Six holograph letters, 1870-1878, from the brothers Samuel, David and William Morgan, Providence, Pennsylvania, to their family in South Wales (ff. 1-12), along with five letters, 1948-1949, to Charlotte Erickson relating to emigration from Wales, apparently sent in response to an appeal in the Western Mail (ff. 13-19).
Also included is a typescript copy by Erickson, [1949], of a 1925 letter from Alfred A. Jones, Salt Lake City, Utah (f. 18).

A letter, [?1880s], from David L. Williams, of Brisbin, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, to Mr William Edwards and family, [?of Brynamman], mainly describing his recent return to Pennsylvania, by ship from Liverpool to New York, following a visit to Wales.

Tri llythyr, 1818-1845, oddi wrth ymfudwyr Cymreig i Ogledd America. = Three letters, 1818-1845, from Welsh emigrants to North America.
Maent yn cynnwys llythyr, yn y Gymraeg, 16 Mehefin 1818, oddi wrth wraig Thomas Morgan, yn ninas Efrog Newydd, at ei rhieni a'i theulu, yn adrodd hanes ei mordaith o Fryste, ei chyrhaeddiad yn Efrog Newydd, a'u bwriad i fynd ymlaen i Dyffryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (ff. 1-2 verso); llythyr, yn Saesneg, 26 Ionawr 1835, oddi wrth David Morgan [?mab Thomas Morgan], Beamsville, Upper Canada [sef Ontario, Canada], at ei daid a nain ym Merthyr Tydfil (ff. 3-4 verso); a llythyr, yn y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg, 8 Ebrill 1845, oddi wrth y Parch. Joseph H. Jones, Cleveland, sir Oswego, talaith Efrog Newydd, at ei fam, Elizabeth Jones, Troedrhiwdalar, plwyf Llanafan Fawr, sir Frycheiniog, ac at ei chymydog David Davies, Penycrug (ff. 5-6). = They comprise a letter, in Welsh, 16 June 1818, from the wife of Thomas Morgan, in New York, to her parents and family, recounting her voyage from Bristol, her arrival in New York City and their intention to go on to Dyffryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (ff. 1-2 verso); a letter, in English, 26 January 1835, from David Morgan [?son of Thomas Morgan], Beamsville, Upper Canada [now Ontario, Canada], to his grandparents in Merthyr Tydfil (ff. 3-4 verso); and a letter, in Welsh and English, 8 April 1845, from the Rev. Joseph H. Jones, Cleveland, Oswego County, New York, to his mother Elizabeth Jones, Troedrhiwdalar, parish of Llanafan Fawr, Breconshire, and her neighbour David Davies, Penycrug (ff. 5-6).