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A collection of official documents, 1892-1927, dealing with the clerical career of Gilbert Cunningham Joyce, afterwards bishop of Monmouth.

Royal warrant, 10 February 1855, appointing Conrad Potgieter, esq., assistant commissary general of stores, provisions, and forage in H.M. Forces; a royal warrant, 10 November 1871, appointing Conrad Frederick Potgieter, esq., deputy controller in the Control Department of H.M. Army; a passport, 24 November 1883, issued to C. F. Potgieter to travel on the continent accompanied by his wife and niece; and a receipted tailor's bill, 1868, in respect of a sum due from Assistant Commissary General Potgeiter.

Photocopies of official documents held by the Public Record Office relating to Lt Col. Emil Carl Haag of Carmarthen, who served with the 18th Hussars on the North-West Frontier of India with the Tochi Field Force and in the Tirah expedition. He served also through the South African War, being present at the defence of Ladysmith, and was wounded and mentioned three times in dispatches. Later he joined the South African Constabulary, and was in the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Great War with the South Wales Mounted Brigade. Articles relating to him were published in the Carmarthenshire Antiquary, volumes xxxv (1999), xxxvii (2001) and xlvi (2010).

Five documents relating to the clerical career of the Reverend Watkin Herbert, including his letters of ordination, 1822-1823, and a licence to the perpetual curacy of Llanycrwys, county Carmarthen, 1853; a letter, 1826, to the Reverend Watkin Herbert, Nash, Pembroke, from his brother Morgan Herbert, Lampeter; and an apprenticeship indenture, 1853, of William Herbert, son of the Reverend Watkin Herbert, late curate of Llandebie, to a druggist at Carmarthen.

A collection of documents, 1651-[19 cent., first ½], relating to the Commonwealth and Protectorate in England. They include a warrant, 7 November 1651, from the Council of State, signed by its president John Bradshaw, authorising the merchant Charles Longland to act as their agent in Livorno, Tuscany, in supplying the parliamentarian fleet and providing intelligence (item i); a commission, 15 October 1655, from Oliver Cromwell (signed 'Oliver P.'), appointing George Langford as chirurgeon [surgeon] in Col. Goffe's regiment of horse (item ii); and a further commission, 11 July 1659, from Parliament, signed by W[illia]m Lenthall, Speaker, appointing Langford to the rank of Cornet in a troop of horse under Col. Thomas Saunders (item iii).
Also included is an engraving, 1793, of a 1654 portrait of William Lenthall (item iv); and an engraving, [19 cent., first ½], depicting the trial of Charles I (item v). Two of the documents have papered seals affixed: Cromwell's private seal (item ii) and the seal of the Council of State (Item i).

Documents relating to the death of Captain John Evans-Jones, Johannesburg. English. Between boards.

Documents, letters, etc relating to Robert Owen (1771-1858), socialist and philanthropist by H. Brougham and others. English. Between boards. Purchased from C. & I. K. Fletcher, London, November 1964.

A copy of Sir John Dodridge: The History of the ancient and moderne Estate of The Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornwall, and Earldome of Chester ... (London, M. DC. XXX).

A copy of Sir John Dodridge: The History of the ancient and moderne Estate of The Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornewall, and Earldome of Chester ... (London, M.DC.XXX). The present transcript lacks the dedicatory letter to King James I, the earlier part of the 'Abstracts and Advertisements concerning the Contents ...', and the first page and a half of the text.

Correspondence, 1982-1992, 2003, between the donor Kathy Rais [afterwards MacMurray] and 'Doggie' Hubbard, dog book specialist, as friends and business partners spanning a period of ten years, including letters relating to him received after his death.

A variety of photographs of dogs many of which turned up in books, letters etc elsewhere in the Doggie Hubbard collection during the course of cataloguing.

Visitors' book of Dolau Cothi, Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire, October 1885 - July 1920.

Certificate, 1816, and instructions, 1816, 1846, relating to the pension of Evan Griffiths, Dolgellau, Merionethshire, wounded at the Battle of Waterloo whilst serving with the Coldstream Guards and now an out-pensioner of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea (ff. 1-3). Also included is the appointment of Griffiths and others as Overseers of the Poor for Dolgellau, 7 April 1846 (f. 4).

Dolgellau Cricket Club by H. W. Bromly, J. R. S. Furlong and T. H. Roberts. English. 1/2 black morocco. Donated by Mrs J. H. Roberts, Dolgellau, July 1949.

Minute book of Dolgelley Rowing Club, 1889-1916. Inset are printed rules, 1904, with copious manuscript revisions confirmed in 1911.

Dolgelley Friendly Society accounts, with copies of resolutions. English. Between boards. Donated by the Reverend G. Holland Williams, Heswall, April 1954.

Dolgelley Friendly Society deposits at Dolgellau Savings Bank. English. Between boards. Donated by the Reverend G. Holland Williams, Heswall, April 1954.

Dolgelley Friendly Society list of members, accounts etc. English. Between boards. Donated by the Reverend G. Holland Williams, Heswall, April 1954.

Dolgelley Friendly Society rules and statement of sick benefit. English. Boards. Donated by the Reverend G. Holland Williams, Heswall, April 1954.