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A holograph letter from H. L. Piozzi, from Brussells, to William Pearson [the poet] in London, 1787 (references to arrangements for the writer's return, to her Continental tour, to Mr. [Willey] Revely's 'Acc[oun]ts of Egypt', etc.); 'Ode from Horace', signed 'H.T.'; and an order, 30 March 1649, from the Council of State for the Admiralty and Navy to the Commissioners of the Navy for the consideration of an enclosed letter. The latter document is signed by Rowland Wilson, junior, Valentine Wauton [regicide], and Jo[hn] Jones [regicide, of Maesygarnedd, Merioneth], and is endorsed: 'Crs. Adm. wth. ye Generalls lre. to them for ye frigotts yt carrie 130 & 150 men to haue Chirurgeons mates'.

A return of privy seals for the county of Chester, 3 September, 1604 (total sum, £2615); a statement of the Provost-Marshal's accounts, 1613/14-1615/16 (references to commissions to Sir William Selby, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Sir Jo. Fenwick, and Sir William Hutton, and to expenses in respect of horsemen, etc.); and an acquittance, 10 April, 1619, from John Sturt, gent., to Adam Newton, esq. [aft. Sir Adam Newton], Treasurer or Receiver-General to the Prince [aft. King Charles I] for the payment of one quarter's pension of £10.

Three holograph letters:- from John, 2nd baron St. John of Bletso, from London, 14 March, 1594/5, to John Wynne of Gwydor, esq. (the execution of the Queen's commission in the matter of encroachments); from H. Evans from Brasenose [College, Oxford], 17 July ---, to Mr. Jhon Wynne at Gwedr (or at Conway in the Sessions) (the writer's ill-treatment by Mr. Wy ... of Clynocke, together with an eulogy in Latin entitled 'Carmen amoris ad amantissimum Juvenem et fidelissimum amicum Jo. Wynne, authore amore. H.E.') (mutilated); and from Henry Herbert, 4th baron Herbert of Chirbury, from Badminton, 3/13 December, [16]81, to 'Monsieur le Chevalier [Sir Richard] Bulstrode, Resident pour sa Majesté de la grande Bretagne, a Bruxelles' (the receipt of a letter and of answers to the enclosed, hopes of 'some quiet' in Flanders, 'the Luxembourg affaire', intelligences of action with the French).

Lord Rosebery [Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl]: Robert Burns ... (Edinburgh, 1896), being a vellum-bound presentation copy by the author to D. R. Daniel (marked 'For the sake of Tom Ellis ...'), and a covering letter from 'Tom' [Thomas E. Ellis] to David [R. Daniel] which is bound in the volume.

A file of documents relating to the life and work of Ernest Charles Jones (1819-1869), chartist and poet. They include birthday greetings in verse, in the form of a holograph letter, from Ernest Charles Jones to his father Charles Jones, both at Reinbeck, 1830; a holograph letter from Charles Jones from Hanover, to his wife [Charlotte] Matilda [Jones], 1837 (the writer's audience with the King, the Queen's party, a description of the writer's journey to Hanover), with a postscript by E. C. Jones; a holograph letter from Ernest Charles Jones from Sevenoaks, Kent, to his father Major [Charles] Jones at Bedford Place, Kensington, London, 1841; a petition, 1843, from Charlotte Matilda Jones to [Ernest Augustus], King of Hanover, for a widow's pension; Address of Ernest Jones, Esq., in reply to the Rev. W. Chamberlain's 'Remonstrance' to John Bright, Esq., M.P., 1867; a holograph letter, [1887], relating to the sale of the works of Ernest Jones; six holograph letters, 1887-[1898], from L. A. Atherley Jones to E. I. Collings (documents relating to Ernest Jones, the writer's father); and press cuttings, 1869-1905, relating to Ernest Jones, W. H. Chadwick, L. A. Atherley Jones, etc.

A folder containing 'Notes to Wild Wales', being an illustrated account of a tour, 1869, comprising Wrexham, Llangollen, Eliseg Pillar, Valle Crucis Abbey, Dinas Bran, Corwen, and Snowdonia.

A letter book, 1910-1911, of T. M. Keene, with one letter by Benedicta J. Keene, of Mold, relating to the writer's invention for the securing of stair carpet, the purchase of iron and brass castings, nails, screws, ledgers, boots, wickerwork fencing, etc., and the payment of accounts.

Account book, 1870-1913, of David Jonathan, farmer and drover, of Ffwrneithin, Dihewid.

A record of the sentence of death passed by Parliament in 1283 on David [ap Gruffudd], brother of Llywelyn, prince of Wales, being page 277 of J. H. Gurney MS. 24; and a copy of a telegram, 18 June, [18]92, from Edward Walmisley, Westminster, London, to [J. H. Gurney of Keswick Hall, Norfolk], requesting information about the contents of the record of sentence, in connection with the De Wahull peerage claim.

