Dangos 15050 canlyniad

Diary, 1900, of John Thomas Rees (1857-1949), Bow Street, co. Cardigan, composer, containing accounts, and entries mainly relating to his music teaching, adjudicating engagements and other musical activities.

Twenty-two letters, 1831-1834, from William Carey, bishop of St Asaph, to the Rev. T. G. Roberts, rector of Llanrwst, discussing Welsh church affairs and clergy within the diocese, with occasional references to national events, particularly to the anti-tithe agitation.

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1945-1966, of Lady Megan Lloyd George (1902-1966), Member of Parliament for Anglesey, 1929-1951, and for Carmarthen, 1957-1966. Most of the letters are from Lady Megan to her secretary Helena Dightam or to the latter's son, Adrian. They are mainly in note form and undated but most appear to have been written during the period 1962-1965. Also included are six letters from Lady Olwen Carey Evans to Helena Dightam, 1965-1966, letters to Lady Megan from James Callaghan (1) 1951, Clement Attlee (2) 1966, and Harold Wilson (2) 1966, and related items, 1966-1970.

A transcript by Richard Jones Phillips, Penrallt Kiber, St Dogmaels, co. Pembroke, of William Salmon, Synopsis Medicinae: a Compendium of Physick, Chirurgery and Anatomy (2nd edn, London: Th. Dawks, 1681) pp. 253-69, comprising Book II, chapters 32 'Presages by the Urine' (beginning wanting), 33 'Presages by the Pulses', and 34 'Presages by Affections in Acute Diseases'; with a short English-Welsh vocabulary of medical terms on the back cover.

Seventy letters and cards, 1928-1969, mainly in Welsh and mostly addressed to Meirion Jones (Meirion o Lŷn, d. 1970), Bala, Merioneth, relating mainly to his involvement in the work of Urdd Gobaith Cymru and other aspects of the cultural and religious life of the community. Among the correspondents are Ifan ab Owen Edwards (9) 1933-1964, Robert Lloyd (Llwyd o'r Bryn) (8) 1939-1960, R. Williams Parry (3) 1934-1950, Kate Roberts (4) 1935-1950, and T. H. Parry-Williams (7) 1933-1962. Also included are miscellaneous papers, 1864-c. 1965 (ff. 83-148).

Draft rent account book, 1851-1860, compiled for Sir Richard Puleston, 2nd bart, of Emral, Flintshire, comprising brief accounts of estate receipts and, in more detail, accounts of estate expenditure, mainly rates, taxes, repairs and payments to servants, and local craftsmen and tradesmen.

Day-book, 1905-1907, of A[nne] Hindes & Son, grocer and general dealer, Felindre, parish of Pen-boyr, co. Carmarthen, also containing personal accounts, 1919-1931.

Dyddiadur gŵr anhysbys, wedi ei ysgrifennu rhwng 16 Rhagfyr 1917 a 20 Mehefin 1918, ynghyd â cherdyn angladdol, er cof am y bardd Ben Bowen a fu farw ym 1903, yn bedair ar hugain mlwydd oed.

Notebook, 1834-1861, of the Rev. Evan David, Y Groes-faen, Llantrisant, Glamorgan, containing sermons; accounts and other particulars, 1845-1856, relating to Fforest-fawr and other farms in the Llantrisant area (ff. 6-9, 10 verso-11 verso, 14-15); medical and domestic recipes (ff. 5, inverted text 59 recto-verso); and a list of those pledging themselves to total abstinence (inverted text ff. 51 recto-verso, 52 verso). A newspaper account of the funeral of Evan David is on f. 70 verso.

A volume of hymn-tunes, [19 cent., second ½], including works by John Ambrose Lloyd (Emrys Llwyd, 1815-1874), Mold, Richard Mills (Rhydderch Hael, 1809-1844), Llanidloes, and John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt, 1822-1877), Aberystwyth, in the hand of J. Jones, with notes in Welsh and English and an alphabetical index of tunes.

Commonplace book, 1838-1839, of Thomas Edmans of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, containing poetry, temperance tracts, transcripts, etc.

Typescript final draft, [c. 1962], of A Burnt Offering by Jack Jones (1884-1970), an unpublished biographical novel based on the life of Dr William Price (1800-1893), Llantrisant, pioneer of cremation.

A scrapbook of press cuttings, 1859-1904, mostly of illustrations and Welsh poetry, compiled by T. Glwysfryn Hughes, Liverpool, including some of his own poems, together with related correspondence, 1858-1941.

Papers, 1937-1967, of the Leasehold Reform Association in Wales, comprising attendance books, minutes, correspondence, press cuttings, and printed material.

Notes by D. J. Howell, Seven Sisters, on the history of Godre'r-rhos Congregational church, Upper Dulais, co. Glamorgan, 1750-1901.

An address of homage to David Lloyd George from 'Republicans, democrats, socialists, radicals and the whole of the extreme liberal party', in Coruna, Spain, 1910, in recognition of the introduction of the People's Budget, containing an illuminated title-page on vellum and some two thousand signatures of liberals and socialists.

A copy of 'Pompey', a translation by Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) of 'La Mort de Pompée' by Pierre Corneille, together with songs by the translator, a prologue by Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon, and an epilogue by Sir Edward Dering. The text bears corrections and additions in Katherine Philips's hand, e.g. the last six lines on f. 38. 'Pompey' was first performed and published in Dublin in 1663. Textual differences indicate that this version cannot be derived from the subsequent London editions of 1663 and 1667 [first, Dublin, edition not available for consultation in NLW].

Six letters, 1969-1972, from David Jones, artist and writer, to Colin Hughes concerning the attack made by the 38th (Welsh) Division on Mametz Wood, 1916, in which David Jones took part, and the re-creation by him of the attack in part 7 of his In Parenthesis (London, 1937). The recipient quotes from these letters in his short study entitled David Jones, The man who was on the field: 'In Parenthesis' as straight reporting (Manchester: The David Jones Society, 1979).

A typescript copy of a Welsh translation by the Reverend Samuel Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister and missionary, of the play by Jessie Powell, Living Water (London, 1948).

A study, 1973-1974, by Ffred Ffransis of a treatise, in Welsh, by John David Rhys (Siôn Dafydd Rhys) on early British history. It comprises a transcript of the text from Peniarth 118, pp. 731-864 (originally typed on stencils, now duplicated by NLW) and a draft introduction, corrected by R. Geraint Gruffydd, with an appendix containing a transcript of a shorter genealogical treatise by Siôn Dafydd Rhys from BM Cotton Faustina E II, ff. 258-72b.