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Draft of a short adventure novel in three chapters entitled 'The White Violet', written c. 1885 by Alan James Gulston (1813-1886) of Derwydd and Dirleton, co. Carmarthen, brother of Josepha Heath Gulston ('Talbot Gwyn', 1811-1859) the novelist. The novel is set in South Africa during the Cape Frontier (or Kaffir) Wars of 1779-1879, and the draft contains numerous corrections to the text. A reference on the first folio to the author's novel Warren Knowles, published in London in 1885, suggests an approximate date for this composition.

A file of promissory notes relating mainly to the Flint Lead Works, 1832-1845; a letter from Henry Trappes, Manchester, to George Roskell, 1854; and receipts for rents due to the Earl of Powis from tenements in Cefn-coch and Cornorion, 1879-1882.

Sermon notes by J. Gwynoro Davies.

Letters, 1879-1894, from Thomas Charles Edwards, Aberystwyth and Bala, to J. Gwynoro Davies, Barmouth.

Papers of Rev. Daniel Rowland Thomas, pacifist and scholar, including order of services for his induction as minister at Aberdare, 1939 and Merthyr Tydfil, 1945; radio scripts of services conducted by him which were transmitted by the BBC; a programme for his lecture tour in the United States as a visiting lecturer in Biblical Studies in 1967; his poem written for CND Cymru, 1999; press cuttings of articles by him and a leaflet for a Peace festival held in Ammanford in 1990, when he was one of the guest speakers. = Papurau'r Parch. Dr Daniel Rowland Thomas, heddychwr ac ysgolhaig, gan gynnwys taflenni trefn gwasanaeth ei odeinio'n weinidog yn Aberdâr, 1939 ac yn Merthyr Tudful yn 1945; sgriptau o wasanaethau yn ei ofal a ddarlledwyd gan y BBC; rhaglen ei daith ddarlithio i'r Unol Daleithiau fel darlithydd gwadd ar astudiaethau Beiblaidd yn 1967; cerdd a luniodd i CND Cymru, 1999; torion o'r wasg yn cynnwys erthyglau ganddo a thaflen Gŵyl heddwch, Rhydaman, 1990, pan oedd yn un o'r siaradwyr gwadd.

A volume of papers from the Mytton library at Halston, consisting of draft dissertations by Dr. Humphrey Foulks of Marchwiel and other papers:- 'a dissertation of the literature of the antient Britains'; 'a dissertation on the places of worship, judicature, and sepulture of the antient Britains'; 'a short dissertation on the state of the lordship of Denbigh'; 'an essay about the setting of land'; a fair copy of a preface to 'The modern Antiquity of Wales'; a draft title-page and preface to a projected edition of Robert Vaughan's British Antiquities Revived, and Sir John Wynn's 'History of his own family'; drafts and transcripts of letters and documents relating to Welsh history; transcripts from 'Mr. Owen Salisbury's painted book'; transcripts of annals of the rebellion in North Wales; pedigrees; lists of the sheriffs of Flint and Denbighshire to 1739, extended by another hand to 1741; transcripts of monumental inscriptions in Bangor [on Dee], Wrexham, Gresford, Marchwiel, and Montgomery; a valor of Bromfield and Yale, 11-12 Henry VIII; and holograph letters by Rees Powell, Llanharan, 1736, Thomas Lewis, St. Asaph, 1736, and E. Lloyd, Ripple, 1737.

An incomplete bardic address entitled 'The Golden Key to the Court of Don'; a letter to 'Myfyr' by D. Llewelyn ('M. G. Hafren'), 1852; 'Cân Gorsedd Alban Elfed, 1856', by John Evans ('Ieuan Wyn'); 'Cân i Ddyffryn Pencoed' by Ivor Aneurin Davies ('Ap Myvyr'), 1847; 'englynion i'r Trydanwawl (Electric Light)'; 'Tysteb Myfyr Morganwg' by Jonathan Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed'); a 'Solsticial' poem dedicated to the Earl Salisbury by William John ('Mathonwy'); and a 'Bugeilgerdd' written for the Cardiff National Eisteddfod, 1883.

A commonplace book compiled early in the nineteenth century and containing copies of contemporary English poetry, mainly by Scott, Byron, Campbell, Thomas Moore, and William Roscoe; verses 'inscribed to the worthy inhabitants of Carmarthen' by 'Mr. Davies, Cringell'; a pamphlet, issued by the Financial Reform Association, Liverpool, entitled The Peers' Plunder and the People's Poverty; and cuttings from The Atlanta Argus, 1883, Baner ac Amserau Cymru, 1884, and other sources.

A file of draft and printed election addresses, with correspondence relating to the same, by Sir John Herbert Lewis, 1891-1910.