An incomplete notebook of Samuel Jones (1628-97), nonconformist minister and teacher, of Brynllywarch, Glamorgan, containing notes of sermons; a catalogue of his books; accounts, 1664-5 and undated, including particulars of receipts and disbursements for 'Sister Prichard' at Brymbo, etc., and of payments at Whitechurch, Newport, Norton, Meredin, Dunchurch, Holmby, Horton, Hockley, Harding, Hilmorton, etc.; and extracts from a philosophical work (e.g. 'De accidente', 'De proprietatibus praedicabiliorum', etc.).

A manuscript album, entitled 'An Omnium Gatherum' (f. 1 verso), compiled during the 1820s (dated 1822 and 1826 on ff. 73 verso, 106) by Harriette Grant (1789-1863; later Harriette Wingfield Stratford), daughter of Henry Grant (1743-1831) of Gnoll Castle, Glamorgan. The volume includes literary excerpts, antiquarian notes, riddles, and poems, written in English, French and Welsh, together with numerous well-executed watercolur, ink and pencil studies, some noted as being 'after Rembrandt' (ff. 1 verso, 7 verso, 10, 16, 17 verso).
The drawings include views of the Vale of Ebbw from Abercarne (f. 5), Neath Castle (f. 40), view from the fishing stool at Gnoll (f. 41 verso), Llantwit Church from the terrace at Gnoll Castle (f. 58), the upper lodge at Gnoll (f. 69), part of the chapel of Neath Abbey (ff. 78 verso, 80), Arthur's Stone in Gower (f. 81 verso), a female Glamorgan peasant (f. 98), a male Welsh peasant (f. 99), Briton Ferry Church (f. 100 verso), a female peasant (f. 104), Gnoll Castle (f. 105 verso), and Melin Crython (f. 160).

The original manuscript of John Jenkins ('Gwili'): Caniadau Gwili (Wrecsam, 1934).

Holograph poetry by Hugh Jones ('Erfyl'), with annotations - 'Cywydd: Hiraeth Cymro am ei Wlad mewn Bro estron ... Testun Cymdeithas Cymmrodorion yn Mhowys, 1820; and 'Awdl: [Maes Garmon]' submitted for competition at the Mold Eisteddfod, 1823.

A composite tune-book of G. J. Williams, containing hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes, anthems, etc., mostly unattributed. There are incomplete indexes and lists of tunes. Both the titles and the text have suffered as a result of shaving.

A volume lettered 'New Quay Harbour Company. Orders & Proceedings', containing minutes of annual and special general meetings of the shareholders and of the directors, annual balance sheets, and conditions for letting by auction the tolls or dues, covering the period from the incorporation of the Company in 1835 to 1884. Inset are blank share certificates embodying a plan of the harbour. The volume is indexed.

A scrapbook entitled 'Characters and Principles in Chinese Life, 1921-1928', being cuttings and a few typescripts of weekly leading and 'star' articles contributed to The Shanghai Times by the Reverend Evan Morgan, D.D., afterwards of Bristol. The articles were written partly under the pen-name of 'Cymro', and according to the writer's typescript foreword 'their range covers some aspect of the government and the people of China.' The volume also contains a typescript index of articles and an annotated photograph of guests at a farewell dinner given by Mr. Wang I-ting, 'noted artist, calligraphist, philanthropist', to Evan Morgan in a Buddhist monastery.

A photostat facsimile of the probate of the will of George William Gruffyth [Griffith] of Pen y Benglog, parish of Meliney [Melinau], Pembrokeshire, esquire, 29 August, 1655. The will is dated 12 May, 1651.

Typescript copies of the petitions of the parishioners and inhabitants of the parishes of Llanwnda and Llanfaglan, Caernarvonshire, to John [Moore], bishop of Bangor, 1776, conaining the charges preferred against their minister, Lloyd Foxwist, clerk, and the latter's answers to the charges; together with 'notes and comments', 1936, by the transcriber, W. Gilbert Williams, Rhostryfan.

A volume of manuscript maps and accompanying references, being a survey made by Richard Owen in 1805 of the Plasbrith estate, the property of Edward Anwyl, comprising Maes y Branar and Braych Bedw, parish of Llanfachreth, Penydre, parish of Gwyddelwern, and Llety Ryse, Werngoch, Perthillwydion, Llwyn y Talcian, and Hafod y Goeswen, parish of Dolgelley, Merioneth.

Literary compositions submitted for competition at the Crown Eisteddfod held at Llanarth, Cardiganshire, on 29 July, 1875, viz. 'Can o Glod i R. L. Lloyd, Nantgwyllt, fel Tirfeddianwr', translations into English of a portion of the 'awdl' 'Molawd Ynys Prydain' by David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'), and prose translations into Welsh of a portion of Act III, Scene 2, of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; together with adjudications by William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles'), Llandysul.