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Tithe accounts, including for the parish of Llanymawddwy for 1789, the parish of Darowen, 1804-1835, and a valuation of corn and hay tithes for the parish of Caerwys, 1833, and various other tithe accounts, many fragments, for the parish of Llanwddyn.

Miscellaneous documents, 1802-1872, many undated, relating to various parishes in Montgomeryshire. They include extracts from parish registers, papers relating to coroners' inquests, financial papers, and a list of the children attending Madam Bevan's circulating school at Llanycil, Merionethshire, 1837. Some of the papers were in the custody of the Richards family.

Bound volume endorsed 'Aberystwyth Harbour Book, 1805' containing accounts, 1805-1807, of the sums paid to workmen who were responsible for the building of the pier at Aberystwyth, including labourers, joiners, smiths etc.

Miscellaneous deeds and documents, 1812-1909, relating to various properties in the parish of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Maenclochog and Llandilio, Pembrokeshire, and Llanddewi Brefi, Cardiganshire. They also include an agreement, 1877, relating to the printing of the monthly periodical entitled The Treasury published by the Calvinistic Methodist Connexion; a similar agreement, 1880, concerning the sale and distribution of Y Drysorfa and Trysorfa'r Plant on behalf of the Calvinistic Methodist Connexion; and a notice to treat, 1892, issued by the North Pemrokeshire and Fishguard Railway Company in respect of lands at Puncheston, county Pembrokeshire. There are also a number of legal papers.

Legal papers, 1816-1844, relating to John Adams, tanner, of Carmarthen.

Notices, 1823-1837, from the Chamberlain's Office at Bristol to the Rev. Thomas Richards, vicar of Darowen, informing him of the decision to award annuities to various individuals resident in the parish and enclosing certificates and receipts for completion. One of the documents is a form for use relating to the award of an annuity to a blind person.

Account books recording tithe payments, 1826-1855, in the parish of Llangynyw, Montgomeryshire.

Stray, miscellaneous items, 1834-1856, collected together by J. H. Davies relating to a large number of various localities within Wales. They include poems, press cuttings, pieces of local history, and a notebook containing mathematical notes, verses, scriptural texts and other miscellaneous notes. A further notebook contains sermon notes.

Blank record forms, [c. 1836], used to record the numbers of animals passing through each tollgate in south-west Wales and the fees levied.

Printed materials, 1859-1920, relating to the Quakers (Society of Friends). They include newspaper cuttings, catalogues of materials for sale relating to the Quakers, and other stray items.

Letters, 1862-1891, from members of the Mounsey family, primarily Captain W. H. Mounsey, Carlisle. Most of the letters relate to scholarly and research matters. There is also a letter, 1891, from Arthur Mounsey Keysham referring to the death of his great-uncle Captain W. H. Mounsey.

Typescript notes, 1902-1903, concerning the legal cases Asheton-Smith v. Owen and Asheton-Smith v. the Queen.

Correspondence and papers, 1906-1920, relating to the marriage settlement of Mrs J. Gwenogvryn Evans. The correspondents include D. R. Daniel, 1907, J. H. Davies (2), 1917, and J. Gwenogvryn Evans (6), 1907-1917.

Correspondence, notes and papers, 1908-1909, relating to the Griffiths Charity and the administration of the Mrs Mary Griffiths Charity Fund which was applicable to the Calvinistic Methodists in the following parishes: Conwil Gaeo, Llanfynydd, Llansawel and Talley, county Carmarthen, and Llangeitho, Cardiganshire. J. H. Davies was one of the trustees of the fund.

Bills and receipts, 1867-1890, relating to shipping activities. Some relate to the Aberystwyth Mutual Ship Insurance Society and some concern a vessel called 'the General Picton'.

Miscellaneous bills and receipts, 1877-1898, issued mainly by Aberystwyth tradesmen. There is also an account book, 1892-1894, of Hughes Jones, Aberystwyth, and a transcript of the shorthand notes of the proceedings, 11 February 1886, of the county court of Cardiganshire held at Aberystwyth.

A bound volume kept by William Hughes-Jones, solicitor of Aberystwyth, 1892-1902, recording details of the cases handled by the firm of solicitors. It contains details of the plaintiff's name, address and occupation, the defendant's name, address and occupation, the amounts claimed and the costs incurred, and details of who was responsible for paying the fees.

Exercise book containing the text of the awdl entitled 'Gobaith' written for competition at the Caernarfon National Eisteddfod 1886.

Pocket notebooks kept between c. 1874 and c. 1901, many undated, containing adjudications by Gwilym Cowlyd on bardic competitions at various eisteddfodau, miscellaneous accounts, minutes of various committees, copies of poems and prose works, and a volume endorsed, 'Cymmrodoriaeth Barddas Glan Geirionydd. Gwilym Cowlyd's Book' and containing copious notes, poems and accounts for the years 1896 until 1901 on 'Arwest Geirionydd'.

Sermon notes, 1822-c. 1841; notebooks containing mainly scriptural notes and notes of researches on religious history, 1831-1845; a series of notebooks, c. 1833-1845, numbered I to IX and containing mathematical notes, notes on grammar and syntax, notes on comparative alphabets, a series of notebooks, 1837-1844, containing scriptural notes, poems, a 'journal' of 'Mr D' beginning in 1841 and containing notes of preaching engagements, a 'journal' kept by Samuel Cotton, beginning in 1844, containing notes of preaching engagements and other commitments, and an address book; four 'books of miscellanies', 1831-1834, containing scriptural notes, religious verse, some notes on grammar, lists of French and English vocabulary, mathematical equations, lists of proverbs and old sayings, notes on the animal kingdom, and notes on geometry and land measurements; and material, 1835-1855, on education, including copies of a prospectus for the Froodvale Academy conducted by the Rev. Dr William Davies, copies of examination papers, lists of essays and class exercises set at the Froodvale Academy, notes on Latin grammar, and notes on the various branches of mathematics.