Letters mainly addressed to H. Cernyw Williams by Elias H. Jones, Llangernyw, 1905, Henry Jones, Glasgow, 1897-1921, Charles Davies, Liverpool and Cardiff, 1883-1925, Thomas Charles Edwards, Aberystwyth and Bala, 1886-1895, C. H. Spurgeon, 1887-1888, and Owen Thomas, Newtown (to John Williams at Pwllheli), 1849.

Holograph music by John A. A. Williams ('Brochmael'):- 'The Lord is my Shepherd', 1932; 'O Lamb of God'; and hymn-tunes and carols.

A journal of a tour of parts of England and North and West Wales, July-August 1791, containing descriptions of towns, castles, inns and scenery and of incidents along the way.
The unnamed author, possibly a member of the Wilson family of Broomhead, Sheffield (based on contextual materials filed seperately), travelled with two companions, starting from Cambridge on 11 July 1791. The English itinerary included Oxford, Birmingham, Coalbrookdale and Shrewsbury (ff. 1-8, rectos only). In Wales they visited Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llangollen, Bala, Conwy, Bangor, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, Aberystwyth, Devil's Bridge, Cardigan and Carmarthen (ff. 9-25, rectos only, 24 verso). The journal includes an eyewitness account of the Priestley Riots in Birmingham on 14 July (ff. 6-7), and of an altercation between [?Richard Tavistock] Price and three apothecaries in Bala, 21 July (f. 12). A recurring theme is their difficulty in hiring appropriate transport from various landlords (ff. 19, 20, 25). The volume includes three pencil sketches of scenery (ff. 26 verso, 27 verso, 28 verso) and rough accounts (f. 29 verso, inside back cover, front and back covers). The bill, [16] July 1791, for their stay at the Tontine Inn, opposite the Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, has been tipped in on f. 26.

Four items, 1922, relating to Richard Hughes' play, 'The Sisters' Tragedy', comprising a letter, 24 June [1922], from Hughes to the critic and playwright Padraic Colum concerning the production of the play (f. 2), enclosing a copy of the first edition, signed and corrected by Hughes (ff. 3-20), and a printed sheet of reviews (f. 21); and a cutting from The Weekly Westminster Gazette, 10 June 1922, p. 15, containing a review of the play (f. 1).
Also included is a programme, December 1943, for a production at the Belasco Theatre, New York City, of 'The Innocent Voyage', the stage adaptation of Hughes' novel A High Wind in Jamaica (London, 1929) (ff. 22-31).

Llyfr cofnodion Capel Annibynnol Pendref, Caernarfon, 1899-1917, yn bennaf yn llaw Beriah Gwynfe Evans. Ymhlith y cofnodion ceir gohebiaeth, torion papur newydd a deunydd printiedig eraill, gan gynnwys torion o'r Tyst, 1912, yn hysbysu marwolaeth a chladdedigaeth y Parchedig Lloyd Bryniog Roberts, gweinidog Pendref (tt. 107-110); hysbysiad, 1915, yn datgan sefydlu y Parchedig J. Camwy Evans ym Mhendref , ynghyd â thoriad o'r Tyst, 1915, yn ymwneud â'r un achlysur (tt. 133-135); a llythyrau, 1917, i'r Wasg oddi wrth Beriah Gwynfe Evans a'r Parchedig J. Camwy Evans (t. 170) = A minute book of Pendref Independent Chapel, Caernarfon, 1899-1917, principally in the hand of Beriah Gwynfe Evans. Amongst the minutes are correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other printed material, including cuttings from Y Tyst, 1912, announcing the death and funeral of the Reverend Lloyd Bryniog Roberts, minister of Pendref (pp. 107-110); a notice, 1915, announcing the establishment of the Reverend J. Camwy Evans at Pendref, together with a cutting from Y Tyst, 1915, relating to the event (pp. 133-135); and letters, 1917, to the Press from Beriah Gwynfe Evans and the Reverend J. Camwy Evans (p. 170).
Ceir hefyd yn y gyfrol ddetholion o weithredoedd, 1788, stâd Madryn, sir Gaernarfon (tt. 7-8) a detholion o weithredoedd Capel Pendref, 1790-1901 (tt. 9-10, 345) = Also included in the volume are extracts from deeds, 1788, of the Madryn estate, Caernarfonshire (pp. 7-8) and extracts from Pendref Chapel deeds, 1790-1901 (pp. 9-10, 345).

