Dangos 15051 canlyniad

Five volumes containing a translation and part transcript by and in the hand of Hester Maria Cotton of the first five chapters of Drych y Prif Oesoedd (1716) by Theophilus Evans.

Copi o Almanac am 1840…, gol. gan John William Thomas (Llanrwst, [1839]), gyda chofnodion dyddiadur, Ionawr-Rhagfyr 1840 (gyda bylchau), gan Thomas Richard, [Ty'ncoed, Lledrod, Ceredigion], yn cofnodi yn bennaf cyfarfodydd crefyddol (ff. 10-39 passim). = A copy of Almanac am 1840…, ed. by John William Thomas (Llanrwst, [1839]), with brief diary entries, January-December 1840 (with gaps), by Thomas Richard, [Ty'ncoed, Lledrod, Cardiganshire], mainly recording religious meetings (ff. 10-39 passim).
Ceir cyfeiriadau hefyd at weithio ar y cynhaeaf yn ardal Weobley, swydd Henffordd (ff. 27 verso-28, 29 verso), a chyfrifon parthed ei waith fel saer celfi (f. 20). = Thre are also references to his work on the harvest in the Weobley area, Herefordshire (ff. 27 verso-28, 29 verso), and accounts relating to work as a cabinet maker (f. 20).

A letter, 26 May 1837, from the Rev. John Williams, missionary, to [Henry John Temple,] Lord Palmerston, the then Foreign Secretary, sending him a copy (not present) of his book A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands (London, 1837) (ff. 1-2); together with a copy letter, in his own hand, of Lord Palmerston's reply, 22 August 1837 (ff. 3-4).
Williams discusses his forthcoming return to the South Pacific Ocean (ff. 1 verso-2); he was killed by cannibals on Erromango, Vanuatu, in November 1839.

An incomplete manuscript draft, [1938], by the Rev. John Jenkins, Vicar of Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire (1908-1934), of his book Llanarthney: The Parish, its People and Places (Carmarthen, 1939).
The manuscript consists of drafts of the Introduction and Chapters I-V (ff. 1-17), Chapter VIII (ff. 17-21) and the beginning of Chapter IX (f. 21), mainly concerning the Parish Church, the village and Sir William Paxton. The text is written on the rectos with corrections and additions supplied on those pages or on the versos opposite.

Hunangofiant Daniel Owen ar ffurf llythyr, dyddiedig 4 Mehefin 1891, yn ei law ei hun, [at Isaac Foulkes (Llyfrbryf), golygydd Y Cymro]. Cyhoeddwyd yn Y Cymro, 11 Mehefin 1891, t. 2, a'i ailgyhoeddi yn Isaac Foulkes, Daniel Owen y Nofelydd (Lerpwl, 1903), tt. 1-8. = A holograph autobiographical account by Daniel Owen in the form of a letter, dated 4 June 1891, [sent to Isaac Foulkes (Llyfrbryf), editor of Y Cymro]. It was published in Y Cymro, 11 June 1891, p. 2, and reprinted in Isaac Foulkes, Daniel Owen y Nofelydd (Liverpool, 1903), pp. 1-8.
Ceir ambell i frawddeg ychwanegol yn y llawysgrif na gyhoeddwyd yn Y Cymro (ff. 4-5, 9). Ysgrifennwyd y llythyr ar gefn dalennau o Gofrestr Etholwyr, 1879, ar gyfer Llanelwy a Rhyl. = The manuscript contains a few sentences which were not published in Y Cymro (ff. 4-5, 9). The letter is written on the reverse of leaves from an 1879 Register of Electors for St Asaph and Rhyl.

Llyfr nodiadau, [19 gan., ail ½], mewn llaw anhysbys, yn cofnodi tua saith cant o glustnodau defaid o blwyfi Llanllechid, Llanbeblig, Bettws, Beddgelert, Llanddeiniolen, Capel Curig, Dolwyddelen, Bryncir a Dolbenmaen, sir Gaernarfon. = Notebook, [19 cent., second ½], in an unidentified hand, recording some seven hundred sheep ear-marks from the parishes of Llanllechid, Llanbeblig, Bettws, Beddgelert, Llanddeiniolen, Capel Curig, Dolwyddelen, Bryncir and Dolbenmaen, Caernarvonshire.

A volume of notes taken by Timothy Lewis at Dr J. Gwenogvryn Evans's lectures on palaeography at the University of Manchester, 1906-1907 (ff. 20-56); Lewis's printed registration book for the University of Berlin, 1908 (ff. 57-68); and a manuscript 'Bibliography of Material relating to the History of Wales' in the hand of E[dward] A[rthur] Lewis, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1900-1901 (ff. 1-19).
The registration book lists lectures to be taken, October 1908-March 1909 (ff. 59 verso-60), but is otherwise unused.

