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An arithmetical exercise book, with transcripts of 'cerddi' by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant') and others, transcripts of 'bidding' letters, and miscellanea.

A commonplace book [?of John Jones, Ioan Triphlyg] containing Welsh poems, mainly in free metre, prose extracts, arithmetical and astronomical exercises, etc.

A volume compiled, 1811-1830, by Thomas Llewellyn of the parishes of Cardigan and Ferwig, Cardiganshire, chiefly containing arithmetical exercises but also miscellaneous notes and memoranda in English and Welsh, perhaps partly composed by him and partly derived from printed sources. These include a bidding letter for the marriage of Mary Owen and John Williams, both of the parish of St Dogmaels, Cardiganshire, 1816; draft documents relating to property in Cardigan and Ferwig; love letters and verse in English, including a number of Valentine rhymes; prognostications in Welsh and English on the weather and on lucky and unlucky days, together with astrological notes; two apparently unpublished ballads in Welsh, one of them, perhaps by Thomas Llewellyn, recounting a case of alleged slander by Sara Evans, a Methodist, against the Rev. John Herring (1789-1832), Baptist minister at Cardigan; and a transcript of the title-page of The [Supposititious] Works of Aristotle (Arbroath, 1801) (not recorded in the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue).

Arithmetical exercises and problems, 1741-1742.

Four arithmetic exericse books written by Rowland Richard of Esgirangell, Mallwyd and by his two sons, Evan Richards and Robert Richards, when they were at school at High Ercall, Shropshire.

Arithmetic exercise book, 1813-1823, of Morgan Evans, Glynhenllan, ?Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, containing numeration and mensuration tables, rules and examples.

Mathematical notes and problems copied by John Owens, Rhippinllwyd, parish of Llandygwydd, co. Cardigan, 1836, including a plan of the solar system (f. 156) and calligraphic decoration.

Letter-book of Thomas Bowen of Pen-bre, co. Carmarthen, superintendent of the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Railway Co., comprising an inventory of the company's records, 1831 (ff. 1-4), copy and draft letters, 1838-1840 (ff. 5-136 verso), a humorous poem on the failures of an anonymous colliery proprietor (ff. 151-5) and an arithmetical problem in Welsh, English and Latin (ff. 155 verso-6).

Notebook, 1842-1853, of Thomas Williams, Felin-fach, Pumsaint, afterwards of Talley, co. Carmarthen, surveyor, and schoolmaster at Cwmdwr (Llanwrda), and Gwynfe, containing memoranda relating to rates, etc. in the parish of Talley; mathematical exercises; accounts, with names of pupils, relating to schools at ?Salem (Llandeilo) and Llan-crwys (inverted text ff. 72, 75 verso-6); and miscellaneous notes.

A volume containing arithmetical exercises, form letters and stories, compiled by John Lloyd (b. 1808) of Pant, parish of Llanegryn, co. Merioneth, 1824-1825, whilst a pupil at Mr Harling's Commercial School, Chester; family memoranda, including copy letters from John Lloyd's father, David Lloyd, have been added, [1820s]-1847 (ff. 344v-345, 378v-380).

A volume, 1809-1810, written by Joseph Meredith of the town of Carmarthen containing mainly arithmetical exercises, verses, and other memoranda including an account of the collection of money made among the workers at the Tinworks, Carmarthen, on behalf of the widow of a deceased forgeman, together with a copy of her petition, 1809 (ff. 79v-80v); inserted in the volume are two printed accounts, State of the Sunday Schools, near the Parade, Carmarthen ..., 1809 and 1810, with lists of the subscribers (ff. 77-8v). On Carmarthen Tinworks, see Francis Green, 'Carmarthen Tinworks and its founder', Transactions of the Historical Society of West Wales, 5 (1915), pp. 245-70.

School arithmetic exercise book of Anne Davies, Pantyrodyn, later wife of Benjamin Jenkins of Porth-y-rhyd, Pant-y-caws, parish of Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire. The volume was begun on 3 August, 1860.

Arithmetic exercise book used by Benjamin Jenkins, Pant-y-caws, at Rhydwilym and Login schools, 1857-1858.

A holograph letter, 1865, from J. H. Preece, for the Great Western Railway New Swindon Mechanics Institution, to Mr. Hanty (thanks to Mr. [Harry H.] Davies for the gift of a drawing); 'half-yearly report of conduct; or, lady's school register' of Miss F[lorence] M[ary] Davies, 1870; the return of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Rumney, Monmouthshire, 1901; a short pedigree of the family of Edmunds of Rumney, and of the family of Davies of Rompney Castle, with whom they intermarried; and two school arithmetic books, one of which belonged to Miss Hannah Edmunds and contains in addition some copies of her accounts, etc., 1879-1886 and undated.

A volume containing arithmetical exercises and examples, used by Edward Williams (born c. 1841), Rhoswidol, Penegoes, co. Montgomery, at Rhydyfelin Parochial School, 1858-9.

Exercise book, 1884, of Elizabeth Herbert (b. ca. 1869), Pen-lan, Lledrod, co. Cardigan, later the wife of Peter Davies, Belle Vue Farm, Llanilar, co. Cardigan, written while she was a pupil at Lledrod Board School, containing exercises in arithmetic, English composition and grammar, geography, history, letter-writing, and music.

Notebook of John Nicholas (b. ca. 1829), son of Phillip Nicholas, Pantygwyddel, Llanfyrnach, co. Pembroke, containing arithmetic exercises, 1839-41.

Notebook of William Jones ('Gwilym Brynaman', 1867-1915), of Brynaman, co. Carmarthen, and Los Angeles, California, containing mathematical exercises, 1887 (pp. 1-36), and fair copies of poems, mostly in Welsh, composed by him, 1902-14, and including poems entered for competition at eisteddfodau in North America and Wales.

An arithmetic exercise book of Dan David Davies of Llain, Ffostrasol (Ffoestrasol), Cardiganshire, 1834.

An arithmetic exercise book of David Davies [?of Llain, Ffostrasol, Cardiganshire], 1846; together with a notebook containing particulars of the measurements and acreages of fields on farms [in the parish of Llandyfriog, etc.], 1837; the residuary account, for purposes of legacy and residue duties, of the late David Davies of Blaenavon, parish of Troedyraur, Cardiganshire, farmer (died 25 December, 1852), signed by his son and executor Dan David Davies of Ffosybaily, parish of Troedyraur, farmer, 1853; and a receipt, 1878, to Daniel Davies for a half year's rent of £5 17s. due to Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, esq., in respect of properties in Reynoldston, Glamorgan.