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Holograph and other letters:- Sally Auckland Jones, Alder Hey Hospital, West Derby, Liverpool, to Mrs. [ ] Davies, [19]20 (a vacancy at Llanwnda [co. Caerarvon] for a district nurse); Owen W. Pritchard, Groeslon, to [W. Gilbert] Williams, [19]32 (reminiscences of Rhostryfan); T. Gwynedd Roberts, Conwy, to [John Williams, Tal-y-bont, Rhostryfan], 1898 (a biography of the writer towards a history of the Calvinistic Methodist cause at Rhostryfan); William Roberts, Bod Gwilym, Caernarfon, to W[illiam] Williams, Glyndyfrdwy, 1898 (the recipient's article on Gruffydd Dafydd and the Bodgarad family) (one carbon and one typescript copy); Wm. Jno. Roberts, Rhostryfan, to [W. J. Roberts] 'G[wilym] Cowlyd', 1862 (subscriptions to Geirionydd); W[illiam] Williams, Glyndyfrdwy, to [William] Roberts [Bod Gwilym, Caernarfon], 1898-1900 (personal, the writer' s article on Gruffydd Dafydd and the Bodgarad family); and W[illiam] Elias Williams, Penygroes, near Carnarvon, to J. Williams [Rhostryfan], 1898 (a biography of the writer). Also included in the volume are a typescript annotation on the letters by [W. Gilbert Williams], 1938, and a typescript and manuscript pedigree of the Bodgarad family.

Four holograph letters to David Griffiths [the compiler of the Biblical concordance contained in the five preceding manuscripts, NLW MSS 12721- 12725B], from [the Reverend] Roger Edwards, Mold, 1882, Llewelyn I. Evans, Bournemouth, 1889, [the Reverend] N[athaniel] Cynhafal Jones, Llanidloes, 1886, and [the Reverend] Owen Thomas, Liverpool, 1882 (comments on the proposed scheme or pattern of the concordance, ? based upon specimen pages or sheets); a ? holograph note, also, by inference, to the said David Griffiths, from [the Reverend] J[ohn] Jones ('Vulcan'), undated (a comment on a specimen [page or sheet] of the proposed concordance); a holograph letter to Messrs. P. M. Evans & Son., from Hugh Jones, North Wales Baptist College, Llangollen, 1882 (the writer's belief that the publication of a Biblical concordance, which would be more comprehensive than that of Peter Williams [Y Mynegeir Ysgrythurol (1773)], would be a service to the Welsh nation, examples of some shortcomings of the Peter Williams concordance, comments on a specimen [page or sheet] of a [proposed] concordance sent to the writer [probably that of David Griffiths]); and biographical notes on David Griffiths.

Llythyrau, etc oddi wrth David Davies [Corwen]; 'Robert ab Gwilym Ddu'; H. Parry; Dan[ie]l Jones; J. Harris, Abertawe; 'Huw Derfel'; Evan Prichard, Bryncroes; ynghyd â 'Cywydd Annerch yr Awen, neu fyfyrdod ['Robert ab Gwilym Ddu'] wrth Afon Dwyfech, Ebr. 1802'. (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Mehefin 1959.

Llythyrau, 1840-1886, at Mr & Mrs Daniel E. Hughes oddi wrth Elias J. Richard, Racire, Wisconsin (ffacsimilïau). Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan Bennaeth y Casgliadau Arbennig, Prifysgol Emory, Atlanta, Georgia, trwy law Alan Conway, Rhagfyr 1960.

Autograph letters, 1820-1898, from numerous correspondents, written mainly to John Jones (Ivon) (1820-1898), Aberystwyth; miscellaneous papers relating mainly to Aberystwyth and Cardiganshire, 1840-1870, including adjudications of poetical compositions by John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) (1822-1877), particulars of sailings of the Cambrian Steam-packet Company and the Aberystwyth and Cardigan Bay Steam Packet Company, papers relating to the opening of the railway at Aberystwyth, 1864, and to the proposed memorial to Daniel Rowland (1713-1790) at Llangeitho, papers relating to the parliamentary election in Cardiganshire, 1868, and voting papers of the borough of Aberystwyth, papers relating to literary and other societies in Aberystwyth, and papers relating to the Aberystwyth National Eisteddfod of 1865 and the Ruthin National Eisteddfod of 1868; etc.

