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Notebook, 1759-1797, of John Hartley [of Ynysgyffyllog, Dolgellau, Merioneth], containing accounts, prescriptions for horse medicine, poetry, etc.

Notebook of John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan', 1840-62) containing lecture notes on chemistry, taken while he was a medical student at Edinburgh University.

A note-book bearing on the fly-leaf the inscription 'R. G. Vivian, London, 6 August 1886' [Richard Glynn Vivian, founder of the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea]. The contents consist of miscellaneous memoranda, and a record of expenditure in London and on the continent (Bayreuth, Brussells, Frankfurt, Innsbruck, Liege, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Vienna, etc.), 1887-1890. Items of expenditure recorded include travelling expenses, hotel bills, daily disbursements, and sums expended on the purchase of china, enamels, miniatures, paintings and prints, and other art objects. The following are a few of the purchases recorded - a pencil miniature of a lady of the family of the 4th duke of Richmond, by John Comerford, date 1827; a sketch, oil on panels, of two women embracing, by Annibal Carracci; miniatures of Mrs. Siddons and Mrs. Berry, in gold lockets with pearl borders, by R[ichard] Cosway ; a picture of 'The Cathedral Church of S. Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne', by T[homas] M[iles] Richardson, senior; a framed oil painting 'Foxgloves', by John Constable; 'A Study of Clouds in colours', 9 July 1819, by John Constable; miniatures by Sir W[ illia]m John Newton, including those of Lady Adela Ibbetson, Prince Esterhazy, John Opie, R.A., and the Countess of Oxford, etc. The entries recording the purchase of miniatures, etc., are very often illustrated with pen-and-ink, thumbnail sketches of the object purchased. Many of the items whose purchase is recorded in the present note-book, are now in the Glynn Vivian Gallery at Swansea.

Notebook of Robert Owen, Bron Seiont, Pont Rug, containing his notes on Richard Humphreys Morgan, Phonographia sef Llawfer yn trefn Mr Isaac Pitman wedi ei chyfaddasu i'r iaith Gymraeg [Wrexham 1878] and exercises in shorthand.

Notebook of the late Archdeacon Henry John Stewart, former rector of Llangorwen, co. Card., and vicar of Cockett, Swansea, containing accounts relating to the parish and church of Llangorwen, 1906-7, and to St Peter's National school and St Peter's church, Cockett, 1907-9; and personal and household accounts, 1947-53. (NLW ex 738). Scrapbooks of Benjamin Aubrey Williams (1870-1960), Hirwaun, containing press cuttings and other miscellaneous printed material mainly relating to the Penderyn, Hirwaun and Aberdare districts; press cuttings of a series of articles by J.A. Webb, Swansea, on 'The comparative floras of Glamorgan and Caithness'; MS. notes on Glamorgan flora; and family photographs (NLW ex 739-41).

Notebook of Tom Walter Wring of Newport, co Monmouth, containing hymns written by him, some composed for St Paul's Church, Newport, Young Men's Bible Class.

Notebook of William Owen, Ystymcegid and Mathafarn, containing accounts of sheep sold. See also NLW MS 20607A. English. Leather. Donated by Professor W. O. Lester Smith, Dolgellau, December 1970.

A late seventeenth century notebook of William Roberts, Bodwenni, Llandderfel, co. Merioneth, containing transcripts of Latin texts (Greek and Roman biographies, 'Dictamen de bonis moribus', etc.), with English translations, written in 1681; notes of sermons by Mr. Jenkin Thomas (once at Llanvilling), Mr. H. Owens [of Bronyclydwr, Llanegryn], and Mr. Morg[an] Tho[mas] (once at Hendre), 1695-1696; miscellaneous memoranda (payment for wheat at Corwen fair, payment of Bodwenni tithe, the tenancies of tenements in Llandderfel, etc.), 1694/5-1696; 'Phrases ex Erasmo'; extracts from Ovid's Metamorphosis; a Greek-Latin vocabulary; etc.

A notebook, [?1920s], containing transcripts of material relating to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards's actions at Ypres, Cambrai, and elsewhere on the Western Front, January-November 1917 (NLW MS 23977iC). The identity of the compiler is unknown, but he may have been a Guardsman in the regiment and could have been wounded in action in late November 1917 (see ff. 66, 72).
The notebook consists mainly of extracts from C. H. Dudley Ward, History of the Welsh Guards (London, 1920), pp. 141-177 (ff. 2-15, 17-66, rectos only). On the facing pages (ff. 1 verso-5 verso, 7 verso, 24 verso-25 verso, versos only) are extracts from the apparently unpublished journal of a Guardsman, possibly the compiler of the present manuscript, relating to the same period. A list of the battalion's movements during the period (see History of the Welsh Guards, pp. 381-382) is on ff. 68-72, and a series of sketch maps and drawings relating to various engagements are on ff. 73-83. Also included is a booklet (NLW MS 23977iiC) containing research into the manuscript by T. H. Reinallt-James, 1981 (ff. 1-4), which however fails to identify the provenance of the Dudley Ward material; and transcripts concerning Sergeant Robert Bye, VC (f. 5).

A minute-book of the Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, British and Foreign Bible Society Auxiliary, formed in 1828, recording resolutions, 1828-1829 (ff. 9-13) and attendances of committee members (ff. 3 verso-4, 9). The volume was used, [c. 1839]-1856, as a notebook by the branch secretary, the Reverend Rees Powell, Onnen-fawr, Llandeilo Fawr, and contains draft letters mainly addressed to his sons John and Rees, Congregationalist ministers in Ohio; household, farm and personal accounts; a record of preaching and other engagements; and other miscellaneous notes and memoranda.

A notebook kept by R. Iwan Jenkyn, editor of The Glamorgan Free Press, Pontypridd, containing notes on the early history and literature of Wales; an address given to the Cardiff Imperial Society, 25 January 1892, on The Aims and Scope of the Welsh National Movement; etc.

Notebooks concerning the Bodvari Benefit Society, Flintshire, established 8 September 1849, comprising rules and a minute book. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, November 1960.

Notebooks containing historical material relating to Trawsfynydd, including a copy of the rules of Trawsfynydd Friendly Society, 1832. Welsh, English. Purchased from Mrs Elizabeth Davies, Blaenau Ffestiniog, September 1961.

Notebooks containing lists of deaths in Dinas, Pwllheli area; accounts and minutes of the committee of the Dinas Literary Meeting; etc and a notebook kept by Richard Thomas, 'Talavon', Dinas containing notes on his voyages and poetry by him, etc. English, Welsh. Between boards. Purchased from Mrs H. Jones, Dinas, Pwllheli, June 1964.

Notebooks containing notes by Thomas Shankland on the S. P. C. K. and on 'Sir John Philipps and the Charity-School Movement in Wales', together with a list of incumbents of Newton Nottage. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, June 1959.

Manuscript notebooks, and letters from Waldo (1), 1941, Amanwy (1), 1951, and others, 1872-1956, together with a poem by Ceinfryn entitled 'Nadolig' [Christmas], and other miscellaneous papers. = Llyfrau nodiadau llawysgrif, a llythyrau oddi wrth Waldo (1), 1941, Amanwy (1), 1951, ac eraill, 1872-1956, ynghyd ag englynion gan Ceinfryn yn dwyn y teitl 'Nadolig', a phapurau amrywiol eraill.