A volume, [1805] (watermark 1800), in the hand of 'J.W.L.' [probably Sir James Winter Lake, bart], containing an outline of Robert Southey's poem 'Madoc'.
The outline consists of a prose summary of the contents of parts one (ff. 7-111) and two (ff. 113-218) of the poem, as first published in Robert Southey, Madoc, 2 vols (London, 1805), with numerous quotations from the text throughout. A list of characters (ff. 4-5) and closing notes (ff. 218-219) are based on Southey's Preface. Also included are some of Southey's notes on Bards from the appendix to Vol. 1 (ff. 66-68); a description of the beaver from Thomas Pennant, History of Quadrupeds, 2 vols (London: B. White, Fleet Street, 1781, ESTC T113535), pp. 383-387 (ff. 71-76); several ink and watercolour drawings (ff. 2 verso, 5, 6, 7, 70 verso, 75 verso, 112, 113, 219), some based on plates in the printed work; and four prints which have been pasted into the volume (ff. 3 recto-verso, 6 verso, 85 verso). The volume was written to commemorate 'the departure of an affectionate son to Prince of Wales's Island [now Penang, Malaysia] in the East Indies on Sat[urda]y April 20 1805' (see f. 3); the new chaplain assigned to Penang in 1805 was the Rev. Atwill Lake, son of Sir James Winter Lake, Edmonton, Middlesex.

A notebook containing memoranda and accounts of Evan John, farmer and weaver, of Gwernogau, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, Carmarthenshire, and father of Thomas Evans ('Tomos Glyn Cothi'; 1764-1833), from 1769 to 1780, with later entries for 1788. The volume mainly contains weaving patterns, entries of hiring agreements by his children as farm-servants (e.g. Thomas Evans at Salach and Pantybetws, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, etc., 1775-6), and particulars of the purchase of barley, oatmeal, peeled corn, and timber, and of the sale of butter, beeswax, honey, hides, and tallow. The volume also includes a stanza of a hymn in a later hand.

Parochial settlements for the parish of Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire, 1837-43, including a holograph letter, 1837, from Sarah Evans, Llangollen, widow of the late James Evans, a pauper of the parish of Guilsfield, to Mr. Holywell, overseer of the poor.

Miscellaneous papers of John Caleb Owen, vicar of Llanafan-fawr, Brecknockshire, etc., including a list of vicars of Llanafan[-fawr], 1486-1883; balance sheets of Fredk. Richd. Roberts [of Aberystwyth], sequestrator of the living of Eglwysnewydd, Cardiganshire, with the Reverend J. Caleb Owen, 1892-5; a list of subscribers to a testimonial to J. C. Owen and his family [at Llangwyryfon, after 1920]; and three letters to J. C. Owen from D. Watcyn Morgan, The Vicarage, Morriston, 1897 (the living of Caio, a tribute to the recipient's work at Eglwysnewydd), Edward L. Bevan, The Vicarage, Brecon [aft. bishop of Swansea and Brecon], 1910 (the recipient's acceptance of the benefice of Llanafan), and [Enoch Jones] ('Isylog'), London, 1933 (the publication of a photograph and biography of the recipient in Y Cyfaill Eglwysig, June, 1933).

Miscellaneous documents, including an account, [18]64, of fees due from the Reverend J[ohn] Owens, Gwndwn [Calvinistic Methodist minister, Capel Ffynnon, Cardiganshire], to Thomas Watts in respect of one quarter's tuition for A. Owens and Jno. Owens at Capel y Gwndwn School; a printed list (with manuscript entries) of subjects of examination for the ordination to be held in the diocese of St. Davids, 1883; a receipt, 1883, to John Caleb Owen for the payment of ordination fees; a holograph letter from J. T. Evans, The Rectory, Stow-on-the-Wold, to [J. C.] Owen [vicar of Llanafan-fawr, Brecknockshire], 1911 (requesting information relating to one Hannah Griffiths, and also copies of the inscriptions on the five bells at Llanafan-fawr) (copies of inscriptions enclosed); a list of patrons and incumbents of Llanafan-fawr, 1486-1910; a press cutting containing a list of ruined houses ('Hen Dai Adfeiliedig') in Llanafan Fawr; etc.

Miscellaneous papers comprising holograph notes of an address by D. R. Daniel on 'Yr Ysgol Sul ar Oes', delivered at Pwllheli, 13 May, [18]95; holograph notes by D. R. Daniel of a Caernarvon Boroughs election address; a pocket-book containing diary entries, accounts, etc., of P. Ll. Daniel, Fourcrosses, 1903; 'englynion' by William Henry Roberts ('Iseifion'), Fourcrosses, entitled 'Llinellau Byrfyfyr a wnaed ... ddiwrnod cyn pleidleisio am aelod i'r Cyngor Sir dros y plwyfi Llanarmon a Llanystumdwy &c. 1910' and 'Er Cof anwyl Am y ddiweddar Miss Blodwen Ellen Jones, Talafon, Chwilog'; and press cuttings.