Papers, 1894-1917, found loose inside an essay by the Reverend Owen Humphrey Davies (Eos Llechid, 1828-1898) [DWB] on Hanes Bywgraphyddol a Beirniadol o Gerddorion Cymreig; hyd Ganol y Ganrif Bresenol (see NLW MS 22549iD).
An interleaved copy of William Latham Bevan's Diocesan Histories. St David's (London, 1888) with extensive additional notes and annotations by the author.
Bevan, W. L. (William Latham), 1821-1908 Diocesan Histories. St David's, with manuscript additions ([1888] x [1908]), NLW MS 22540B
Transcripts of church records compiled by the donor, recording the place names to which families can be connected in the Ystradgynlais and Glyntawe areas, 1814-1901.
One of two autograph volumes, 1720, containing a verse re-telling by Ebenezer Gale of some four hundred fables by Aesop and others, based on Sir Roger L'Estrange's English prose translation, Fables of Aesop ... with Morals and Reflections (1692).
Gale, Ebenezer Aesop's Fables, versification (1720), NLW MS 22438D
Account book, 1895-1905, of Y Graig Unitarian church, Trebanos, co. Glamorgan, containing a list of members and their contributions and recording sundry receipts and payments.
Thirty-four letters, 1957-1972, from the poet R. S. Thomas to Louis and Mary Behrend, including one to their son George Behrend (ff. 1-35 verso); together with letters, 1920-1969, to the Behrends from other correspondents including E. M. Forster (1) c. 1969, Henry Lamb (2) 1958-1960, and Gilbert Spencer (1) 1960.
Account book, 1855-1861, of James Lewis of Llwyn, Nantmel, co. Radnor, containing details of purchases of farming stock, household goods and wearing apparel and of payments to labourers and servants, together with a few veterinary recipes and miscellaneous memoranda.
Lewis, James, Llwyn, Nantmel Account book (1855-1861), NLW MS 22189B
A notebook containing autograph sermons in Welsh, 1840-1843, by the Reverend Ebenezer Evans (1815-97), Bodedern, Anglesey, with affirmations of his Christian commitment, 1836-1840 (ff. 50v-3).
Dyfarniad y Barnwr Jelf, [1902], mewn achos llys rhwng Mr Price, perchen ystad Rhiwlas, a Mr Jenkins, perchen ystad Bodwenni, ynglŷn â thiroedd yn Nhytanygraig a Glanddwynant, ym mhlwyf Llanfor, Y Bala.
Two essays in Welsh entitled 'Cynydd Cymru, yn wladol a moesol, yn ystod y Ganrif ddiweddaf', entered for competition at Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Cyfeiliog, 1904. One of the essays (ff. 1-76) was written by Humphrey Griffith, Aberllefenni, co. Merioneth.
Journal, June 1890-June 1905, with entries mainly in the hand of Ellen Sophy, wife of Stuart Rendel, Baron Rendel of Hatchlands, relating to family life at Hatchlands, Surrey. Blank pages filled by a later hand with details of 'excessively Rare books' and 'Rare Alchemical works'.
The diary of William Henry King, born in Neath, emigrated to Australia in 1861, where he became a schoolteacher and preacher in the Geelong and Ballarat regions of Victoria, Australia.