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A late-seventeenth century volume, compiled 1683/4-1686, 1693/4, at the office of the Master of Rolls in Philadelphia, recording sales to Welsh Quakers of lands in the area called the Welsh Tract, in Pennsylvania, along with some other transactions. The original indentures were dated between September 1681 and March 1685/6.
The indentures were recorded, in at least three clerical hands, between February 1683/4 and August 1686, with some sections in non-chronological order (pp. 1-57, 185-196). Of the eighty-one transactions recorded, some fifty-six indentures detail sales by six of the Welsh Original Purchasers (who bought land directly from William Penn) to fifty-six Under Purchasers in six Welsh counties (pp. 29-159, 166-261, 264-276, 288-310), the majority being lands sold by John ap Thomas of Llaithgwm and Edward Jones of Bala, both in Merioneth (pp. 166-196, 212-239) and Richard Davies of Welshpool, Montgomeryshire (pp. 59-159, 165, 239-261, 264-270, 294-301, 305-311). Rowland Ellis, Brynmawr, is the grantee of a deed of 30-31 July 1682 (pp. 294-301). Three other miscellaneous documents are also transcribed (pp. 165-166, 261-262, 367), including a previously omitted assignment added to the end of the volume in January 1693/4 (p. 367). The remaining twenty-two transactions involve non-Welsh purchasers from Wiltshire, Herefordshire and elsewhere in England and a few in Pennsylvania (pp. 5-18, 159-164, 262-264, 276-288, 311-367). A single record refers to an original sale of 250 acres by William Penn in September 1681 (pp. 333-337). The majority of the transactions were deeds of lease and release with receipt, although the lease portion (occasionally) and the receipt (often) may be absent. There are miscellaneous underlinings and marginal annotations in pencil, [?1921] (see arithmetical calculation on p. 159), throughout the volume. The Rolls Office in Philadelphia was established in January 1683/4, with title holders then required to have their deeds registered there; the Master of Rolls during this period was Thomas Lloyd, formerly of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire.

A copy of a study by Dr Richard Allen entitled 'In search of a New Jerusalem: A preliminary investigation into the causes and impact of Welsh Quaker emigration to Pennsylvania, c.1660-1750', submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

Genealogical miscellanea mainly relating to Merionethshire Quaker families and their descendants in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, together with letters, 1891-1913, relating thereto sent to Edward Griffith by James Jones Levick (Philadelphia), P. S. P. Conner (Rowlandsville, Maryland), George Vaux (Philadelphia), Daniel Pickard (Clitheroe), Alfred Neobard Palmer, Henry H. Humphreys (Evanston, Illinois), Clara B[orth] Miller (Philadelphia), Thomas Allen Glenn, Philip H. Lawson and Lettie Watkin Davies, with draft replies and notes by Edward Griffith; a memorandum dated 17 May 1697, of a promise by Rowland Owen, Garthyngharad, Merioneth, to pay six pounds to 'Elisabeth ap Hugh of Creyrau'; a fragment containing the autograph of Rowland Ellis [?Brynmawr]; pamphlets and offprints of articles by James Jones Levick, George Vaux and Thomas Allen Glenn; photographs of Brynmawr and Tyddynygarreg, near Dolgellau, and of Llwyn Du, Llwyngwril; etc.

Llyfrau nodiadau, [1961]-[1969], yn cynnwys gwaith ymchwil Marion Eames ar hanes y Crynwyr yng Nghymru ac ym Mhennsylfania ar gyfer y nofelau Y Stafell Ddirgel ac Y Rhandir Mwyn. = Notebooks, [1961]-[1969], containing research conducted by Marion Eames into the history of the Quakers in Wales and Pennsylvania in preparation for writing the novels Y Stafell Ddirgel and Y Rhandir Mwyn.

Deunydd printiedig, 1977-1986, yn ymwneud ag ymweliad Marion Eames â'r Unol Daleithiau yn 1984. Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llyfrynnau gwybodaeth a pamffledi nifer o sefydliadau o bwysigrwydd hanesyddol i'r Crynwyr yn Mhennsylfania a Washington; adroddiadau chwarterol Cymdeithas Harriton, 'The Curator's Quarterly Report', 1977-1982; a chopi o erthygl a ysgrifennodd Marion Eames yn sgil yr ymweliad yn trafod Bryn Mawr, Dolgellau, a Bryn Mawr (bellach Harriton), Pennsylfania, 1986. = Printed material, 1977-1986, relating to Marion Eames's visit to the United States in 1984. The file includes information booklets and pamphlets from various institutions of historical importance to the Quakers in Pennsylvania and Washington; quarterly reports from the Harriton Association, entitled 'The Curator's Quarterly Report', 1977-1982; and a copy of an article written by Marion Eames following her visit discussing Bryn Mawr, Dolgellau, and Bryn Mawr (now Harriton), Pennsylvania, 1986.