutions of bi-monthly meetings during the same period. The Sunday Schools which figure in the statistics are Capel Gwnfil [sic] (Capel Llangeitho), Abarmeirig [sic], Llambedr, Maesyffynon, Llanddewi Brefi, Llanio fawr, Llwyn y piod, Bwlch llan, Penywch and Mynydd bach.

A cash-book containing a rough list of books and their prices, and titles of four or five booklets published between 1741 and 1750, in the hand of J. H. Davies.

A copy of Gwaith Dafydd Ionawr. Dan olygiad ..... Morris Williams (Dolgellau, 1851). At the end of the volume are some words (mostly starting with the letters 'd' or 'e') extracted from the text, with page references.

Letters and papers, 1917-20, relating mainly to the Pembroke, Carmarthen and Cardigan District Wages Committee, of which J. H. Davies was Deputy Chairman, 1918-20. The correspondents are G. B. Bowen, Llwyngwair, Chairman, Eynon D. Evans, Aberystwyth (to Evan Evans), J. J. Jones, Tregaron and Swansea (Secretary), R. J. R. Loxdale, Castle Hill, Llanilar, W. Turing Mackenzie, London and Percy Wilkinson, Estate Office, Crosswood, and the papers include agenda, permits reports, memoranda, cyclos [sic] and printed items relating to the Agricultural Wages Board, etc. There is also a paper (typewritten) on 'The Development of Rural Industries'.

Miscellaneous papers, including letters to J. H. Davies from Evan William Edwards, Llandefeilog, [1922] (1) (thanking him for his correction regarding the date of P[eter] W[illiams]'s birth), W. J. Hemp, Ancient Monuments Board for Wales, 1922 and undated (2) (enclosing notes of the 19th, 20th and 21st meetings, circulars), P. Jones, Cynfal fawr, Festiniog [sic], 1902 (1) (Cynfal and Garth field names), Edward Owen, Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, London, 1917 (1) (asking whether a certain tract among the BM MSS was printed), J. Owens, Chester, 1922 (1) (a committee to be held at Chester), Alfred Neobard Palmer, Wrexham, 1903 (1) (quoting lines of verse which Dr Spinther James sent him in which the names Cadi Rownd and Morgan Llwyd occur), Muriel Rees, Aberystwyth, 1922 (1) (thanking him for the testimonial), Thomas Richards, Maesteg, 1923 (2) (mention of 'Hanes Plwy' Bodedern', the sons of Morgan Llwyd, Dr Michael Roberts, etc.), David Thomas, Aberystwyth, 1922 (1) (the outline of a paper for the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society), G. J. Williams, Bangor, 1921 (the names of Caleb Lloyd, 1660, has been found on the wall of the old building at Cynfal), and [Sir] John Williams, Aberystwyth, 1922 (2) (Friday will suit him just as well); a letter, 1903, to J. Jones [?'Myrddin Fardd'] from D. R. Jones, Cambria, Wis[consin] (thanking him for the notes on his 'cywydd', mention of sending a copy of Y Drych, he left Wales at the age of 13 in 1845); miscellaneous notes (fragments), some in the autograph of John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'); part of an account of Cadwgan (draft); the title-page, introduction and pp. 483-490 of a (?) proof copy of The Life and Opinions of Robert Roberts, A Wondering Scholar, ed. J. H. Davies (the imprint is dated 1922 whereas the work was published in 1923); and 'Notes on Field Archaeology' (duplicated).

A transcript of Cardiff MS 24 (Phillipps MS 2954), being poetry by Morgan Llwyd (1619-59) (cf. Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, cyf. 1, gol. Thomas E. Ellis (Bangor, 1899), pp. 3-111). Many of the items have been crossed out (although they can still be read) and pp. 67-8 and 86 of the transcript appear to be wanting. There are a few notes in pencil by J. H. Davies.

An exercise-book containing lists of periodicals, etc. (Trysorfa y Plant, Y Drysorfa, Yr Haul, Young Wales, Cylchgrawn, and Monthly Treasury (loose sheet)), with details of the issues available and those wanting. There are also some printed lists of books, some marked with a tick. The lists were probably compiled by Mrs Peter Hughes Griffiths and J. H. Davies.

A child's exercise-book bearing the name 'Tom Ellis'.

A letter, 1857, from Evan Evans, Pant, Southbend, Minesota [sic], written in Welsh to an unnamed friend (the beginning of the Welsh settlement at Southbend, reference to various persons in, and from, Cardiganshire) (a transcript of this letter has been made), and letters to Principal J. H. Davies from W. J. Hemp, Ancient Monuments Board for Wales, 1926 (1) (notice of a meeting, with enclosure), Herbert Johnes Lloyd, Croydon Rectory, Royston, 1923-4 (2) (mention of an evening at Cwm and of various books) and Percy E. Watkins and Jenkin James, W.E.A.: Welsh District, Cardiff, 1924 (1) (the addressee's subscription to the W.E.A.).

A few loose sheets in the autograph of John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing material to be found in Enwau Lleoedd Sir Gaernarfon: eu hystyr a'u hanes (Caernarfon, 1913) and Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, 1922). There is also a printed order form for Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon, issued while 'Myrddin Fardd' was still alive.

