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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales George Eyre Evans manuscripts
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George Eyre Evans manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSEYRE
  • Fonds
  • 1669-1939

Papers of George Eyre Evans, 1669-1939, including personal papers; family papers; notes, transcripts, correspondence and other papers relating to his religious and antiquarian interests and to his publications; copies of printed books and journals with insertions and annotations; and various original manuscripts collected by him.

Evans, George Eyre, 1857-1939

The history of John Bull,

'A chapter from the history of John Bull, the Cloth Merchant. Shewing how John went to law with the little Corporal for the estate of Lewis Baboon and invented his ingenious plan of flying Kites' by Timothy Armstrong.

Armstrong, Timothy.

Glamorgan tithe commutation, etc.,

A table dealing with the commutation of tithes in Cadoxton juxta Neath, Glyncorrwg, Llangyfelach, Llantwit Lower and Bonvilston and Llancarfan in Glamorgan, together with particulars of certain tithe charges on the parish of St Peter's, Carmarthen.

Press cuttings, &c.,

An album containing press cuttings, reprints of articles in the Aberystwyth Observer, 1899-1905, posters, etc., mainly relating to Aberystwyth and Cardiganshire, and minutes of the committee of the 'Highgate Men's Club', Whitchurch, Shropshire, founded in 1889, with correspondence and other papers relating to the club.

Articles by 'Philip Sidney',

Three albums containing copies of articles contributed during 1899-1905 by 'Philip Sidney', i.e. George Eyre Evans, to the Welsh Gazette, Aberystwyth.
The articles relate mainly to the history of Aberystwyth and other districts in Cardiganshire, as well as in Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and are accompanied by numerous letters to 'Philip Sidney', posters and tickets of lectures and addresses given by him, illustrations, and also reprints in booklet form of some of the articles.

George Eyre Evans.

Lewis Glyn Cothi,

A transcript by David Lewis Evans, father of George Eyre Evans, of two poems by Lewis Glyn Cothi, with explanatory notes.

Evans, David Lewis, 1813-1902.

An album,

An album kept by Catherine Powell Evans, sister of George Eyre Evans, containing press cuttings, portraits, poems and miscellaneous extracts, some of which are of Unitarian interest.

Evans, Catherine Powell.

Letters,

Two hundred and twenty-nine autograph letters and postcards, and a few Christmas cards, 1873-1903, addressed principally to George Eyre Evans, the material being primarily of Unitarian interest.
Included among the correspondents are Sir Edward Anwyl; Walter de Gray Birch; John Humphreys Davies, Cwrtmawr; David Lewis Evans, Llanybydder; Walter Jenkin Evans, Carmarthen; Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare; William Rathbone; and Thomas Francis Roberts. Also included are a copy of a testimonial, 1873, to George Eyre Evans from William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles'); printed poems in English by Evan Ceredig Jones, 1901-1903; and an index to the entire volume prepared by George Eyre Evans in January 1905.

Lloyd of Brynllefrith letters,

Transcripts made by George Eyre Evans in 1903 of twenty-eight autograph letters of the family of Lloyd of Brynllefrith, parish of Llanwenog, Cardiganshire. The letters were edited by Evans in Lloyd Letters (1754-1796), being extant letters of David Lloyd, Minister of Llwynrhydowen, Posthumous Lloyd, his Brother; and Charles Lloyd, LL. D., his Son ... (Aberystwyth, 1908).
Also included are press cuttings, including extracts from the letters published by George Eyre Evans, under the pseudonym 'Philip Sidney', in The Welsh Gazette, 9 July 1903; and autograph letters, 1903, to George Eyre Evans from Lucy Theakston, Waterloo, near Liverpool, who formerly owned the original letters, Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare and Walter Jenkin Evans, Carmarthen.

George Eyre Evans.

Letters, etc. relating to Vestiges of Protestant Dissent,

One hundred and thirty-five autograph letters and postcards, 1896-1897, written to George Eyre Evans in connection with his appeal for subscribers to his Vestiges of Protestant Dissent (Liverpool, 1897).
The names of almost all the writers appear in the published 'List of Subscribers'. The volume also contains an index of writers prepared by George Eyre Evans in January 1905.

Eyre and Powell memoranda,

Rough notes in the autograph of George Eyre Evans relating to the families of Eyre and Powell, including extracts from the parish registers of Great Connell and Lady-town, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 1806-1873, extracts from a letter of Eyre Powell, 1841, copies of monumental inscriptions, etc.

George Eyre Evans.

Diary and memoranda,

A notebook containing personal memoranda of George Eyre Powell for the years 1811-1813, together with some accounts and part of a diary for the period 27 April 1834 to 24 ?May 1834. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 3.

Diary,

The diary of George Eyre Powell from 22 June 1851 to 2 Nov. 1855. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 5.

Diary and letter book,

A volume containing (1) the diary of George Eyre Powell, junior, (1820-1836), son of Commander George Eyre Powell, R.N., and Catherine, his wife, for the period January to 2 July 1836; (2) a letter book, containing copies of letters sent by George Eyre Powell, junior, from Honiton, between 2 May and 3 July 1836, to his father (10), to his grandmother, C. Kingdon (5), to his sister, Lavinia Powell, to an un-named sister, and to his mother, all of Colyton, to F. Wait, esq., Mr. Edward Cornish, the Rev. C. R. Roper, George Hirtzel, esq., and Mr. James Templeton, all of Exeter, to W. Baillio, esq., of Brighton, and to John Melhuish, esq., of Honiton; (3) a list of books including those read 'While at School at Mount Radford'; (4) notes headed 'Memoirs of the Rev. T. Belsham', recording events in the life of Thomas Belsham (1750-1829); and (5) school notes copied from various text-books. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 11.

Autograph book,

An autograph album presented to Ophelia Catherine Powell by her sister, Lavinia, on 6 Oct. 1853. The volume contains several pieces of poetry and a hymn transcribed by various members of the Powell family. Much of the volume is blank and six remembrance cards dated 1869-1875 have been inserted onto some of these pages. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 16.

Diary,

Diary for 27 July-23 August 1841, 30 November 1854-23 May 1855, and 17 October and 28 December 1855.

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