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- 1691-1918 (Creation)
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6.5 cm. (4 cyfrol & 1 amlen)Mae rhai o'r papurau mewn cyflwr bregus.Mae rhai o'r papurau rhydd mewn cyflwr bregus.
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Edward Griffith was born in Barmouth. He established a flourishing draper's business in Dolgellau and became involved to a great degree in the public life of the town. He became a noted local historian, writing a series of articles on the Quakers in Y Geninen and, in 1880, he was made a justice of the peace. He strove to promote education in the area and was a member of the governing body of Dr Williams's school.
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Mae'n bosibl bod y papurau hyn wedi dod i feddiant y Dr Iorwerth Hughes Jones trwy law mab-yng-nghyfraith Edward Griffith, J. Trefor Owen, oedd yn Ysgolfeistr Ysgol Ramadeg Abertawe, 1901-1929.
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Cyfrolau, papurau a dogfennau a gasglwyd gan Edward Griffith, Y.H., 1691-1918, Springfield, Dolgellau, gan gynnwys cofrestr a oedd yn wreiddiol yn gofrestr o'r cytundebau adbryniadau o'r trethi tir yn Sir Feirionnydd, 1799-1804, ond a ddefnyddiwyd wedyn fel llyfr lloffion gan Edward Griffith; llawysgrif yn rhestru aelodau Cymdeithas Ddiwinyddol Capel Salem Dolgellau, a chofnodion o gyfarfodydd y Gymdeithas, 1854-1856 (defnyddiwyd tudalennau gwag y gyfrol gan Edward Griffith i gofnodi amrywiol bethau); dau gopi o ach wedi eu cymryd allan o Lyfr Pantphillip (Llawysgrif NLW 2691), ac achau teulu Cae'r Berllan, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Meirionnydd; a phapurau rhydd yn cynnwys erthygl papur newydd, ymrwymiad, derbyneb, ewyllysiau, nodiadau, hanes ac ach teulu Rhys Lewis, cytundeb prentisiaeth, tystysgrifau, copi o achau'r Tuduriaid o Gefnrowen a gweithred.
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Preferred citation: L/1
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- Capel Salem (Dolgellau, Wales) (Subject)