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A letter signed and subscribed by [Sir] L[eoline] Jenkins, Secretary of State, from Whitehall, to Lord [ ], 1683 (a directive for the officers of the militia to be in readiness, in view of the discovery of a 'horrid designe' [Rye House Plot]).

A holograph letter from [the Reverend] John Elias ('o Fô'), Llanfechell, to Mr. F. Carmichael, Llysdulas, near Amlwch, 1822 (explaining the effects of revivals upon the behaviour of the congregations at Welsh Nonconformist religious meetings).

A letter of introduction, signed 27 May 1834, by Azariah Shadrach, Congregational minister and author, Aberystwyth, recommending John Jones, a member of his congregation at Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, who was selling copies of Scott and Henry's Commentary ...

An autograph letter of Edward, third baron Herbert of Cherbury (c. 1633-1678), written from Dublin, 23 October, 1672; poetry in English and Latin, including an eulogy of King William III (1650-1702), written in 1697, possibly by one of the Herbert family.

Llythyr, tua 1875, yn llaw y 'Cyrnol' R. E. Jones, Rawson, Patagonia, yr Ariannin, lle mae'n sôn am yr helynt a fu pan gipiwyd pump ar hugain o Gymry a oedd yn byw yn yr ardal gan Indiaid, ynghyd â chopïau teipysgrif o'r llythyr a chyfieithiad Saesneg ohono gan y rhoddwr.

A photocopy of a typescript transcript of a letter, 1789, from Thomas Lloyd, Cilgwyn, near Cardigan, to William Wilberforce (1759-1833), written on his return from Jamaica and relating to the maltreatment of slaves.

Letter from the gateway of the sea to the Berwyn mountains, a description of a tour by Charles A. Stephenson. English. Morocco. Purchased from R. G. Booth, Hay-on-Wye, November 1965.

A photocopy of a letter, [?1999], from Ted Roberts, Perth, Australia, to John Owens, Abergele, regarding Welsh settlers at Moora, north of Perth, Western Australia, many of whom came from Patagonia.

Letter from Snowdon to the Gateway of the Sea, being a description of a tour by Charles A. Stephenson. English. Morocco. Purchased from R. G. Booth, Hay-on-Wye, November 1965.

A typescript letter (with brief manuscript end-note), dated 25 October 1928, from W. G. Perrin of the Society for Nautical Research to an undisclosed recipient enclosing a transcript, c. 1823, of a letter, dated 1 August 1823, written aboard HMS Fury by William Harvey Hooper, ship's purser. HMS Fury, under the captaincy of William Edward Parry, was on an exploratory voyage to seek out the Northwest Passage.
Hooper's letter contains a sketch map of part of the voyage (f. 6) and a table containing meteorological data (f. 11). The material also includes typescript notes relating to HMS Fury, HMS Hecla and Captain Parry.

A letter, 1971, from Norman Tucker (1894-1971) to Professor A. H. Dodd (1891-1975).

Letter, dated 27 September 1971, from Mrs Gwladys E. Lewis to the Reverend D. Jacob Davies inserted within a signed copy of her work, Alun Lewis, my son (Aberystwyth, [?1971]); together with an undated photograph of the Alun Lewis memorial plaque at Aberdare Library, and a note, in Welsh, by the donors providing background information about the letter. = Llythyr, dyddiedig 27 Medi 1971, oddi wrth Mrs Gwladys E. Lewis at y Parchedig D. Jacob Davies, wedi ei osod o fewn copi a lofnodwyd ganddi o'i gwaith, Alun Lewis, my son (Aberystwyth, [?1971]); ynghyd â ffotograff heb ei ddyddio o gofeb Alun Lewis yn Llyfrgell Aberdâr, a nodyn gan y rhoddwyr yn esbonio cefndir y llythyr.

A photostat facsimile of a letter written c. 1506 [but see note at 678 below] by Gruffydd Dwnn (c. 1500-c. 1570) (also Don or Donne), Kidwelly to his brother Sir Edward Don[ne], with a press cutting and correspondence relating to the letter and its writer.

An autograph letter, 3 September [16]08, from Fr[ancis Godwin, bishop of] Llandaff, from Mathern, to [Richard Bancroft], archbishop of Cant[erbury], on behalf of the clergy of Glamorganshire. The writer informs the archbishop that the clergy of the said shire, having been summoned 'to shewe their armour before the Lieutennantes of the cou[ntie] . . ., and their men to be mustred', were very perplexed, not 'knowing how to satisfy this comaund, for that they neuer were yett rated at any armour, but only once, viz., some 13 yeares since'. If they were rated as highly on the present as on the previous occasion, owing to their poverty, they would not be able to meet the demands made upon them without suffering great hardship. They begged, therefore, to be allowed to petition the Privy Council for a reduction in the demands to be made on this occasion

Letter from Connop Thirwall to Rees Goring Thomas; bill of costs; death certificate of Mrs Mary Northey, and other letters to R. Goring Thomas. English. Between boards. Donated by G. E. F. Goring Thomas, Henley, July 1939.

A letter, 1895, from Clement le Neve Foster, North Wales Mines Inspector, to E. P. Jones, Esq., JP.

Llungopi lliw wedi ei chwyddo o lythyr Cymraeg, 2 Mai 1863, oddi wrth Benjamin F. Thomas (g. Llangeitho, 1845) at ei fam yn Ohio, o'r Rhyfel Cartref, ynghyd â copi o wynebddalen y Beibl (1860) a fu'n eiddo i'r awdur, a manylion bywgraffyddol am y teulu gan y rhoddwr.

A copy of a letter, dated 20 May 1945, written by A. Edith Jones, a nurse at Belsen Camp, Germany, to a 'Kit', in which she describes the terrible conditions at the camp, where one of the huts housing over a hundred internees was 'little bigger than the Nissan hut at Llandilo'.