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A copy of H. Ivor Jones: Hanes Annibyniaeth yn Sir Gaernarfon hyd ddiwedd y ddeunawfed ganrif (Caernarfon [circa 1897], cut up and mounted, with photographs of ministers, preachers, etc. added in the margins, and with some press cuttings.

Pryddest goffadwriaethol am y diweddar Barch Hugh Edwards, Hen Golwyn by H. Ll. W. Hughes, written for Eisteddfod Gadeiriol y Gro, Christmas 1925.

The file comprises a typescript memoir of a young person's relationship with the explorer H. M. Stanley. As a little girl and young woman, Effie Barrow met Stanley on several occasions. Stanley was a friend of her father and would occasionally visit their home in Bristol. Effie received a personal invitation to Stanley's wedding at Wesminster Abbey. Her reminiscences begin in 1886 with Stanley's dinner with her parents and include an account of the wedding and reception at Stanley's house in Richmond Terrace.

A work by H. Marshall, Dolgarrog entitled A Description and History of the Mid-Conway Vale, mainly relating to the parishes of Eglwys Fach, the Abbey, Dolgarrog, Caerhun and Llanbedr.

Photocopies of papers, [2007], relating to the military career of Lieut. Hugh Richard Watterson of the Royal Garrison Artillery, from Amlwch, Anglesey, including a copy of his military record, a letter, 1919, from the War Office notifying him that he had been demobilized, and a biographical note.

Thirteen letters, 1954-1958, from Henry St John Rumsey (b. 1884), Guy's Hospital, London, to A. Raymond Hawkins, author of Notes on ... Llangenny, Breconshire (1954), relating to the Rumsey families, in particular the Rumseys of Crickhowell (see Theophilus Jones, History of Brecknockshire, IV, 258-65); together with related enclosures including photographs of an armorial pedigree of the Romsey family down to 1682 and of a genealogical table compiled by St John Rumsey corresponding to the pedigree.

A typescript draft, with manuscript emendations, by H. V. Morton of the text of This is Rome (1960).

Log book, 1874-1905, of Hafod Board School, Llanerfyl, co. Montgomery.

Hafod Estate rentals, etc. English. (Formerly Carl Hanson MS 2.) Guarded and filed. Donated by the family of the late Carl Hanson, October 1961.

A rental of the Hafod estate [Cwmystwyth, co. Cardigan], 1881-1891. At the end of the volume are additional entries covering the period 1883-1903 ? relating to the receipt of rents.

Notes on, and extracts from, early nineteenth century farm account books of Hafod-y-porth, Beddgelert, compiled by John Thomas, Brynbela, Caeathraw, c. 1912.

A manuscript, said to be from the Dre-wen district, Newcastle Emlyn, containing (pp.1-41) eight 'halsingod' carols by David Davies [?vicar of Bridell, co. Pembroke, see Geraint Bowen, "Yr Halsingod", Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1945, p. 88]. Two of the 'halsingod' are said to have been composed in 1667 and 1672, but they were all copied between 1723 and 1727. At the end of the manuscript (pp. 315-323) are details of financial loans made to farmers [in the Crymych and Llanfyrnach areas of co. Pembroke] between 1777 and 1790. Also included (pp. 213-288) is a transcript of a medical work entitled "Pro Bono Publico the Sick Man's Companion or Dr Nevett's Mite to his fellow Creatures".

'Halsingau' by Elsbeth Iefan, Alban Thomas, Lewis David, Owen Iefen, Gruffydd Sion, Siencyn Gryffydd, Sion Bowen, Crispianus Jones, Iefan Gryffydd, D. Phillipps, Lazarus Evans, Da. Sion, Jas Gruffydd and Rees David John; hymns; 'Marwnad Elizabeth Davies Rhon a gladdwyd yn Llandy[f]riog Mai 22 1751'; 'Copi o lythyr a gafwyd tan garreg'; fragments of accounts; etc.

Pedigrees and genealogical notes relating to families bearing the surname Hancorn/Hancorne in counties Brecon, Glamorgan and Hereford, compiled by Ian Meredith.

Correspondence and papers, 1939-1959, relating to the compilation of the second edition of the Handbook of British Chronology, ed. Sir Maurice Powicke and E. B. Fryde (London: Royal Historical Society, 1961), including letters from prominent British historians.

Two nineteenth century exercise books used by a Miss Mollene Williams in which to practice her handwriting. The covers of the books were obviously produced especially for this type of exercise and were printed and sold by W. Price, Bookseller, Oswestry.

Hanes ... achos crefydd yn bennaf ymysg y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd yn Birmingham gan Evan Thomas. Lledr. Prynwyd oddi wrth H. Jones Davies, Birmingham, Ionawr 1941.

A brief summary of the history of Zoar Congregational Church, Swansea, from its inception at Trades' Hall in 1848 to 1868, with general church accounts and statements of the cost of building Zoar chapel, 1845-55. The manuscript is in the hand of David Richards, one of the founders of the church.

An essay entitled 'Hanes a Gwaith John Jones ('Tudur Llwyd') o'r Weirglodd Gilfach, Plwyf Llanuwchllyn, 1774-1854' by 'Glyn Cothi', i.e. Evan Roberts, Llandderfel, Merioneth. The essay was submitted for competition at a chair eisteddfod at Hen Gapel, Llanuwchllyn, in 1935.