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Certificate, 1816, and instructions, 1816, 1846, relating to the pension of Evan Griffiths, Dolgellau, Merionethshire, wounded at the Battle of Waterloo whilst serving with the Coldstream Guards and now an out-pensioner of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea (ff. 1-3). Also included is the appointment of Griffiths and others as Overseers of the Poor for Dolgellau, 7 April 1846 (f. 4).

Visitors' book of Dolau Cothi, Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire, October 1885 - July 1920.

A variety of photographs of dogs many of which turned up in books, letters etc elsewhere in the Doggie Hubbard collection during the course of cataloguing.

Correspondence, 1982-1992, 2003, between the donor Kathy Rais [afterwards MacMurray] and 'Doggie' Hubbard, dog book specialist, as friends and business partners spanning a period of ten years, including letters relating to him received after his death.

A copy of Sir John Dodridge: The History of the ancient and moderne Estate of The Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornewall, and Earldome of Chester ... (London, M.DC.XXX). The present transcript lacks the dedicatory letter to King James I, the earlier part of the 'Abstracts and Advertisements concerning the Contents ...', and the first page and a half of the text.

A copy of Sir John Dodridge: The History of the ancient and moderne Estate of The Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornwall, and Earldome of Chester ... (London, M. DC. XXX).

Documents, letters, etc relating to Robert Owen (1771-1858), socialist and philanthropist by H. Brougham and others. English. Between boards. Purchased from C. & I. K. Fletcher, London, November 1964.

Documents relating to the death of Captain John Evans-Jones, Johannesburg. English. Between boards.

A collection of documents, 1651-[19 cent., first ½], relating to the Commonwealth and Protectorate in England. They include a warrant, 7 November 1651, from the Council of State, signed by its president John Bradshaw, authorising the merchant Charles Longland to act as their agent in Livorno, Tuscany, in supplying the parliamentarian fleet and providing intelligence (item i); a commission, 15 October 1655, from Oliver Cromwell (signed 'Oliver P.'), appointing George Langford as chirurgeon [surgeon] in Col. Goffe's regiment of horse (item ii); and a further commission, 11 July 1659, from Parliament, signed by W[illia]m Lenthall, Speaker, appointing Langford to the rank of Cornet in a troop of horse under Col. Thomas Saunders (item iii).
Also included is an engraving, 1793, of a 1654 portrait of William Lenthall (item iv); and an engraving, [19 cent., first ½], depicting the trial of Charles I (item v). Two of the documents have papered seals affixed: Cromwell's private seal (item ii) and the seal of the Council of State (Item i).

Five documents relating to the clerical career of the Reverend Watkin Herbert, including his letters of ordination, 1822-1823, and a licence to the perpetual curacy of Llanycrwys, county Carmarthen, 1853; a letter, 1826, to the Reverend Watkin Herbert, Nash, Pembroke, from his brother Morgan Herbert, Lampeter; and an apprenticeship indenture, 1853, of William Herbert, son of the Reverend Watkin Herbert, late curate of Llandebie, to a druggist at Carmarthen.

Photocopies of official documents held by the Public Record Office relating to Lt Col. Emil Carl Haag of Carmarthen, who served with the 18th Hussars on the North-West Frontier of India with the Tochi Field Force and in the Tirah expedition. He served also through the South African War, being present at the defence of Ladysmith, and was wounded and mentioned three times in dispatches. Later he joined the South African Constabulary, and was in the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Great War with the South Wales Mounted Brigade. Articles relating to him were published in the Carmarthenshire Antiquary, volumes xxxv (1999), xxxvii (2001) and xlvi (2010).

Royal warrant, 10 February 1855, appointing Conrad Potgieter, esq., assistant commissary general of stores, provisions, and forage in H.M. Forces; a royal warrant, 10 November 1871, appointing Conrad Frederick Potgieter, esq., deputy controller in the Control Department of H.M. Army; a passport, 24 November 1883, issued to C. F. Potgieter to travel on the continent accompanied by his wife and niece; and a receipted tailor's bill, 1868, in respect of a sum due from Assistant Commissary General Potgeiter.

A collection of official documents, 1892-1927, dealing with the clerical career of Gilbert Cunningham Joyce, afterwards bishop of Monmouth.

Photocopies of original documents (Home Office papers),1968-1970, relating to the investiture of the Prince of Wales and extremism in Wales. These were received as a result of enquiries made under the Freedom of Information Act.

Photostat reproductions of documents in the Public Record Office relating to the relic known as Croes Naid, viz. the compotus of Richard de Grymesby, 1352 (Exchequer Miscellanea E.407/5/100), an extract from the Pipe Roll of 27 Edward III (1352), and an inventory of the jewels and relics belonging to St George's chapel, Windsor, 1534 (Exchequer, Treasury of Receipt Books, Vol. III, No. 11), with typewritten transcripts and translations, all mounted and bound in volume form, being one of two volumes made in 1945 at the expense of Mrs Winifred Coombe Tennant, the other presented to the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor.

Documents and papers mainly relating to Presteigne:. Account book, 1948-1949, of G Evelyn of Presteigne, florist and bulb grower (NLW ex 1235). Miscellaneous documents and papers, 20th cent., including documents relating to the Evelyn family of Corton, Presteigne, among them three documents, 1911-1916, relating to Nash Court Farm, Presteigne (NLW ex 1236).

Deed signed and sealed, 27 October 1688, by George, Lord Jeffreys, Baron of Wem, Lord High Chancellor, making financial provision for his eldest son John Jeffreys and his daughters in accordance with powers set out in a previously drawn up deed of settlement.

Papers, photographs and press cuttings, 1931-37, concerning D. L. (David Lewis) Davies (1872-1937), Labour MP for Pontypridd, mostly relating to the 1931 Parliamentary By-election, his work as a politician, and death. Other items include ephemara such as election pamphlets, programmes, and tickets to attend the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12th May 1937.

A tribute, [1956x1983], by Dr Noëlle Davies to her late husband Dr David James Davies, economist.