Notebook of Samuel Davies of Lampeter, Cardiganshire, carpenter, containing a register, 1887-1904, of coffins made by him (ff. 2 verso-22 verso). The volume gives details of the deceased, which include four relatives of Davies's (see ff. 5, 6, 16 verso, 20 verso) and a significant number of paupers. Davies was contracted in December 1887 by the Lampeter Board of Guardians to supply coffins for the poor of Lampeter and surrounding parishes (see ff. 2 verso-3, 13).
The volume also includes a further list, [1887], of coffins made prior to commencing the volume, compiled from memory (ff. 1 recto-verso); and an account of money received by Samuel and Elizabeth Davies, 1891-1899, towards the maintenance of their four orphaned grandchildren (ff. 23 verso-25 verso, inverted text).

Two school exercise books containing bidding accounts, 7 April 1852, for the marriage of Samuel Davies of Lampeter, Cardiganshire (NLW MS 16384iB), and his wife Elizabeth (née Jones) (NLW MS 16384iiB, ff. 1-6), both in the hand of Samuel Davies.
Also included in the second volume are a few rough accounts, 30 May 1857 (MS 16384iiB, f. 8).

Cyfrol yn llaw'r Parch. Robert Ellis, Ysgoldy, Llanddeiniolen, sir Gaernarfon [1850au]-1881, sy'n cynnwys cofnodion hunangofiannol ac ysgrifau eraill. = A volume in the hand of the Rev. Robert Ellis of Ysgoldy, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire [1870s]-1881, containing autobiographical memoranda and other writings.
Ceir yn y gyfrol gofnodion hunangofiannol a theuluol (ff. i verso, 1 recto-verso, 2 verso, 5 recto-verso, 9-11, 27 verso-28 verso, 32 verso-33, 47-48 verso, 50 verso-51 a 172-177 verso (testun â'i wyneb i waered)), detholion o'i ddyddiaduron am 1853-1864 (ff. 151 verso-171 verso, testun â'i wyneb i waered), darnau ar hanes plwyf Llanddeiniolen (ff. 51 verso-66), ac ysgrifau yn ymwneud yn fras a diwinyddiaeth, gweinyddiaeth a diwylliant y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, rhai ohonynt wedi eu cyhoeddi yn Y Drysorfa (ff. 1 verso-2, 3-4 verso, 6-8 verso, 11 verso-27, 29-32, 33 verso-42, 42-43 (testun â'i wyneb i waered), 43 verso-46 verso, 49-50 a 178-182 (testun â'i wyneb i waered)). Rhoddwyd eitemau rhydd o fewn y gyfrol, gan gynnwys torion o'r wasg, 1895-1897, mewn amlen archifol (4 ff.). Cyhoeddwyd rhannau o gynnwys y llawysgrif yn Cofiant a Gweithiau y Parch. Robert Ellis, Ysgoldy, gol. gan y Parch John Owen Jones (Caernarfon, 1883). = The volume includes autobiographical and family memoranda (ff. i verso, 1 recto-verso, 2 verso, 5 recto-verso, 9-11, 27 verso-28 verso, 32 verso-33, 47-48 verso, 50 verso-51 and 172-177 verso (inverted text)), extracts from his diaries for 1853-1864 (ff. 151 verso-171 verso, inverted text), pieces relating to the history of Llanddeiniolen (ff. 51 verso-66), and articles broadly concerning Calvinistic Methodist theology, administration and culture, some published in Y Drysorfa (ff. 1 verso-2, 3-4 verso, 6-8 verso, 11 verso-27, 29-32, 33 verso-42, 42-43 (inverted text), 43 verso-46 verso, 49-50 and 178-182 (inverted text)). Items found loose within the volume, including press cuttings, 1895-1897, have been placed in an archival envelope (4 ff.). Some of the manuscript's contents were published in Cofiant a Gweithiau y Parch. Robert Ellis, Ysgoldy, ed. by the Rev. John Owen Jones (Caernarfon, 1883).

Llyfr cofnodion seiadau Capel Bethel (M.C.), Bala, sir Feirionnydd (Capel Tegid yn ddiweddarach), Ionawr 1839-Medi 1841 (ff. 22-102), Chwefror 1844 (ff. 102 verso-105) a Hydref-Rhagfyr 1850 (ff. 105-108). = Minute book of seiat (society) meetings at Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Bala, Merioneth (later Capel Tegid), January 1839-September 1841 (ff. 22-102), February 1844 (ff. 102 verso-105) and October-December 1850 (ff. 105-108).
Ceir hefyd restri o ymrwymiadau pregethu ar gyfer amryw deithiau pregethu yn Nwyrain sir Feirionnydd yn bennaf, 1835-1838 (ff. ii verso, 1-21); rhestr, Medi 1841, o aelodau'r Cymdeithas Diweirdeb (ff. 131 verso-137, testun â'i wyneb i waered); ac ychydig gofnodion eraill (ff. 137 verso-140). = Also included are lists of preaching engagements for various preaching tours, mostly in Eastern Merioneth, 1835-1838 (ff. ii verso, 1-21); a list, September 1841, of members of the Chastity Society (ff. 131 verso-137, inverted text); and a few other memoranda (ff. 137 verso-140).

