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A small notebook containing 'Englyn ar fedd y diweddar D. R. Pughe, Esq. or Frondidion, Clynnog fawr Gan un oi hen gyffeillion ffyddlon Eben Vardd', and other poems, etc.

Adjudications by Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') on poetical compositions at the Aberdare Eisteddfod, 1861, 'Cylchwyl Cymdeithas Lenyddol Dinorwig a Llanberis, 1861', 'Cyfarfod Llenyddol y Bontfechan', 1862, and Eisteddfod Caernarfon, 1862, ('weight of all the compositions, 87 lbs').

A short catechism on 'Anystyriaeth' by Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd').

Conveyance of a farm and lands called Llwynhelig, in the parish of Llangybi, Co. Caernarvon, to Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), 1 March 1854, and a copy of his will, dated 7 January 1863.

A copy of 'Awdl er coffadwriaeth am y diweddar Goronwy Owain' composed by Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), with a letter from J. O. WIlliams ('Pedrog'), Liverpool, to G. J. Williams, Birmingham.

A composite volume containing day and memoranda books of Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') and of his children James E[benezer] Thomas and Catherine Thomas. They include a few diary entries of Catherine Thomas, 1846-9; parish relief accounts of Catherine Thomas and others, 1847-56; Old Testament annals; a catechism; biographical notes (dates and times of births, etc.) on members of the family of 'Eben Fardd'; poetry by James E. Thomas entitled 'Englynion Iago Fardd' and 'Cynnygion at Farddoniaeth gan Iago Fardd pan yn 16 oed'; log entries relating to Bangor British School, 1850, and particulars of qualifications required of pupil teachers, etc.; particulars of qualifications required of candidates for admission to Bala [CM] College, extracted from a letter from the Principal, L[ewis] Edwards to 'Eben Fardd', 1842; questions and answers on Scripture history and on English history; essays on 'Perseverance', 'Liberty', 'Wonders of Creation', 'The Memory', and 'Peace of Conscience' by James E. Thomas, September - October, 1858; an essay by 'Austin' [J. E. Thomas] on 'Perygl a drwg gwrthgiliad ynghyd a'r pethau sydd yn arwain iddo'; post office memoranda (delivery of registered letters, etc.), 1856-8; etc. The volume is lettered 'Iago Fardd's MSS'.

An autograph album belonging to Lizzie Rowlands (née Jones), Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, containing entries, 1860-1911, by R. J. Derfel, Thomas E. Ellis, William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') and others including a number of prominent Calvinistic Methodist ministers; together with pasted-in photographs of some of the above and family memoranda. The album was originally owned by Lizzie Jones's father Evan Jones, London House, Bala (f. iv) and includes notes taken by him from sermons heard at Calvinistic Methodist Association and other meetings, 1847-1849 (ff. 1-6 verso). Items found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (NLW MS 22010iiE): a letter from Lizzie Rowlands, 1885, and from Thomas Charles Edwards, Bala, 1896, relating to Lizzie Rowlands's association with Mary Jones, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, and an address by Mrs Rowlands, 1904, containing an account of the walk to Bala to purchase a Bible as recounted by Mary Jones herself.

A miscellaneous volume largely in the autograph of Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'). The contents include items of poetry by Eben Fardd, pedigrees (one outlining the descent of Thomas Jerman Jones, 'my Pupil 1859'), two sketches ('The Cwmgwara Plantation' and 'my Birthplace'), a list of poetical compositions by Eben Fardd, 1819-39 (damaged), 'Analysis of Farmed Tenements in the Parish of Clynnog', notes on place names in the parish of Clynnog, a sketch map entitled 'A rough Delineation of the Parish of Clynnog fawr, showing very nearly the boundaries of its ancient 4 Villes' and another sketch map showing the Llanaelhaearn - Llangybi area, 'Annerchiad i Eben Vardd, ar Farwolaeth ei Anwyl Briod' by [Robert Hughes] 'Robyn Wyn' and 'englynion' entitled 'Annerchiad i Ebenezer Thomas' by Griffith Roberts, notes of a sermon by the Reverend W[illia]m Roberts, 1853, accounts relating to Cwm & Monachdy Manganese, 1841-2, and an early composition by Eben Fardd entitled 'Dyrnodiau ar bedair cadwyn ar hugain sy'n dal Meddyliau Beirdd Cymru yn gaeth yn Ngharchardy Cerdd Dafod'. Then follows a notebook labelled 'The Aberffraw Royal Eisteddfod MDCCCLIX [sic, for 1849 (MDCCCXLIX)]. The Judges' Controversy &c.,' originally containing outlines of one or two legal documents and a copy of a stamp bond, 1848, and subsequently used to contain press cuttings, etc. relating to the controversy which followed the adjudication of the poetical compositions at the Aberffraw Eisteddfod. There are also some transcripts by Eben Fardd and a holograph letter, 21 January 1850, from [John Jones] 'Talhaiarn', London to Eben Fardd. Preceding the blank pages at the end of the volume are some miscellaneous press cuttings and one or two items in the autograph of John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd '). Some of the material, including an advertisement for a literary meeting at Clynnog Fawr, 1859, has been pasted on to the pages.

A letter, 3 February 1844, written in the third person by Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), to be delivered by Thomas Owen to William Edwards, Penrhos, Holyhead.

A 'waste book' of Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') consisting largely of problems in fluxions, together with 'The Welsh' and 'The Welsh Language' (being attacks on the Welsh people for their prejudices against the English language and their adherence to their native language), an incomplete draft of a play entitled 'Deio Meurig's Visit to Pwllhely on a Saturday afternoon in June', English and Welsh verses; etc.

Llythyr, 15 Mai 1852, oddi wrth Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) i'r Parch. E[dward] Lloyd, Treffynnon (ff. 1-2), yn cynnwys cerdd ganddo o'r enw 'Gwlad Canaan' (f. 1). = A letter, 15 May 1852, from Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) to the Rev. E[dward] Lloyd, Holywell (ff. 1-2), enclosing a copy of his poem 'Gwlad Canaan' (f. 1).
Ceir hefyd lythyr ynghylch y llawysgrif oddi wrth E. G. Millward at [J. E.] Davies, [?1950au] (f. 3). Cyhoeddwyd ffacsimili o'r gerdd ac adysgrif o'r llythyr yn Cymru, 18 (1900), 84, 98. = Also included is a letter concerning the manuscript from E. G. Millward to [J. E.] Davies, [?1950s] (f. 3). A facsimile of the poem and a transcript of the letter were published in Cymru, 18 (1900), 84, 98.

'Annerch i'r Parch. John Jones Talsarn ar farwolaeth ei Eneth yn 14 oed, Hydref 1845' gan Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), [1845]. = An address to the Rev. John Jones, Talsarn, on the death of his daughter, aged 14, in October 1845, by Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), [1845].
Cyhoeddwyd y gerdd yn Gweithiau Barddonol, &c, Eben Fardd (Bangor, [1873?]), t. 376. = The poem was published in Gweithiau Barddonol, &c, Eben Fardd (Bangor, [1873?]), p. 376.