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Llyfr lloffion ('Hunan-Gofiant ''Rhen O'') a luniwyd gan Lewis Jones ('Rhuddenfab'). (Gynt J. R. Hughes MS 5.) Byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, 1948.

A photostat facsimile of 'Llyfr Llandaf' ('Liber Landavensis') (now NLW MS 17110E).
For a detailed description of the original manuscript see E. D. Jones, 'The Book of Llandaff', in The National Library of Wales Journal, 4, pp. 123-57.

A notebook, 1802-1825, kept by John Rees (Siaci'r Saer), Horeb, Llandyssul, to record various accounts, including bidding accounts, notes on the weather and harvests experienced, a list of Welsh books, measurements, etc. There is a note by John Davies, Aberystwyth, on John Rees and his family.

The commonplace book of John Lewis, Troed-y-rhiw, Llanfynydd, 1816-1840, containing copies of indentures and other documents relating to Llanfynydd; extracts from newspapers; a copy of the will of David Jones of the parish of St George in Queen Square, London, 1739, referring to a charity school at Llanfynydd; a record of John Lewis's weight at different times; a copy of a survey of Llanfynydd, 1796; medical recipes; accounts; autobiographical data; poetry, including 'Cerdd Newydd am dderchafiad Balchder a'i gwymp o achos arfer newydd a ddaeth yn ddiweddar i blith y Cymry' by Gwilim ab Ifan; poems in praise of Pant-tawel, improved by John Lewis, 1816; new year greetings in verse to John Lewis by W. E. Harry, Benjamin Davies 'preacher', Henry Powell, Griffith Jonathan, and Isaac Davies; 'Cerdd a gyfansoddwyd pan gydynwyd i ffyrfiaw Cymdeithas y Gomeraegyddion yn Llanfynydd gan y Bardd [Isaac Davies, 1823] ar yr erddygan a elwir Duw gadwo'r Brenin yn y ffordd Gymraeg' and a song by Isaac Davies to be sung at the reception of new members.

Llyfr Hymnau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, gyda thonau [yn llaw] Edward Edwards. (Gynt Jack Edwards MS 24.) Full leather. Rhoddwyd gan Miss Elizabeth Richards, Aberystwyth, 1942.

A volume compiled by Hugh Jones ('Cowper'), [c. 1755], and containing transcripts of 'cywyddau', 'englynion', 'cerddi', and 'carolau' by Hugh Jones, Sion Tydyr, 'mei[str?]' Williams 'or hialld', Sion ap Robert 'o farch aled', Richiart Ffolkes (Henfrun), Thomas Edward (tai'n Rhos), Edward Morys, Morgan ap Huw Lewis, Hugh Morus, Mredith ap Pres, Thomas Prichis [Prys], etc.

The diary, 1865-79, of Hugh Charles Howells, containing an autobiography, reminiscences, and records of his ministry at Baptist churches at Sirhowy and Clydach.

Llyfr Eglwys y Parchedig James Michael, gweinidog y Bedyddwyr, Capel Seion, Pont-hir, Sir Fynwy, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn ymwneud â'i 'alwad' i Pont-hir, manylion bedyddiadau, claddedigaethau, etc, ac ystadegau eglwysig blynyddol. Lledr. Rhoddwyd gan Mr Iwan Morgan, Y Barri, Medi 1963.

A volume of minutes and accounts of Wheeler Street Welsh Congregational Church, Birmingham, 1881-95.

A register, 1798-1832, of Siloh Welsh Baptist church, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, containing a history of the cause (ff. 1-2 verso); a list of members, 1798 and 1816 (ff. 4 verso-6, 23-4); entries of baptisms and other statistics, 1798-1813, 1823 (ff. 7 verso-12); together with accounts and declarations pertaining to church government.

A register of Salem Baptist church, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, containing a brief history of the cause, details of membership, births, baptisms and deaths, and other memoranda pertaining to the church, 1797-1847. A note by Thomas Edwards ('Iorwerth Goch'), Lletty Ifor, Mountain Ash on f. 74 records that the volume was used by him while compiling 'Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Salem, Glanyfferi, o'r dechreuad hyd 1890' (Aberdar, 1891). Also included are memoranda by Thomas Edwards including an account, 1897, of the descendants of William and Phebe Jenkin, Cwmslac, St Ishmael, Carmarthen, in the hand of his son Llewelyn Morgan Edwards (ff. 34-71).

Register of Gellionnen, co. Glamorgan, Unitarian church in the hand of the Reverend John Evans (1835-1888), minister of Gellionnen, 1862-1884, recording persons received as members, 1864-1884 (ff. 2v-6), marriages, 1874-1886 (ff. 47-9), burials, 1862-1887 (ff. 68-91) and miscellaneous memoranda relating to Gellionnen, 1863-1885 (ff. 31v-3). Probably begun by John Evans in 1865 (see note on f. iv).

A volume originally used as a register of the Baptist church of Ffynnonhenri, parish of Cynwyl Elfed, co. Carmarthen. It contains records of baptisms, excommunications, restorations, and deaths, 1808-1842, and of births and registrations, 1790-1838; accounts, being largely particulars of collections towards meeting the debts on Baptist meetinghouses, 1810-1817 and undated; and a memorandum of the rebuilding of the third meeting-house at Ffynnonhenri in 1823. From 1815 onwards the volume is in the hand of David Evans, minister of the church, who has added copious notes of sermons (of which one is dated New Year's Day 1853) and a few personal accounts and memoranda. The first leaf of baptisms, containing thirty-two entries, is wanting. The paper is watermarked 1807. There is a list of contents ('Cynnwysiad'). The upper cover is lettered 'Coflyfr eglwysig a nodiadau yn llawysgrifen y Parch. D. Evans, Ffynnonhenri'.

A typescript copy of a Baptist church register entitled 'Llyfr Cofnodol Perthynol I Eglwys Gristianogol Dan yr Enw Y Bedyddwyr Neulltyol Yn Cyfarfod yn ngyd ar brydiau i Dori Bara yn yr Amriwiol Leoedd Canlynol Sef Argoed a Phenycoed yn Sir Abertifi Abarduar Bwlch y rhiw Bethel a Salem Yn Sir Gaerfyrddin &c'. The original register covers the period 1751-1857, while Evan Lewis's transcript [see note under 561 below] was used independently and unofficially till 1875 and varies considerably from the original after 1841. The first part of the original register, from 1751 to 1765, is in the hand of the Reverend Timothy Thomas ('Y wisg Wen Ddisglair') of Aberduar, but the greater part of the volume was written by his brother the Reverend Zacharias Thomas and by the latter's son David Thomas of Llwynywermwd, Llan-y-crwys. Most of the entries recorded by David Thomas, from 1789 to 1839, relate only to the churches of Bethel (Caeo), Salem (Caeo), and Bwlch-y-rhiw.

Llyfr Edward Puleston Trefalun, containing arms and pedigrees in the hand of Edward Puleston. English, Latin, etc. Morocco. Purchased from Sotheby & Co., London, December 1971.

A commonplace book, 1840-1846, of David Roberts ('Dewi Siabot', [? 1821- ]) containing poetry, sermons and essays composed or copied by him during his period as a schoolmaster at Capel Curig and Waunfawr, Caernarfonshire.

The first register of [Corris] Temperance Society, August-December [1836] and undated.