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Letter book of Rhiwbach Slate Quarry owners. (Formerly Borth-y-gest MS 138.) English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from the library of Mr R. E. Jones, Borth-y-gest, 1959-1961.

Letter book of the Ala Road (C. M.) Literary Society, Pwllheli in the hand of A. Ivor Parry. (Formerly Borth-y-gest MS 67.) English. Boards. Purchased from the library of Mr R. E. Jones, Borth-y-gest, 1959-1961.

Letter book of the Llanrwst County School in the hand of J. I. Farr. English. Boards. Purchased from Messrs Simmons & Waters, Leamington Spa, October 1955.

A volume, [early 19 cent.]-1851, used as a letter book by William Williams of Carne [Carnecoch], Llanwnda, Pembrokeshire. The volume contains copies of letters, September 1834-March 1842 (pp. 325-447), March 1842-June 1843 (pp. 457-473) and June 1843-April 1851 (pp. 45-264), mainly concerning the rents, tenancies, repairs and management of the estates of D. Davies and the Rev. Edward Jones in the parishes of Little Newcastle, Dinas and St Davids, Pembrokeshire, and the estate of Mrs Amy Skeel and Mrs. Williams (mother of William Williams) in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire.
Also in the hand of William Williams are farm accounts [?for Carnecoch], October 1832-August 1833 (pp. 40-43). The volume also contains, in a different hand, [early 19 cent.], miscellaneous extracts, notes and memoranda, including medical, veterinary and domestic recipes (pp. 2-38, 448-455, 475-479), extracts from John [sic] Claude's observations on the composition of sermons (see Jean Claude, An Essay on the Composition of a Sermon, translated from the original French by Robert Robinson, 2 vols (Cambridge, 1778-1779, ESTC T138627)) (pp. 267-307), and 'Concerning the time when Christianity was first preached in Great Britain, and by whom' (pp. 309-323).

A letter book, 1910-1911, of T. M. Keene, with one letter by Benedicta J. Keene, of Mold, relating to the writer's invention for the securing of stair carpet, the purchase of iron and brass castings, nails, screws, ledgers, boots, wickerwork fencing, etc., and the payment of accounts.

Letter bookof Henry Nottingham, manager, The Rheidol Mining Co. Ltd. English. 1/2 leather. Donated by J. E. Raw-Rees, D.F.C., Waunfawr, October 1971.

Letter drafts of The Village The City The Village (1956) by Glyn Jones. (Formerly Glyn Jones MS 6.) English. Unbound. Purchased from Glyn Jones, 1971.

A copy of a letter, dated 20 May 1945, written by A. Edith Jones, a nurse at Belsen Camp, Germany, to a 'Kit', in which she describes the terrible conditions at the camp, where one of the huts housing over a hundred internees was 'little bigger than the Nissan hut at Llandilo'.

Llungopi lliw wedi ei chwyddo o lythyr Cymraeg, 2 Mai 1863, oddi wrth Benjamin F. Thomas (g. Llangeitho, 1845) at ei fam yn Ohio, o'r Rhyfel Cartref, ynghyd â copi o wynebddalen y Beibl (1860) a fu'n eiddo i'r awdur, a manylion bywgraffyddol am y teulu gan y rhoddwr.

A letter, 1895, from Clement le Neve Foster, North Wales Mines Inspector, to E. P. Jones, Esq., JP.

Letter from Connop Thirwall to Rees Goring Thomas; bill of costs; death certificate of Mrs Mary Northey, and other letters to R. Goring Thomas. English. Between boards. Donated by G. E. F. Goring Thomas, Henley, July 1939.

An autograph letter, 3 September [16]08, from Fr[ancis Godwin, bishop of] Llandaff, from Mathern, to [Richard Bancroft], archbishop of Cant[erbury], on behalf of the clergy of Glamorganshire. The writer informs the archbishop that the clergy of the said shire, having been summoned 'to shewe their armour before the Lieutennantes of the cou[ntie] . . ., and their men to be mustred', were very perplexed, not 'knowing how to satisfy this comaund, for that they neuer were yett rated at any armour, but only once, viz., some 13 yeares since'. If they were rated as highly on the present as on the previous occasion, owing to their poverty, they would not be able to meet the demands made upon them without suffering great hardship. They begged, therefore, to be allowed to petition the Privy Council for a reduction in the demands to be made on this occasion