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A copy, made about 1842, of a journal, in verse, of a tour or sojourn in South Wales, with a close association with Cilybebyll, together with a collection of poems, including translations from German, by the same anonymous author. The sub-sections of the journal have the following topographical titles: 'Graig Alltwen and the Mumbles', 'Cwm Clic', 'Llanguicke', 'Llyn-y-Fan', 'Coed-y-Brain and Carrig Marie', 'Gelli-Onnen', 'Carrig-Dinas and Cil-Hepste', and 'Plas Cil-y-bebyll'. At the beginning of the volume is a letter in the same hand as the text, signed 'M.E.D.B.' and written from Sevenoaks, 31 August 1838, to James -----, referring to the 'journal' and giving an account of Knole Abbey.

A copy of Almanac a Dyddiadur, Am y Flwyddyn 1843 (Carmarthen, 1843), printed by Josiah Thomas Jones (1799-1873), Carmarthen, publisher and Independent minister, containing business and household accounts in English, 1843, in his hand, together with bills and receipts, 1841-1844.

Joseph Welch: A list of scholars of St Peter's College, Westminster ... (1788), with MS additions. English. 1/2 leather. Donated by Lt-Col. R. H. Richards, Dolgellau, January 1961.

A copy of Dyddiadur Methodistaidd for 1869, kept to record preaching and other engagements by Joseph Thomas (1814-1889), Calvinistic Methodist minister, Carno, Montgomeryshire.

Transcript by ?William Lewis of the manuscript score of the 1st violin parts in Joseph Parry's opera 'Blodwen'. Musical notation.

Two letters, dated 31 December 1902 and 10 January 1903, from Joseph Parry to T. W. David, his impresario, relating to the first performance of Parry's opera, 'The Maid of Cefn Ydfa', at the Grand Theatre, Westgate Street, Cardiff, on 15 December 1902 (ff. 1-4).
Also included is a typescript letter, dated 29 June 1906, from W. W. Jones of Evan Jones & Co., steamship owners and brokers, Cardiff to T. W. David (f. 5), enclosing a statement of accounts (ff. 6-10) relating to the 'private affairs' of the late Joseph Parry, and to his opera, 'The Maid of Cefn Ydfa'.

Notes and transcripts made by Joseph Herbert Canning relating to local history, in particular to Catholic history in Monmouthshire, [1921]-[1929].

A volume, [17 cent., third ¼], containing manuscript copies, in an unknown hand, of at least fifty-five sermons of the Rev. Joseph Caryl, preached April 1650-May 1653, all on the Epistle to the Romans 8:9-28.
Parts of the text are accompanied by copious marginal annotations (pp. 1-125, 188-192, 213-216, 241-250, 273-278, 339-351, 372-373, 700-707, 716-727), the remainder is only very sporadically annotated. Marginal notes by the transcriber and gaps left by him (pp. 193-200, 216a-h, 446-448, 549-556, 585-588, 600-604, 629-636, 661-668, 708-712, 784-788, 861-864 and 905 onward) attest to at least twelve missing sermons. Also included are proof sheets (2 copies), [19 cent.], apparently for p. 27 of an edition of the text, corresponding almost exactly to p. 27 of the manuscript; no edition is known to have been published (tipped in on pp. 909, 911).

A typescript, with manuscript corrections by the author, of a part of Josef Baudiš: Grammar of Early Welsh ... (Oxford, 1924).

A volume compiled in 1939 by Francis Jones [of the National Library of Wales, later Herald Extraordinary for Wales], containing a pedigree of the family of Jones of Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, from the mid-fifteenth to the twentieth century, with ancillary pedigrees of the associated families of Jones of Greenston, Brawdy, Jones of Southfield, Llysyfran, Roberts of Tregidreg, parish of Mathry, Griffith of Mathry, Morgans, the Flemings, of Roose, Francis of St. Elvis, Jenkins of Mathry, Thomas of Rhydyrharding, parish of Mathry, Williams of Newport, and Harries of Binchurn, all in Pembrokeshire.

Jones family notes (typescript). (Formerly Sarah E. Miles MS 9.) English. In a file. Donated by Miss Sarah E. Miles, Pittsburgh, March 1925.

Three undated letters, c. 1760-1764, from J[onathan] Shipley (1714-1788), dean of Winchester, afterwards bishop of Llandaff and, later, of St Asaph, to Henry Bilson-Legge (1708-1764), Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Political papers of Jonathan Edwards, Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. The papers comprise correspondence, speeches, campaign material, diaries, papers on policy and notes. Tops include the UK leaving the European Union (Brexit), devolution, agriculture, banking, assisted dying, transport and regulation of the press..

Business papers of Jonathan Davies, 1859-1933; papers of Davies Brothers slate merchants, Porthmadog, 1872-1947; personal papers of Jonathan Davies, 1875-1936; and papers relating to friends and family members, [c.1853]-1957. The archive contains a wealth of statistical information about the slate industry in Caernarfonshire, Merioneth and Pembrokeshire and the development of Porthmadog as a slate port.

The manuscripts of J. C. Davies, comprising material relating to Patagonia: a description of the country; notes on the folklore of Brittany and on folklore in general; correspondence; sermon notes; press cuttings; and miscellaneous extracts and notes.

A work entitled Mr. Jonathan Andrews's Book of Gardening Trees &c., written with own hand, 1690, being a descriptive list of flowers and plants arranged by season and of trees and shrubs, with particular reference to their medicinal qualities; recipes; indexes of English and botanical names.

Papers of, and relating to Jonah Jones, 1946-2004, including correspondence and papers associated with his artistic work, exhibitions and experiences during the Second World War.

Memorandum book belonging, 1798-1838, to Jonathan Morgan, Pant-y-bryn, parish of Llandybïe, co. Carmarthen, farmer and joiner, containing farming, joinery and other accounts including payments to workmen, accounts of money loaned on 'Bidding Days', and accounts relating to the building of Bethel Congregational church ('Yr Hen Fethel'), Cwmaman, co. Carmarthen; furniture designs and specifications; recipes for colouring wood; and miscellaneous memoranda. Further entries, to 1883, by his son William Morgan and grandson Jonathan Morgan, both of Bodist Uchaf, Glanaman, co. Carmarthen, include rent, bidding and other accounts; and family memoranda.

Photostat reproductions, [1934], of six letters, 1622-1635, of John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, addressed primarily to Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.

A copy of John Williams, ed.: Gwaith Prydyddawl ... William Williams o Bantycelyn ... (Carmarthen, 1811), prepared for a new edition, with numerous manuscript corrections and additions, together with a few translations by John Owen (1788-1867), vicar of Thrussington.