Letters addressed to Richard Griffith ('Carneddog') by Elizeus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'), 1924-1928; Walter S. Jones, ('Gwallter Llyfnwy'), Llanllyfni, 1928-1930; and Ellen Closs, Nant Peris; and letters from Henry Owen, Middle Granville, U.S.A., 1869-1871, to William Williams, Gwastad Annas.

Some thirty letters, 1925-1940, from the Dutch scholar Theodor Max Chotzen to Dr E. D. Jones. Written mainly in Welsh, they contain personal news, details of the writer's publications, references to contemporary Welsh scholars, and observations on political events in Wales. Also included is a letter, 1946, from his widow containing information concerning her husband's imprisonment by the Germans and subsequent death on 27 February 1945.

Some one hundred and forty letters, 1846-1861, from Absalom Prys, Maesbangor Factory, Pen-llwyn, co. Cardigan, father of the Reverend Principal Owen Prys, to his brother Owen, a schoolmaster at Blaenau Ffestiniog and elsewhere. They contain family and local news and include references to the 1859 Revival in Cardiganshire.

Seven letters, 1929-36, from Saunders Lewis to Tegwen M. Clee, afterwards Morris, mainly relating to the Welsh Nationalist Party, together with a draft article, 'Merched Llydaw' by Tegwen Clee, and other related papers, 1929-1931.

Letters addressed to John Eiddon Jones by Thomas E. Ellis, 1883, [Sir] John Rhys, 1895, and Owen Thomas (incomplete).

Autograph letters, 1832-1879, to the Thomas family of Pantyclochydd and others in the Llanwenog district, Cardiganshire from relatives and others in New York, Cleveland (Ohio), Salt Lake City (Utah), Rhymney (Monmouthshire), Dowlais (Glamorgan) and Carmarthen.

Letters, 1856-1864, with English translations, from Humphrey and Sarah Roberts, emigrants from the Brymbo district of Denbighshire to Madison, Ohio, U.S.A., to their relatives in Wales. The letters contain an account of their life in Ohio and many references to the Civil War.

Twelve letters, 1852-1888, of the Phillips family of Ferwig, Cardiganshire, including ten, 1852-1857, in Welsh, from Joseph Phillips, an emigrant to America, sent from Utica and New York City, New York, to his wife Harriet in Ferwig (ff. 1-13).
Also included is a letter, in Welsh, from Joseph Phillips in San Francisco, California, to a cousin, 5 July 1858 (ff. 14-15), a letter, in English, from John Phillips (son of Joseph and Harriet), Newton Abbot, Devon, to his siblings, 15 April 1888 (ff. 17-18), and a note of Joseph Phillips' New York address, [1853x1858] (f. 16).

Llythyrau wedi'u cyfeirio at ?John Roberts ('Sion Lleyn'), 'Dewi Wyn o Eifion', 'Robert ap Gwilym Ddu', John Jones, argraffydd, Llanrwst ac eraill, etc. (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Mehefin 1959.

Autograph letters, 1915-1939, of Thomas Gwynn Jones to John Davies, Bridgwater.

Autograph letters, 1798-1881, poetry, etc. of various members of the family of Jonathan Hughes (1721-1805), Pengwern, Llangollen, poet, including four letters by Jonathan Hughes himself and some to and from persons in the United States of America, together with two leaves from a copy of the Welsh Bible of 1746, on which are recorded the births of Jonathan Hughes, his wife and their children.

Autograph letters, 1914-1920, of Robert Williams Parry to Miss Lisabeth Margaret Roberts.