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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.

Stray poems, written in a large number of different hands, in both Welsh and English.

Bank books, 1910-1928, of accounts held by members of the Davies family.

Miscellaneous volumes, 1857-1926, including a 'cultivation book', bearing entries for the years 1857-1867, containing plans of the farm and buildings of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester; an account book containing entries for the years 1906 to 1925 in the hand of J. H. Davies; and a commonplace book kept by J. H. Davies.

The correspondents include: André Barbier, 1924, W. Ambrose Bebb (2), 1924-1925, Henry Blackwell, New York (9), 1904-1925, Ivor Bowen, 1914, Rev. Thomas Bowen, Merthyr Tydfil (7), 1911-1920, Joseph A. Bradney (23), 1909-1925, Thomas Brigstocke, 1915, W. Brigstocke (4), 1895-1899, and J. Davies Bryan, 1923.

The correspondents include: Robert Joseph Davies, father of J. H. Davies (22), 1885-1892, T. Huws Davies (10), 1909-1914, M. L. Vaughan Davies (2), undated, Walford Davies (39), 1919-1926 and undated, Sir William Llewelyn Davies, 1925, and H. W. C. Davis, 1924.

The correspondents include Griffith Ellis, Bootle (7), 1902-1907.