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- 1782-1808 / (Creation)
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The volume bears the name, among others, of Mr. Owen W. Evans, Lôn Glai, Pontrug, near Caernarvon.
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An incomplete volume of free- and strict-metre poetry in the hand of, and largely by, David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri') of Waunfawr, Caernarvonshire. The dated poems belong to the years 1782-1785, 1800, and 1808. Among the titles are: 'Can a gyfansoddwyd yn Niwedd y Gauaf 1783 Sef Gwahoddiad ir Prydyddion ddyfod ir Bettws bach Noswyl Fair'; 'Penill i Ferch Iefangc' and 'Y Ferch yn Atteb' by J. Parry, 1783; 'Cyngor i Ddafydd Thomas Waen fawr Briodi 1783' by John Jones, Cae Dronw, and 'Atteb, ir Gan flaenorol'; 'Cywydd Annerch ir Godidog Fardd Jonathan Hughes', with a reply, 1782 (incomplete); 'Englynion, a gyfansoddwyd 20 o Chwefr. 1784. Yn amser yr Eira mawr'; 'Englynion i Mary Thomas (Chwaer Daf. Thomas)' by Jonathan Hughes, 23 June, 1785, with a reply; 'Atteb i Englynion E[dward] Barnes', 1784; 'Englynion a luniwyd yn nhŷ Mr Robert William, Bettws fawr ['Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'] ('The above I receiv'd from Edmd. Francis, which he had it [sic] in Carnarvon. R. Solomon. Amluch April 26th. 1800'); 'Englynion i Rug, & Glyn Dyfrdwy'; 'An Address to the Visitors of Snowdon To be presented by the Miners - 1808'; and 'Englynion cof am Mr. W. Llwyd, o Gaio ... 1808. Pregethwr Methodistaidd'.
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- English
- Welsh
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Welsh, English.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 261-2.
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Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953), p. 883 refers to the poem mentioned here, 'Gwahoddiad i'r Prydyddion ...', together with some of the circumstances which engendered its composition.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 10869B.
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- Rug Estate (Wales) -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Thomas, David, 1759-1822 -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Hughes, Jonathan, 1721-1805 -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Thomas, Mary, sister of David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri') -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Barnes, Edward, ca. 1760-1795. (Subject)
- Williams, Robert, Rev., Llangar. (Subject)
- Lloyd, William, 1741-1808 -- Poetry. (Subject)
- Parry, J., poet, fl. 1783. (Subject)
- Jones, John, Cae Dronw, poet, fl. 1783. (Subject)
- Hughes, Jonathan, 1721-1805. (Subject)
- Solomon, R., Amlwch, fl. 1800. (Subject)
- Williams, Robert, 1766-1850 (Subject)
- Francis, Edmund, 1768-1831 (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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October 2008.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;