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A volume, [c. 1823], in an unidentified hand containing a tale in French entitled 'Histoire Tragique d'un Père de la Trappe'.

A volume containing a transcript, [1872x1880], of NLW MS 22995B, in the same unidentified hand as NLW MSS 22978B and 22994B, with a few annotations in the hand of Charles William Hamilton.

A volume containing a transcript, [1872x1880], of NLW MS 22993A, in the same hand as NLW MSS 22978B and 22996B, with a few annotations in the hand of Charles William Hamilton (1802-1880).

A volume, [c. 1785], containing notes on geometry in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby.

Commonplace book of Sarah Ponsonby, 1785-1789, including gardening notes; verse in French, Italian and English; sketches and designs; ground floor plan of Plasnewydd (f. 41); expenses of building the dairy (ff. 2-3); and miscellaneous notes.

Journal of Sarah Ponsonby, 10 May-25 June 1778, entitled 'Account of a Journey in Wales perform'd in May 1778 by Two Fugitive Ladies', recounting the arrival of herself and Lady Eleanor Butler in Pembrokeshire and their subsequent travels in Wales and Shropshire, including first impressions of Llangollen (f. 11) and a watercolour view of Benton Castle signed by the Ladies (f. 1 verso).

Transcripts, [18/19 cent.], in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby, of an incomplete and apparently unpublished verse drama entitled 'Love's Frenzy, or the Garlands of the Faun', and of poems, bearing dates of composition between 1777 and 1779, some of them by the same anonymous author; illustrated with monochrome watercolour drawings, also probably by Sarah Ponsonby.

A catalogue, 1792, probably in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby, of books at Plasnewydd belonging to her and to Lady Eleanor Butler, comprising both a subject classification (ff. 3-92) and location list (ff. 93-131).

Medical recipes compiled and transcribed, [1790s], by Sarah Ponsonby, acquired from friends of herself and Lady Eleanor Butler.

A volume copied, March 1804, for Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby by Mary Tighe containing a transcript of the latter's poem Psyche, published in 1805, and of verses written to her by Thomas Moore.

Eight letters, 1778, to Mrs Elinor Goddard (née Shuldham) relating to the flight to Wales of Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, together with thirty-two letters, 1781-1831, to the Ladies of Llangollen, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The correspondents include Edmund Burke (1), 1790; Hester Lynch Piozzi (2), 1800-1801; Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (2), 1820-1829; and William Wilberforce (1), 1823.
Also included are autograph published verses by Thomas Campbell ('Stanzas to Painting', ff. 28-29) and William Wordsworth ('A stream, to mingle with your perfect Dee ...' and 'Look at the fate of summer flowers ...', ff. 95-96), all differing slightly from the published versions; a transcript of a sonnet by John Bligh, earl of Darnley (f. 19); and verse, in French, attributed to Anna Seward (f. 68).

Transcripts, [1872x1880], in an unidentified hand (see also NLW MSS 22994B, 22996B) of twelve letters, April-November 1798, to Sarah Ponsonby from her second cousin Sarah Tighe (née Fownes) in Ireland, containing news of the progress of the Wexford Rebellion.

A volume containing transcripts, [c. 1805-1806], probably by Sarah Ponsonby, of letters, 1800-1804, from a traveller recounting his experiences in Jerusalem (cf. NLW MS 22981B), Moscow, India and Cairo.

A volume containing transcripts, [c. 1804-1805], probably by Lady Eleanor Butler, of two letters, 1801-1802, from a traveller recounting his experiences in Jerusalem (cf. NLW MS 22982C) and Paris, including a meeting with Napoleon Buonaparte.

Journal, 1774-1778, of Elinor Goddard (née Shuldham, referred to as Lucy Goddard in Eva Mary Bell's The Hamwood Papers), recording mainly events of personal interest, including the attempts by Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby to escape from their homes in Ireland during April 1778 (ff. 56-60).

Journal, 1782-1788, of Elinor Goddard (née Shuldham), recording mainly events of personal interest, including two visits by her to Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby at Llangollen in 1782 and 1787 (ff. 2 verso, 83 verso-84).

Notebook containing coats of arms of various English and Irish families probably drawn and coloured, [c. 1801], by Sarah Ponsonby.

Papers, 1774-1947, of Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, popularly known as the 'Ladies of Llangollen', comprising diaries and correspondence, together with related papers.

Vouchers, 1832-1833, for bills paid, following the death of Sarah Ponsonby in 1831, by Charles Hamilton (1772-1857) of Hamwood and his second son, William Tighe Hamilton (b. 1807), as her executors; together with brief notes, watermark, 1870, on the Ladies of Llangollen, and extracts from their diaries, in the hand of Charles William Hamilton (1802-1880), eldest son of Charles and Caroline Hamilton.

A volume, [1920s], compiled by Mrs Eva Mary Bell in the preparation of her book, The Hamwood Papers (London, 1930), and containing notes, arranged alphabetically, on persons and families named in the diaries of Lady Eleanor Butler.