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Material relating to Shropshire castles and fortifications collected by Edward Edwards, bookseller, Shrewsbury, with many engravings, plans, etc.

Letters, 1772-1791, to Edward Griffin (1752-1840) of Trinity College, Oxford, Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, and Worcester, friend of Thomas Charles (1755-1814) of Bala, and a letter, 1777, from Philip Young, bishop of Norwich, to Elizabeth Griffin, wife of Edward.

The first of two collections of press cuttings (1875-1877) made by Edward Griffith of Springfield, Dolgellau.

The second of two collections of press cuttings (1895-1897) made by Edward Griffith of Springfield, Dolgellau.

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.

An autograph Latin poem (8 lines) by Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury and Castleisland, written on the end-paper (p. 818) of his copy of Antonio de Herrara, Tercera parte de la historia general del mvndo ... (Madrid: por Alonso Martin de Balboa, 1612). The poem begins 'Discurrens dubiae placidus, compendia vitae' and is signed 'E. H: 12. Sept. 1612'. Published posthumously with the title 'For a Dyal' and with some textual differences in Occasional verse of Edward Lord Herbert, baron of Cherbery and Castle-Island, deceased in August, 1648 (London, 1665).

An unfinished autobiography by Edward Hughes (Huw Llechryd) (1821-1894), schoolmaster, author and musician.

Poetry by Edward Hughes (Y Dryw) (1772-1850), rector of Bodfari, comprising Can Arobryn. Llong-Ddrylliad (two copies) and Lines delivered at a diner [sic] given to Dr Owen Pugh in the Town-hall of Denbigh March 4th 1834; together with notes relating to Hughes.

Journal, 1817-1819, of Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park, Faringdon, Berkshire, containing personal memoranda, accounts, and records of weather. Papers and correspondence, [c. 1815]-1819, relating mainly to the Buscot Park estate, found loose in the volume, have been filed separately (MS 22949iiE); these include two letters, 1816-1817, from Sir John Sinclair (ff. 13, 40). See Berkshire Record Office, Loveden Papers (1996).

A copy of Olive Tizley George's typescript account 'Somewhere in Essex - searching for a lost grave', relating to the poet and drover Edward Morris ([1607]-1689), Perthillwydion, Cerrigydrudion, co. Denbigh, who was buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Fryerning, co. Essex.

Nine letters, 1782-1784, from [the Rev.] E[dward] Owen of Warrington, schoolmaster and translator, to John Blackburne, Chester, mainly concerning points of difficulty in translating Classical Latin authors.
Owen comments on the works of Livy (ff. 1, 3 recto-verso, 5 recto-verso, 7 recto-verso), Horace (ff. 9-10, 12) and Catullus (ff. 12-13, 14-15). He also discusses a variety of subjects including Roman land measurement (f. 1 recto-verso), Roman coins (ff. 1 verso, 3 verso-4), Roman numerals (f. 16) and the arrangement of rowers in Roman ships (ff. 16 verso-17). Although apparently living in Chester at this time, John Blackburne's family owned Orford Hall, near Warrington, and he was elected MP for Lancashire in 1784.

A copy of the second edition of Edward Parry, Royal Visits and Progresses to Wales ... (London, 1851), to the margins of which have been added over eight hundred coats of arms, coloured by hand, of persons and families mentioned in the text. There is also a manuscript index to the coats of arms.

A volume containing transcripts, 1778-1781, by Thomas Evans, Cydweli, of pastoral poems (bugeilgerddi) by Edward Richard, Ystradmeurig, dated 1764-1776, together with a few other eighteenth-century poems in Welsh and some medical and veterinary recipes.

Holograph notes of a sermon on Hebr. x, 12-13 by Edward Stephen ('Tanymarian'); a cutting from Y Rhedegydd, 7 Mehefin 1934, of a report on the unveiling of a tablet at his birthplace, Bron Elliw, Rhydysarn; and a letter by G. J. Williams, Bangor, 9 July 1930, containing reminiscences of Ffestiniog.

Transcripts by Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) (1822-1885) of poetry by himself and of poetry or adaptations of poetry by several other writers.

Two sermons by Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) (1822-1885).

Photocopies of NLW MS 22919B comprising twenty-nine letters, 1895-6, to Edward Thomas from James Ashcroft Noble (1844-96), father of Helen Thomas, and nine letters, 1896, from Thomas to Noble, mainly concerned with Thomas's writing and Noble's deteriorating health, and a copy of a photograph of Noble's study.

Papers, 1913-2011, of Julian Thomas, relating mostly to his brother, the poet Edward Thomas; with other family papers, photographs, ephemera and personalia.
The papers comprise: (i) proofs, drafts and related correspondence of Julian Thomas, 1917-1938; (ii) proofs of Edward Thomas, The Last Sheaf (London, 1928) with corrections [?in the hand of Julian Thomas]; (iii) papers, 1935-1937, relating to the Edward Thomas Memorial Fund; (iv) typescript copies, [1938], of letters (1897-1916) of Edward Thomas to David ('Dad') Uzzell; (v) printed books, periodicals, offprints and cuttings, 1913-2011, mostly relating to Edward Thomas; (vi) family photographs; (vii) five photographs of Reginald Thomas, together with an official message of sympathy on his death from Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, [1918], and the 'King's Message' accompanying the Memorial Plaque (see xvi); (viii) some fifteen family postcards, 1929-1992; (ix) passport, 1931-1938, of Edward Eastaway Thomas; (x) miscellaneous photographs and papers of David Christopher T. Thomas, R.N.V.R., 1941-1946; and (xi-xiii) three notebooks of [?D. C. T.] Thomas, [1940s]. Also included are: (xiv) a first edition copy of Edward Thomas, The South Country (London, 1909), inscribed by him on the half-title page 'To Father & Mother 15.XI.09', with a few further annotations in pencil in a different hand; (xv) a Morocco leather case containing a sepia photograph, [1916x1917], of Corporal Edward Thomas in uniform; (xvi) the bronze Next of Kin Memorial Plaque issued to Reginald Thomas' family following his death; and (xvii) a stamp containing the monogram 'MH' or 'HM' in a case decorated with a rose design.

Seventy-six letters, 1901-1917, from the poet Edward Thomas to his friend, the Rev. Jesse Berridge, containing personal and family news and references to the progress of his work (ff. 1-102; see The Letters of Edward Thomas to Jesse Berridge, ed. by Anthony Berridge (London, 1983); for letter no. 63 in the series see NLW MS 10617B).
Also included are transcripts of two letters from the poet to Mrs Edna Berridge, 1912 (ff. 103-104); one letter, [1940s], to Jesse Berridge from Helen Thomas, the poet's widow (f. 123), and two letters, 1957-1961, and a card, [?1950s], from Eleanor Farjeon (ff. 125, 127-128 verso), together with related papers, notably Berridge's draft of his short memoir of Edward Thomas, 1947 (ff. 106-111; see Letters, pp. 84-90), a typescript address, 1985, by R. George Thomas (ff. 131-134) and press cuttings, 1907-1978 (ff. 135-144), including articles by Helen Thomas, 1962-1963 (ff. 139-142). The collection also contains sketches by Edward Thomas, 1902 (f. 24 recto-verso), and references to W. H. Davies, 1905 (f. 52 recto-verso), Gordon Bottomley, 1907 (ff. 56, 58), Robert Frost, 1957 (f. 127), and to the First World War, 1915-1917 (ff. 92-102), together with a copy of a letter, 1947, to Rowland L. Watson, secretary of the Edward Thomas Memorial Committee (f. 105).