English poetry -- 18th century.

NLW MS 13235B.
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[1779x1835] /

A composite volume, the contents including: pp. 1-2, an English prose rendering of a 'cywydd' by Tudur Aled requesting a horse from the Abbot of Aber Conwy, the first line of the original being 'Gydag un a geidw Gwynedd . . .';...

William Owen-Pughe, 'Iolo Morganwg' and others.

'Amrywion',

NLW MS 13234A.
File
[1675x1825] /

Part of Mysevin Manuscripts

A composite volume of miscellaneous material lettered on the spine 'Amrywion'. The contents are: p. 1, sketch of a medal design bearing the legend 'Hu Gadarn yn arwain y Cymry i Ynys Prydain. C. y Gwynezigion - 1772'; p. 4, an ...

'Iolo Morganwg', William Owen-Pughe, David Samwell and William Jones.

'Cronfa Dafydd Ddu', etc.

72B.
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1857.

Part of Cwrtmawr Manuscripts,

A composite volume compiled by Owen Williams, Fronheulog, Waunfawr in 1857. It comprises: I. 'Y Gronfa' (pp. 1-200), largely in the hand of David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), containing an introduction ('Y Rhagymadrodd...

'Llyfr Edward Gamage',

NLW MS 13077B.
File
[1601x1800] /

Part of Llanover Manuscripts

An eighteenth century manuscript consisting of miscellaneous material in the hand of the Reverend Edward Gamage [rector of the parish of St. Athan, co. Glamorgan, 1717-1734] with additions in later eighteenth century hands (see TLLM, tt. 106-07; I...

Gamage, Edward, -1734?

A Llanberis commonplace book,

NLW MS 9177B.
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[1790x1850] /

Part of Hobley Griffith Manuscripts,

An album or commonplace book originally kept at the New Inn, Llanberis. It contains a short sketch of the history of Llanberis, a note on John Closs, who died of exposure on Snowdon in 1805, with lines composed on the occasion by P[eter] B[ailey] ...

Peter Bailey Williams and others.

A commonplace book,

NLW MS 8342B.
File
[18 cent.].

Part of Neuadd Wen Manuscripts,

Copies of Welsh and English poetry and miscellaneous extracts, including poems by William Philip, Robert Hughes, Goronwy Owen, 1741, Rice Jones, Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), Thomas Jones, and anonymous poems ('Pan oedd Bess yn ...

Agriculture, etc.,

NLW MS 13147A.
File
[1785x1826] /

Part of Llanover Manuscripts

A volume containing miscellaneous notes, observations, extracts from printed sources, etc., in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), the contents, with the exception of a few literary and other items, relating almost entirely to...

'Iolo Morganwg'.

An account of the Vaughans of Corsygedol,

Peniarth MS 440i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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[17 cent.]-[19 cent.]

Part of Peniarth Manuscripts Collection

The manuscript is in two parts. The first contains an English poem entitled 'Faction Display'd', temp. Queen Anne; an account of the Vaughan family of Corsygedol mainly transcribed by Angharad Llwyd, with an original rental of the C...

Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880

An album: 'Y Sidg o Droea',

NLW MS 9174C.
File
1827-1883 /

Part of Hobley Griffith Manuscripts,

An album, begun by Sarah Wilson, 1827, containing copies of English poetry by James Montgomery, Felicia Hemans, T. K. Harvey, M. A. Browne, George Crabbe, and others. In 1883, the album was used by Padarn Davies, who copied into it the text of �...

Sarah Wilson and Padarn Davies.

Anna Seward: Sonnet

NLW MS 23981E, f. 79.
Item
1799

Part of Miscellaneous letters and papers

Autograph manuscript, dated 11 September 1799 (watermark 1794), of Anna Seward's 'Sonnet for the drawer in the thatched shed by the brook at Plas Newydd'. It was published, with a very few minor alterations, in The Poetical Works of...

Seward, Anna, 1742-1809

Carmarthenshire elections, &c.,

NLW MS 12169E.
File
[1785x1815].

Part of Brawdy MSS,

Material from the library of the Reverend John Lloyd, Brunant, Cayo, relating almost entirely to late eighteenth and early nineteenth century parliamentary elections for the county of Carmarthen and for the county of the borough of Carmarthen. The...

Commonplace book

Brogyntyn MS I.29 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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[1710s]-[1790s]

Part of Brogyntyn manuscripts

A volume compiled, [1710s]-[1790s], by various hands, containing poems, songs and commonplace entries, together with miscellaneous printed material including song-sheets and newspaper cuttings. Many of the items, which have been pasted on or inser...

Commonplace book,

Brogyntyn MS II.43 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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[1760s]-[1770s].

Part of Brogyntyn manuscripts

A volume, [1760s]-[1770s], compiled by various hands, containing verse and prose, mainly relating to theatrical performances and to contemporary events and personalities.Also included are a few records relating to the 57th Regiment of Foot (ff. 10...

Commonplace book,

NLW MS 21786E.
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1818-[c. 1828] /

Commonplace book, 1818-[c. 1828], mainly in English with portions in French, Latin, German, Italian and Dutch. The volume contains facetious 'Resolutions for the Preservation of regularity at Shanes Castle during the meeting for the Performan...

Frederick North and others.

Commonplace book,

NLW MS 12846B.
File
[18 cent., second ½].

Part of D. E. Jenkins Manuscripts,

A commonplace book containing transcripts of a 'Humn Taken out of a prayer Book at Ty Isa in Llans[an]tffraid [co. ]', 'A psalm concerning the Glory of Paradize Writen Chiefely by St. Agustin', '[An] Ode for his Majestys B...

Diary, etc., of John Davies, Ystrad

NLW MS 12350A.
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1796-1799

A diary and commonplace book of John Davies (David) ('Siôn Dafydd y Crydd'), bookbinder and cobbler, of Llanfihangel Ystrad, co. Cardigan. The diary covers the period from 1 January 1796 to 19 December 1799 (new style) and refers mainly ...

Davies, John, 1722-1799

English Poetry, &c.,