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Five letters, 1838, to George Thomas (1806-68), Swansea, solicitor, from his future wife Maria Frances Pringle (b. 1820), Milford Haven, co. Pembroke (4), containing personal and family news, and from his mother Barbara Thomas, Rock House, Briton Ferry, co. Glamorgan (1), concerning his engagement to be married, together with an undated letter from Mrs Thomas to Sarah Thomas, Mumbles, Swansea. Also included are mathematical exercies, 1788, by George Thomas's father, Commander George Thomas, RN, and printed abstracts of accounts, 1837, of Swansea Canal Navigation, with list of shareholders.

A list of place names in the ordnance map of Glamorgan, 25 inches to the mile, compiled by George Thomas Clark (1809-1898).

Letters and papers of George Stephens, goaler and governor of the House of Correction of the county of Carmarthen. They include a notice of promotion to be one of the Inspectors of the Metropolitan Police Force, 29 April, 1844; an invitation, 14 August, 1847, under the signatures of magistrates of the county of Carmarthen, to discharge the duty of goaler till the Quarter Sessions; a certificate of good conduct in the Metropolitan Police Force, 1 September, 1847; a holograph letter, 4 November, 1847, from Charles Bishop, Llandovery, enclosing a copy of the order for the recipient's appointment as county gaoler and governor; eighteen holograph letters, 4-17 November, 1854, from visiting magistrates of Carmarthenshire and others, supporting his application for a similar post in the county of Middlesex; a printed statement of accounts, 21 January, 1870, between George Stephens, late treasurer, and the members and congregation of Zion Calvinistic Church, Carmarthen; a printed 'in memoriam' card of David Price Davies of Pumpsaint, 1874; and a holograph letter, 17 November [1876] from C. H. Spurgeon, Clapham.

An early seventeenth century manuscript containing the first book of the 'Description of Penbrokeshire' by George Owen of Henllys. The date at the beginning of the text, following the list of contents, is 'Lune 13 Decembr' 1602' and at the end is the inscription 'finis 18 Maij 1603' followed by 'Opus iij Mensu[m] Magna per Intervalla'. There are a number of directions to the copyist and Harleian MS 6250, the text edited by Henry Owen in the Cymmrodorion Record Series, No. I (1892), is probably a fair-copy of the present manuscript. There are also marks indicating that George Owen checked the copy in late July-August 1603. Comparison with the text edited by Henry Owen shows that a few sections (underlined or crossed out, etc.) in the present manuscript have been omitted in Harleian MS 6250, viz. the passage in chapter 1 which is quoted by Henry Owen on p. 239 of his edition, n. 1, a paragraph on ff. 23 verso-24 recto (anc. 13 verso- 14 recto) of the present manuscript beginning 'Giraldus Cambrensis writinge of the nature of the people of this Countrye hath these wordes', a list of fish on ff. 65 verso-66 verso (anc. 56 verso-57 verso), and a section in chapter 21, ff. 95 verso- 96 verso (anc. 87 verso-88 verso), beginning '& gave them his said deputies his absolute power to execute all thinges in his absens . . . by the kinges maties [sic] that nowe is kinge James kinge of England Scotland Fraunce & Ireland &c' (cf. Henry Owen, op. cit., p. 167, n. 2). Loose inside is a description of the manuscript by 'H.G .' [? Henry Gough], 19 Dec. 1871.

Notes by George Ormerod (1785-1873), Sedbury Park, Gloucestershire, author of The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester ... (London, 1819), of a tour along the former Marches of Wales following the line of Offa's Dyke from Ledbury to Chirk Castle, 8-12 July 1845, also of a tour of North Wales, ending at Chester, 26 July 1845; notes, also by Ormerod, of a tour of the Low Countries and Normandy, 1840.

Pedigree (ff. 1-4) and achievement (f. 4), [1664x1673], of George Gwynne of Llwyn Hywel, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, and Llanelwedd, Radnorshire, with one hundred and nineteen other coats of arms, all emblazoned and painted, probably compiled by David Edwardes, Rhyd-y-gors, Carmarthenshire.
The pedigree is traced, sometimes spuriously, from Gwyriad (fl. c. 800), father of Merfyn Frych (f. 1), Coronac, King of Dublin (4 cent.), Caradog Freichfras, earl of Hereford (?6 cent.), Drew de Ballon, 'baron of Abergavenny' (11 cent.), Drym[benog] ap Maenyrch (fl. c. 1100), and Gwrydr Hir (?10 cent.), of Dryslwyn (all f. 2).

