Dangos 15050 canlyniad

Minute-books, 1873-1882, 1893-1905, 1922-1942, of Rhos Welsh Baptist church, Mountain Ash, co. Glamorgan, with related papers, 1914-1955.

General account book of Rhondda Welsh Baptist church, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, co. Glamorgan, 1866-1900.

A volume of manuscript text comprising the original version, and notes relating to the popular World War Two song 'We'll keep a welcome in the hillsides', together with a printed booklet containing notes on how the song became an auxiliary Welsh national anthem during and after the war.

Specifications, [c. 1876], of alterations and repairs to Bryn Bras Castle, parish of Llanrug, co. Caernarfon, the property of the Reverend C. H. Griffith (ff. 1-17); and receipted bills, 1878-1888, of tradesmen from Bangor, Caernarfon, and Port Dinorwic to William Dew of Bryn Bras Castle.

Letters, 1938-1944, from Alun Lewis, the Anglo-Welsh writer, to Richard (Dick) Mills.

Notebook, 1840-1865, of the Reverend Evan David containing sermon notes; a record of preaching engagements, 1840-1850; and miscellaneous accounts, including accounts relating to Tor-y-coed and other farms in the Llantrisant area (ff. 17 verso, 19 verso-23, 26, 32). A transcript of the baptismal record of Evan David appears on f. 24.

A school exercise book in arithmetic subsequently used for agricultural accounts and memoranda, 1858-1892, by James James, Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, Cardiganshire; a register of pupils, 1859-1860; and letters by Thomas James, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, 1895-1897, Thomas Hamer, Aberdare, 1895, and Mary Parry, Liverpool.

An essay entitled 'Hen Gerddi Cymru, eu nodwedd a'u dylanwad ar y genedl' by H. A. Jones, Cynwyd, which was awarded the prize at the Corwen Chair Eisteddfod, 1911, with the adjudication by John Humphreys Davies, Aberystwyth.

A collection of traditions, anecdotes, and poems made circa 1870, by John Castell Evans, entitled 'Yr Hen Amser gynt, ei Veirdd, ei Varddoniaeth, ei Bobl a'i Chwedlau, sev Casgliad o hen Draddodiadau, Darnau Barddonol a Bywgraffiadau &c. yn dal cysylltiad yn benav a Gogledd Cymru yn enwedig Sir Merionydd ... Casglwyd, yn benav, oddiar lavar gwlad gan John Castell Evans, Pine Cottage, Millbrook, gynt o Gastell-y-Waen, Llanuwchllyn, Merion.'

Balance sheet of the Penley (Flintshire) Church Restoration Fund, 1899-1903.

Records, 1851-1910, of the Cross Hands Inn (Llanybyther) Benefit Club Society.

Holograph manuscripts of three tenor solos composed in 1930 by Thomas Hubert J. Rees - 'Y Gwylanod', 'Y Seren Unig', and 'Y Cwmwl', words by Sir John Morris-Jones.

Miscellaneous papers relating to the parish of Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Carmarthenshire, - minutes of parish meetings, 1832; extracts from vestry books; overseers' papers; correspondence of Josiah Rees, rector of Llangrannog, and David Phillips, Pantglas, 1864; notes on the history of the parish; notes on the family of Stephens of Alltfechan; and an essay entitled 'Traethawd ar gyfansoddiad y Meddwl'.

Family correspondence including letters from David Charles, Carmarthen, to Sarah Phillipps, Haverfordwest, 1791, and to his daughters, 1813-28; David Charles, junior, Carmarthen to his father, 1826, and to Elizabeth Davies, 1822; David Davies, Carnachenwen, 1829-30, to Robert Davies, Aberystwyth; Sarah Charles, Bala, 1826, to her cousin Mary Charles; and David Charles Davies to his parents at Aberystwyth, 1839; and miscellaneous papers including an obituary notice of David Davies, Carnachenwen, banker; and drafts of a monumental inscription for David Charles (d. 1834).

Letters by Margaret Wozencraft, 1855 and undated; letters by David Charles Davies, Newtown and London, 1851-1871, to his mother and other members of the family; Elizabeth Davies, Pibwr Wen, and Aberystwyth, to her daughter Elizabeth, 1860; and Henry Richard, 1876; and miscellaneous papers, including a list of books bought by David Charles Davies; a note (1841) by John Breese of the baptism of Sarah, daughter of David Charles, Carmarthen, 1792; a programme of the C. M. Quarterly Association at Aberystwyth, 1849; An Answer to Prayer - verses by J. J., Kettering; verses written to the Skinner Street Sunday School teachers; medical prescriptions for Mrs. Robert Davies and Miss Davies, Albion House, Aberystwyth; and sermon notes.

Documents, 1730-[c. 1752], probably accumulated by a French lawyer, Daminois, for a legal case, concerning the silver mines of Guadalcanal, Spain, and the alleged defrauding of investors in that enterprise by Lady Mary Herbert ('Demoiselle Powis'), daughter of the Marquess of Powis, and her agent Marc Antoine Mortemer.
They comprise three cross-sections of the mines, one printed, dated 1730 (f. 1), one watercolour (f. 35) and one in pencil (f. 45); a printed petition to the King of Spain from the Duc d'Estrées, Marechal of France, the Duc de Béthune and other French nobles complaining about Demoiselle Powis, [1733x1737] (ff. 3-9); a legal memoir by the lawyer Daminois, defending a Mr Privat, deceived by Demoiselle Powis and jailed, [c. 1752] (ff. 36-44); and four draft memoirs, [after 1741], in the same hand, describing the exploitation of the Guadalcanal mines from June 1725 to December 1730 (ff. 10-14), the alleged swindling of French nobles (ff. 15-20), and two documents reciting the history of the mines from the Roman period up to February 1732 (ff. 21-34).

A seventeenth-century volume of transcripts of the statutes of Hereford Cathedral.

Page proofs of Ceiriog (ed. Owen M. Edwards), 1910, pp. 89-112 used as copy for an edition of Alun Mabon, Gwrecsam, 1910, with title page, introduction, table of contents and instructions to printer in the autograph of [Sir] Owen M. Edwards.

Two letters, 1833 and 1835, from William Wordsworth to Robert Jones, Plas-yn-llan, Llangynhafal.

A play entitled 'The Reviewers' by T. Mildenhall, with a letter, 1814, by the author to Edmund Kean seeking his opinion of the work; and four letters, 1821-65, by Sir Thomas Phillipps to booksellers and editors of journals.