'Periglor Wakefield', a Welsh translation by 'Edeyrn Dafod Aur' [probably the Reverend J. Myrddin Thomas (1838-1914), Mold] for the Wrexham Eisteddfod, 1876, of The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. With the translation is a letter, 1876, from 'Edeyrn Davod Aur' to the adjudicator. Also included are some sheets of a draft copy with poetry, extracts transcribed in another hand from Y Gwyliedydd, 1829-30, and a fragment in yet another hand referring to the discovery of an urnfield in the parish of Llanfachraith [sic, Merionethshire], 1875.

A copy of Appendix to Report from the Select Committee on the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown (ordered ... to be printed 25 July 1848) [Ref. 538 - II] with Index to Report, Evidence, and Appendix [538 - III]. Pages 1-157 have been annotated and used as copy for Appendix (A) to the Second Report (ordered ... to be printed 27 July 1849) [574].

A composite volume which belonged to Archdeacon Henry Thomas Payne (1759-1832) containing the following printed works: (1) interleaved copy (title-page and preface wanting) of [A History of the island of Anglesey, ... to which are also added, memoirs of Owen Glendowr (London, 1775)], with some manuscript additions by Payne including 'Account of Parys Mountain, & the Copper Works in 1796'; (2) Evan Evans, Some specimens of the poetry of the antient Welsh bards, translated into English, with explanatory notes on the historical passages (London, [1764]), with the following manuscript note by Payne: 'This Copy was given to the Rev. Thomas Payne, late Rector of Llangattock in Brecknockshire, & Canon Residentiary of the Cathedral Church of Wells, by the author, who was then Curate of Llanvihangel Cilcornel [sic], in Monmouthshire - The Corrections are in the Authors own hand writing,' and also a printed list of '[Ad]denda et corrigenda' (insert); (3) George Richards, fellow of Oriel College, The Aboriginal Britons, a prize poem, ... second edition (Oxford, 1791); (4) [Alexander Geddes], Epistola macaronica ad fratrem ... (Londini: apud J. Johnson, 1790); (5) [Thomas Warton] Specimen of a history of Oxfordshire, second edition, corrected and enlarged (London, J. Nichols, etc., 1783); and (6) Robert [Clayton], bishop of Clogher, A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai and back again. Translated from a manuscript ... (London, 1753). There is a brief list of contents in the autograph of Henry Thomas Payne.

Letters and papers relating to the Reverend Peter Williams (1723-96), including two holograph letters, 19 May 1789 and 27 June 1789, fom Peter Williams writing from Carmarthen and Gelly to his son, the Reverend Eliezer Williams at Lord Galloway's, Galloway House, Scotland; a holograph sermon in Welsh by Peter Williams on Isa. 63, 4; other holograph items consisting of verses headed 'Antichristian Tradition' and (?) part of a poem entitled 'Babilon's fall', part of a draft of a letter to Mr Jones of Llan Gan, a draft of a letter concerning bull-baiting, a draft of a letter [?1777] to [Lady Huntingdon], and drafts of a letter to [ ] praying that a day of humiliation be appointed and of a letter to an unnamed person inviting him to subscribe to the writer's edition of Cann's Bible; a letter, 1834, from William Jones, [Llan Engan], to an unnamed person containing references to the persecution and excommunication of Peter Williams; a notebook in the autograph of Peter Bailey Williams containing a 'Copy of a Letter from the late Reverend Peter Williams to the Methodist Association about 1793', a letter (copy) from [Peter Williams] 'to the Revd Mr Jones of Llan Gann. Glam:', writings by Peter Williams on the Trinity including one 'To the Leaders of the Welsh Methodists on the Trinity: or rather the author of a Pamphlet on that subject', and two other letters from Peter Williams to the Association, one in Welsh, the other in English, etc.; letters to J. H. Davies concerning Peter Williams from Rich[ar]d Bennett, Caersws, 1923-4 and undated (3, one incomplete), Tom Beynon, Caerau n[ea]r Bridgend, 1921, with copy of reply, Evan W[illia]m Edwards, Llandyfeilog, 1921, Francis Green, St David's 1922-4 (2), M. H. Jones, Penllwyn, 1921, with enclosure, T. Shankland, Bangor, 1922, and J. Thomas, Laugharne Vicarage, 1896-7 (2); verses on Peter Williams 'buddugol yn Eisteddfod Llandefeilog, 1887' by 'Pererin Gwendraeth' printed by D. Edwards, Towyn; a photograph of an engraving of the Reverend Peter Williams ('From an Engraving in the Gospel Mag. 1777'); and the 'Order of Service' and a printed hymn-sheet to be used at the memorial service [in Llandefeilog church] at the unveiling of a tablet to the Reverend Peter Williams [4 September 1923]. Unrelated items include letters to J. H. Davies from F. W. Bussell, Wimbledon, 1921, A. J. C. Guimaraens, London, 1924, John T. Jôb, Abergwaun, 1924, and Walter Spurrell, Carmarthen, 1915, a letter, undated, from Eluned [Morgan], Cardiff to an unnamed correspondent, and a letter, [19]17 from Rich[ar]d T. Greer, Llanbadarn, to [ ] Vaughan. There is also a press-cutting concerning Dafydd Jones o Drefriw.