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A copy of 'Speech of the Earl of Powis [i.e. Edward, second earl] in the House of Lords on Tuesday, May 23, 1843, on moving the second reading of a bill for preventing the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor . . .' (London, 1843), with letters and printed papers relating to the threatened union of the sees, the object of which was to transfer the income of the see that would be suppressed to a see of Manchester. Among the papers are letters from the earl of Powis, George William, fourth baron Lyttelton, and Charles Scott Luxmoore, dean of St. Asaph.

A musical score, 'Castell Dolbadarn' by John Metcalf, a work inspired by Turner's painting. Presented as part of the celebrations of opening Drwm, the new cultural centre at the National Library of Wales, June 2004.

An essay in Welsh by the Reverend Owen Humphrey Davies (Eos Llechid, 1828-1898) [DWB] on Hanes Bywgraphyddol a Beirniadol o Gerddorion Cymreig; hyd Ganol y Ganrif Bresenol, entered for competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, London, 1887, and partly published in Yr Haul, 1888-1890, 1894-1895. Papers, 1894-1917, found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (MS 22549iiE).

Score-book, 1904-1906, of Ceredigion (Aberystwyth) Cricket Club. Correspondence and other papers, 1937-48, relating mainly to subscriptions to, and fixtures of, the club after it was re-formed, found loose inside the volume, have been filed separately (MS 22677iiD).

Pocket-book of Police Constable John Williams, stationed at Garndolbenmaen, containing a record of sheep earmarks in the parishes of Clynnog, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and Penmorfa, co. Caernarfon.

A notebook containing almost six hundred sheep earmarks from farms in counties Merioneth and Montgomery, with a list of localities and parishes (f. 1).

Microfilm copies of the Presteigne, parish registers, comprising baptisms, 1561-1912, marriages, 1561-1922 (Banns 1754-1948) and burials, 1561-1904. Baptism, marriage and burial entries, 1671-1866 (with gaps), are also included for the parish of Ross.

General accounts, 1728-1783, kept by Hugh Lloyd, vicar of Mold. There are records of malt and hops used for brewing, of prices realised for livestock and cops, births, marriages, deaths, and wills, of expenses incurred in the building of a schoolhouse at Mold, and of a payment to Morris Dancers in 1737.

A typescript copy of Alun Trevor's reminiscences of his childhood in north east Wales during the 1920s, and his life and career afterwards, entitled The songbird is singing (published by Parthian Books, 2009).

Holograph copies of two hymn-tunes - 'Y Ddôl' and 'Bryn Du' - by Tom Carrington, Coed-poeth, 1935.

An imperfect copy of John Parry: A Brief Account of the British or Cambrian Music; 1742, with manuscript titles, and with transcripts supplied by D. Emlyn Evans.

Manuscript notebook, [?1818], containing copies of prose and poetry by Ann of Swansea (Ann Julia Hatton) connected with her novel Chronicles of an Illustrious House (London, 1816) which caused controversy for satirising Swansea polite society as the fictional 'Gooselake'.
Included are extracts from the novel, specifically sections relating to Gooselake, beginning at vol. 2, p. 74 (ff. 1-18 verso), dated 5 July 1818 (f. 18 verso); two poems responding to the furore surrounding the novel, the first addressed 'To the Great Dons of Swansea' (ff. 19-20), the second beginning 'Arms, Arms I sing! and many battles dire' (ff. 20 verso-26); 'Elegy on the Death of Mr Bamboo', dated January 1817 (ff. 26 verso-28 verso), and a single verse beginning 'Now lost in dust is Cambria's boast', dated 1816 (f. 29). A leaf identifying some characters from the novel with their real-life counterparts has been tipped in on f. i; this suggests that the unknown compiler of the volume had a close connection with Swansea.

An autograph album, 1861-1907, containing entries by Henry Rees, John Ogwen Jones, Thomas Raffles, J. R. Kilsby Jones, John Jones, Abercin, D[avid] Saunders, Lewis Edwards, John Owen ('Owain Alaw'),Thomas Nicholas, William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), John Roberts, Cherrapoongee, Thomas Levi, and others.

A poor rate assessment book, 1861-1866, for the parish of Doithie Camddwr, Cardiganshire.

Sermon notes by Titus Lewis and Hugh William Jones ('Yr Utgorn Arian'), Baptist ministers at Carmarthen.

A pocket book belonging to William Thomas, Ty'ngadfan, Llanwnda (d. 1892), containing an incomplete metrical dialogue on temperance by Owen Griffith Owen, Bryncrin; 'Cwynfan gwraig meddwyn' (unsigned); an incomplete carol by Robert Jones, Bryn-y-gro; 'Cân ar ddull o ymdiddan rhwng Dyn a Llyffaint'; names of subscribers to Athraw Cerddorol and towards a Welsh oratorio; notes of sermons preached at associations held at Llangefni, Caernarvon, and Pwllheli, 1857-60; and a table of a Dinorwic quarryman's earnings, 1851-60.

Holograph music compositions, 1918-19 and undated, by George Stephen Evans, Aberystwyth and Llanilar, including a short anthem or introit, 'O Love the Lord', to words from Psalm 31; two version of a song, 'Solitude', to words by Henry Kirke White ('To my friend W. D. Owen'); a song, 'Doreen', to words by Marina Benbow; and a 'five fold Amen' for five voices.

A mutilated bill book, 1840-1848, of Edward Rumsey Williams, solicitor, Caernarvon. Among the subjects to which the accounts refer are the engrossment of the agreement of tithe commutation for the parish of Llanbadrig, Anglesey, and the execution of conveyances, etc. of properties in Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Caernarvon, Bontnewydd, Llanbeblig (including a piece of ground for the building of a school), Pwllheli, and Llanfair is gaer, Caernarvonshire, Llandegfan, Anglesey, Flint, Flintshire, etc.

A volume of hymn-tunes and anthems, mostly unattributed, but including compositions by Richard Mills and others.