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A photostat copy of an article in William and Mary College Quarterly [? 1923] on Goronwy Owen ('Goronwy Ddu o Fôn'), who emigrated to the state of Virginia, U.S.A., where he became master of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1758-60, and later minister of St. Andrew's, Brunswick County.

A letter of attorney, November 20, 1672, from Sir John Vaughan, Crosswood, Cardiganshire, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, authorsing his servant Evan Jones to receive on his behalf 'att his Maties Receipt of the Excheqr' the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds 'for my ffee or sallary for this present Michaelmas Terme', and a letter, October 14, 1775, from Thomas Percy, bishop of Dromore, to [Thomas] Apperley [? father of Charles James Apperley ('Nimrod')].

Biographical notices of certain Welshmen compiled from various sources by Edward Hamer (1830?-1901?), Llanidloes, and a letter, 1870, to Edward Hamer from J. Youde W. Lloyd (1816-1887), Clochfaen, Llangurig relating to Welsh poets, pedigrees, etc.

Press cuttings of a series of six articles on the history of the Welsh Bible contributed by William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (1802-1865) to Gwalia, 1888.

Photostat facsimiles of the Preacher's Certificate, dated 20 October 1824, issued to John Jones (1796-1857), Talysarn, Caernarvonshire, Calvinistic Methodist preacher, and the printed pedigree of the family of Tanycastell, etc., of which John Jones was a member.

Poems, mainly by and in the autograph of Richard Jones ('Rhisiart Glan Ogwen'), Bethesda, Caernarvonshire, with some in the autograph of John Henry Hughes ('Ieuan o Leyn').

Two autograph letters written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), one, 2 June 1812, from Nantgwillt, Rhayader to his grandfather, Sir Bysshe Shelley, bart (1731-1815) , and the other, 16 April 1820, from Pisa to Thomas Medwin (1788-1869), afterwards his biographer, at Geneva.

An account of Foulk Roberts, music teacher, and other old characters of Clegir in the parish of Llanrug, Caernarvonshire, 1800-1900, written by Isaac Lloyd (Glan Rhuddallt) (1875-1961).

A journal of a tour to Chester and North Wales, 1842, and a tour to South Wales, 1852. The tours were made in the company of 'Mr. Thomas Hunt'.

The prescription book of Daniel Lewis, M.D., Plas Llangeitho.

A manuscript entitled An account of the Grammatical and other peculiarities in the Welsh Dialect prevailing in the district about Brynamman, written by W. Watkins, 1882.

One of two volumes of sermons and memoranda, written by Edward Finch (1664-1738), 'Prebendary of the Prebend of Wetwang in the Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of St. Peter in York', fifth son of Heneage Finch, first earl of Nottingham, with additions in a later hand.

A poem entitled Er Serchog Gof am y ddiweddar Miss Lizzie Roberts, Twr Maen, Trawsfynydd by Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) (1887-1917).

A photostat facsimile of the parish register, 1690-1709, of Trevethin, Monmouthshire, recording baptisms, marriages and burials.

Pedigree of John Lloyd (1833-1915) of Dinas, Brecon.

Material of Welsh interest extracted from The Liverpool Mercury, 1811-1816, and miscellanea, including two letters written in 1905 by John Strachan (1862-1907), professor of comparative philology at the University of Manchester.

A photocopy of a letter, [1940], from Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) to Henry Farjeon (1878-1948) concerning the Welsh composer Daniel Jones (1912-1993) (see also NLW MS 21818, f.382).

Ecclesiastical instruments relating to the admission, etc. to benefices of Daniel Morgan (Llantrisant with Llanllibio, Anglesey, 1888) and Evan Morgan (Chelvey, Somerset, 1889) and the appointment of Albert Owen Evans (1864-1937), rural dean of Talybolion and rector of Llanfaethlu with Llanfwrog, Anglesey, as sequestrator in the case of the living of Llanrhyddlad and Llanfflewin, Anglesey, 1918.

A signed copy of A Boy's Song (Cardiff, 1936), the words by James Hogg (1770-1835) and the music by Mansel Thomas (1909-86), presented by the composer to John Owen Jones ('Owen Bryngwyn', 1884-1972).

A Latin prize poem entitled Thamesis written in 1768 by Matthew Lewis when he was at Christ Church, Oxford, together with a letter written by him from the War Office in 1798, when he was deputy secretary-at-war, to George, fourth viscount and first marquis Townshend (1724-1807), with reference to the appointment of Lieutenant William Stalland as Pay Master. Matthew Lewis was the father of Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), author of Ambrosio, or the Monk.