Dangos 15043 canlyniad

Typewritten catalogue, with manuscript additions, of the library of Brigadier James O. M. Ashton (1908-1989) of Welston Court, Carew, co. Pembroke, compiled by him, c. 1960-c. 1988, and arranged according to title.

Papers, 1715-1985, of miscellaneous provenance, including a brief memoir [watermark 1794] of Richard Wilson by Joseph Farington, apparently unpublished (ff. 5-7); a transcript of the regulations, 1795, regarding the charges for crossing the ferry at Llandeilo (ff. 174-5); scenario and cast, [c. 1807], of 'Miller of Mansfield', a play, apparently unpublished, for performance in the theatre at Wynnstay by members of the Wynn family and their friends (ff. 179-84); autograph fragments of 'De Chatillon' and of the original manuscript of The Vespers of Palermo by Felicia Hemans (ff. 9, 178); a copy of the fourth Report, 1832, of the Anglesey branch of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (see also NLW MS 1600E and Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club Transactions 1957, 20-5) (ff. 53-4); draft lecture notes, [c. 1846]-1847, of the Rev. Calvert Richard Jones, photographic pioneer, describing his visit to Malta during the winter of 1845-1846 and containing his observations on evidence in favour of St Paul's shipwreck having occurred in Malta (ff. 98-101); and a copy of a special typescript issue of the North Wales Chronicle, 6 May 1926, outlining the state of the country during the general strike of 1926 (ff. 102-3).

One of two account books of the Mansel family of Maesteilo, parish of Llandeilo, co. Carmarthen, recording payments in connection with the Maesteilo estate, rent charges and tax assessments, and household and personal expenditure, 1876-1934. Also contains an inventory of the contents of the drawing-room at Maesteilo (ff. 25-7).

Diary, 1939, of John Thomas Rees (1857-1949), Bow Street, co. Cardigan, composer, containing accounts, and entries mainly relating to his music teaching, adjudicating engagements and other musical activities.

Diary, 1900, of John Thomas Rees (1857-1949), Bow Street, co. Cardigan, composer, containing accounts, and entries mainly relating to his music teaching, adjudicating engagements and other musical activities.

Twenty-two letters, 1831-1834, from William Carey, bishop of St Asaph, to the Rev. T. G. Roberts, rector of Llanrwst, discussing Welsh church affairs and clergy within the diocese, with occasional references to national events, particularly to the anti-tithe agitation.

A transcript by Richard Jones Phillips, Penrallt Kiber, St Dogmaels, co. Pembroke, of William Salmon, Synopsis Medicinae: a Compendium of Physick, Chirurgery and Anatomy (2nd edn, London: Th. Dawks, 1681) pp. 253-69, comprising Book II, chapters 32 'Presages by the Urine' (beginning wanting), 33 'Presages by the Pulses', and 34 'Presages by Affections in Acute Diseases'; with a short English-Welsh vocabulary of medical terms on the back cover.

Draft rent account book, 1851-1860, compiled for Sir Richard Puleston, 2nd bart, of Emral, Flintshire, comprising brief accounts of estate receipts and, in more detail, accounts of estate expenditure, mainly rates, taxes, repairs and payments to servants, and local craftsmen and tradesmen.

Day-book, 1905-1907, of A[nne] Hindes & Son, grocer and general dealer, Felindre, parish of Pen-boyr, co. Carmarthen, also containing personal accounts, 1919-1931.

Account book, 1875-1883, of James Jones, Goitre issa, parish of Pen-boyr, co. Carmarthen, auctioneer and farmer, and, from 1878, of his widow Elizabeth Jones. Comprises accounts relating to various sales and to tithe rentcharges paid in the parishes of Cilrhedyn and Pen-boyr.

Typescript biography of the Reverend Dr Richard Roberts (1874-1945), Presbyterian minister and divine and one of the founders of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, compiled by his daughter Gwen Norman.

Daily occurrence book, 1877-1912, of the Vale of Towy Railway, co. Carmarthen, mainly comprising entries relating to railway accidents and to appointments, transfers and dismissals of employees. The volume is arranged alphabetically, chiefly by persons involved.

Court rolls of the crown manor or lordship of Tal-sarn and Silian, co. Cardigan, 1891-1923. They contain names of tenants sworn as homage and as affeerors, names of those appointed manorial officers, lists of court leet jurors together with a few presentments by them. Also included are four letters, 1918-1940s, three of which relate to manorial business.

The memoirs of Evan Williams (1887-1975), Brynaman and Llandudno, written 1944-1946, containing his recollections of life in the coalmining community of Brynaman, co. Carmarthen, 1890s-1933, with special reference to music and religion. An essay by Evan Williams 'Atgofion am fro arbennig a'i chymeriadau' was awarded part of the 'Llandybïe Prize' at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bala, 1967. For a summary of his reminiscences of his father William Richard Williams (1855-1922) see 'Y Dysgedydd', 148 (1968), 86-90.

Some fifteen letters, 1884-90, from various correspondents, to Thomas Gibbon of Newcastle Emlyn, registrar of marriages in the town, c. 1910-1926, mainly concerning personal matters, in particular his marriage and purchase of furniture, and including a letter, 1889, from a Welsh emigrant describing his life in Argentina.

Journal, attributed to Major-General William Brooke of Bath, describing a tour of counties Pembroke, Carmarthen and Glamorgan, July-November 1819.

A ledger containing the account, 1829-1834, of the executors of John Hughes (c. 1764-1829), Quay Street, Carmarthen, shipowner and burgess, including numerous references to vessels owned by the testator.

A book of legal precedents, 1782-1788, containing notes of legal opinions and of cases heard before numerous courts, including those of King's Bench and the Montgomeryshire Great Sessions, together with transcripts of legal documents.
The volume was probably compiled by John Hughes of Llain-wen, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, notes and transcripts relating to whose articles of clerkship (with John Dickin of Welshpool, 1781, and with George Griffin of Lincoln's Inn, 1785) are found on pp. 95-114. A portion of the volume was 'Copied out of Mr Dickin's Manuscript Book' (p. 94); transcripts of an affidavit of service of John Hughes and of his admission as attorney at the Court of King's Bench, both 1787, have been tipped in at the end of the volume (pp. 119-122).

Notes and lectures by Ceinwen H. Thomas on the folk-dances of the Nantgarw district, based on the recollections of her mother, Catherine Margretta Thomas (1880-1972). They comprise notes, c. 1953, mostly in Welsh, on performing the dances (ff. 1-27; see Dawns (1973-1974), 22-53); and lectures, 1957 and 1974, on life in Nantgarw in the early 1880s (ff. 28-43; see the Welsh Folk Dance Society News-Letter, 5 (1957), 7-11, and Roger Lee Brown, Taff's Well and Nantgarw in the 80s and beyond (Tongwynlais, 1982), pp. 2-17) and on how the dances came to be recorded (ff. 45-62; see Dawns (1973-1974), 10-22).

The second of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).