Copi o adroddiad blynyddol Eglwys Seion y Bedyddwyr (Eglwys Ynysgalch), Porthmadog, am y flwyddyn 1938 (ff. i, 1-12), yn cynnwys hanes yr achos gan T. Bassett ac E. Gwaenog Rees (ff. 2 verso-8), gyda nodiadau, [?1938], yn llaw L. R. Jones, ysgrifennydd y capel o 1883 i 1901 (ff. 4 verso-5 verso). Ceir hefyd ddalennau ychwanegol o nodiadau ar hanes yr achos gan Jones, [?1938] (ff. 13-16). = A copy of the annual report of Seion Baptist Church (Ynysgalch Church), Porthmadog, for the year 1938 (ff. i, 1-12), containing a history of the chapel by T. Bassett and E. Gwaenog Rees (ff. 2 verso-8), with manuscript notes, [?1938], by L. R. Jones, chapel secretary from 1883 to 1901 (ff. 4 verso-5 verso). Also included is a further set of notes by Jones on the chapel's history, [?1938] (ff. 13-16).

Typescript transcripts and lists, 1943, compiled by David E. Gardner, comprising transcripts (for 1725-1812) and extracts (1813-1929) of marriages recorded in the parish registers of St Brides, Pembrokeshire (ff. 8-12); transcripts of marriages (1754-1837) recorded in the parish registers of Loughor, Glamorgan (ff. 13-33); and a list of non-parochial registers relating to Cheshire held at the General Registry Office, Somerset House (ff. 1-7).

Copi têg, [1909], yn llaw T. Gwynn Jones o'i gerdd 'Gwlad y Bryniau', yr awdl fuddugol yng nghystadleuaeth y gadair yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1909, Llundain. = A holograph fair copy, [1909], of 'Gwlad y Bryniau' by T. Gwyn Jones, the ode which won the chair at the 1909 National Eisteddfod in London.
Cyhoeddwyd yr awdl gyntaf yng Nghofnodion a Chyfansoddiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1909 (Llundain), gol. gan E. Vincent Evans (Llundain, 1910), tt. 25-36, a'i gasglu yn T. Gwynn Jones, Detholiad o Ganiadau ([Y Drenewydd], 1926), tt. 20-44. = It was first published in Cofnodion a Chyfansoddiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1909 (Llundain), ed. by E. Vincent Evans (London, 1910), pp. 25-36, and collected in T. Gwynn Jones, Detholiad o Ganiadau ([Newtown], 1926), pp. 20-44.

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".

A volume of counterfoils of receipts for customs dues at the port of Amlwch, Anglesey, June 1859-March 1860 (watermark [18]57), recording names of ships and their masters, home ports and dues paid.

Draft heads of agreement, 1865, between the Glamorganshire Canal Navigation Company, vendors, and the Trustees of the Marquess of Bute, concerning the purchase of the canal (ff. 15-19), together with related draft and carbon copy letters, 7-9 June 1865, from John Boyle, Bute trustee, to R. T. Crawshay, chairman of the Canal Company (ff. 3-14).

Typescript, [1915x1917], of 'The Fallacies of Economic Militarism' by William Archer, a critique of Roland G. Usher, Pan-Americanism: A Forecast of the Inevitable Clash between the United States and Europe's Victor (New York, 1915).
A leaf entitled 'Suggestions for Preface' is loose in the volume (f. ii). There are a few minor pencil and ink corrections and deletions; a new typed section has been pasted in on f. 6. The essay evidently relates to Archer's work with the War Propaganda Bureau but is apparently unpublished.

Log book, 1810-1812 (watermarks 1807, 1809), of the sailing ship 'Lord Nelson', employed by the Admiralty transporting cargo including provisions, soldiers, horses and mules, mainly in connection with the Peninsular War, usually sailing in convoy and with Naval escorts.
The ship sailed from Deptford to Gibraltar, Dec. 1810-April 1811 (ff. 1-13); to Valetta, Messina and Cadiz, May-Oct. 1811 (ff. 15 verso-39); from Gibraltar to Portsmouth, Dec. 1811-Jan. 1812 (ff. 41 verso-50); then back to Gibraltar, Feb.-April 1812 (f. 52-61). She spent the remainder of 1812 in the Mediterranean, visiting Palma (Majorca), Mahón (Minorca), Alicante, Palermo and Messina (ff. 61-89). The volume also acts as a harbour log, recording extended stays at Valetta, May-Aug. 1811 (ff. 20 verso-25), Gibraltar, Oct.-Dec. 1811 (ff. 39-41) and Mahón, May-July 1812 (ff. 64-66). The volume is written in a hand resembling that of NLW MS 15462D.

An interleaved copy of W. R. Williams, The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales..., 1541-1895 (Brecknock, 1895) with copious manuscript additions and corrections in the hand of the author, [c. 1912], in preparation for a projected second edition.
Deletions and minor corrections were generally made directly to the original text with more substantial changes supplied on the interleaves opposite. Among the main additions are details of elections, 1895-1910. There are a few further additions to the List of Subscribers (pp. 213-218) up to about 1919. Three items found in the volume have been loosely inserted opposite pp. 77 and 78.