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Manuscripts and papers of John Matthews, senior, and John Matthews, junior, of Aberystwyth. -- They include a group of autograph letters of Henry Richard, written in his early days to his friend, John Matthews; manuscript and printed matter relating to Aberystwyth in the early part of the 19th century; letters and papers relating to the parliamentary election of 1868, when Mr Matthews acted as the agent of Mr E. M. Richards, the successful candidate for Cardiganshire; letters, papers and pamphlets concerning the Church Rate dispute in Aberystwyth; papers relating to the beginnings of the temperance cause in the Aberystwyth district; miscellaneous letters and papers, including some written by Thomas Charles Edwards and Ieuan Gwyllt in their early days, one letter by the former is in Latin; two diaries of John Matthews for 1861 and 1863.

Transcripts of Bodrhyddan estate and other documents relating to the boundaries of the manor of Rhuddlan, and to manorial rights claimed by the Crown in lands affected by the Rhuddlan Enclosure Act of 1807. Among them are a report by John Golborne, Chester, on lands lying between Point of Ayr and Voryd, 1773; descriptions of the boundaries by John Matthews, 1807, and John Calveley, 1808; and perambulations, 1808-77 and undated.