Memoranda and drawings, by George Fosbery Lyster (1821-1899), engineer, relating to the Holyhead harbour works.

Letters from George Ernest John Powell (1842-1882), friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) and a member of the Powell family of Nanteos, Cardiganshire, to his father (Thomas Rowland Powell (1815-1878)), and to John Cox (d. 1870), printer and bookseller, Aberystwyth.

Letters from Sir George Cornewall Lewis, statesman, of Harpton Court, co. Radnor, to W. E. Gladstone (78) 1841-1863, and to Frederick Calvert (6) 1855-1860, together with three letters, 1863-1864, from Gladstone to Lady Lewis, a letter, 1863, from him to Sir George's brother, Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, and a letter, 1863, from Calvert to Lady Lewis. The letters to Gladstone largely concern matters arising during the writer's tenure of office as chancellor of the exchequer, 1855-1858, as home secretary, 1859-1861, and as secretary for war, 1861-1863. Some of them also reflect the literary and scholarly interests shared by Gladstone and Lewis.

A quarto sheet containing the beginning of the original manuscript of George Borrow: Wild Wales (London, 1862).

Autograph translations by George Borrow (1803-1881) of cywyddau by Iolo Goch (c. 1320-1398) and Goronwy Owen (1723-1769).

Translations by George Henry Borrow of a Cornish prose text (ff. 1-4), and of Welsh poetry, including works by Iolo Goch, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Roger Cyffin, Goronwy Owen, Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) and Huw Morys, and a translation from Greek of an ode in praise of Rome (f. 4 verso), with notes by Borrow and others.

A leaflet produced for the funeral service, 19 March 2002, of the photographer Geoff Charles (b. 1909) who died 7 March.

A copy of the results of a survey undertaken between 1898 and 1900.

General notes on the Mathew family by E. M. Bishop. English. (Formerly E. M. Bishop MS 3.) In an envelope. Donated by Alwyn Andrew, Liverpool, 1945.

Day-book, 1829-1831, of the drapery and general merchandise business of Thomas Evans, Pontbrendu, Derwen-gam, Llannarth, co. Cardigan.

A pedigree chart, compiled by J. R. Davies, of the descendants of Samuel Levi Phillips of Haverfordwest and of Rees Charles of Pantdwfn, Llanfihangel Abercowin.

A file comprising the genealogy of the Morgan family of Pantyneuadd, Penegoes, co. Montgomery.

A volume, 1900-[1940s], detailing the history of the Lloyd family of Cwm Bychan, near Harlech, Merioneth, containing numerous painted coats of arms, illuminated initials and other illustrations. It was begun in 1900 by Llewelyn Lloyd and added to probably by his son Guy Ynyr Llewelyn Lloyd and other descendants.
The main body of the text (pp. 9-67) chronicles the descent of the family from the 10th century figure, Gwaethvoed Vawr (p. 9), via the lords of Nannau, Merioneth (pp. 17-39), to the Llwyds of Cwm Bychan (pp. 41-49), and then to their descendants in Flintshire, including the Rev. John Lloyd of Caerwys (pp. 52-57) and Angharad Llwyd (pp.58-59), Llewelyn Lloyd (pp. 64-65) and Guy Ynyr Llewelyn Lloyd (pp. 66-67). Successive generations, each with painted coats of arms, are recorded on a recto and additional information inserted on the verso opposite. Prefatory material (pp. v-vi, 1-8) includes heraldic devices and quotations. Items pasted into the volume include bookplates, 1747-[late 19 cent] (inside front cover, p. i), photographs of gravestones and memorials, 1899-[?1920s] (pp. 27-28, 53, 64-65), a note concerning John Lloyd, [1793x1798], possibly in the hand of Thomas Pennant (p. 56e), and pedigrees drawn up by Philip H. Lawson of Chester, 1919 (pp. 46a-d, 56a-d). Another pedigree by Lawson, 1919, found loose in the volume, is in an archival envelope. An inscription by the donors, 2006, is on p. iii.