- NLW MS 932C
- File
- 1851
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Notes on Taliesin by Stephens, with proof sheets of his essay entitled The Poems of Taliesin, 1851.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Notes on Taliesin by Stephens, with proof sheets of his essay entitled The Poems of Taliesin, 1851.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Notes, mainly relating to the Welsh language, its relation to other European languages, and its grammar and orthography, together with a printed letter by [Robert John Pryse] ('Gweirydd ap Rhys') and Stephens 'Att y Llenorion appwyntiedig yn Llangollen i drefnu Orgraph y Gymraeg', etc.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Biographical notes and press cuttings relating to Stephens and papers collected by him, including broadsides relating to eisteddfodau, prospectuses and prefaces of printed works, articles for the press, poems and letters.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Miscellaneous notes, essays and extracts from printed sources relating to oriental literature, the Scriptures, education, Jesus College (Oxford), printing, Prussian funeral ceremonies, the decimal system, etc.; a letter, 1856, from Dr William Price; an account of a tour in Brittany, 1829, by Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc'); a list of members and rules of 'The Cambrian Society'; maps; prospectuses of publications; etc.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Merthyr Tydfil Subscription Library, of which Stephens was secretary, and to the Merthyr Tydfil eisteddfod, 1856; a letter from William Roberts ('Nefydd') to Stephens, 1859; addresses to Lord Dynevor and William Crawshay; press cuttings.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
A memorandum book kept by Stephens, [c. 1840]-1851, containing miscellaneous notes and accounts, including notes of the meetings of the Merthyr Tydfil Board of Guardians and Monsieur Henri Martin's address at the Aberdare eisteddfod, 1851.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Problems and examples relating to mechanics and mathematics.
Material relating to Glamorgan
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Miscellaneous material, including press cuttings, collected for a history of Glamorgan.
'Madoc: An Essay on the Discovery of America ...'
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
The original manuscript of 'Madoc: An Essay on the Discovery of Amercia by Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd in the Twelfth Century', submitted for competition at the Llangollen eisteddfod, 1858, but not awarded the prize because, although adjudged the best essay in the competition, it did not support the belief that America had been discovered by Madog.
'Madoc: An Essay on the Discovery of America ..'
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Notes, press cuttings and letters, 1858-1859, relating to the adjudication on Stephens's essay.
'Madoc: An Essay on the Discovery of America ...'
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Letters, 1859-1868, to Stephens mainly relating to the supposed discovery of America by Madog ab Owain Gwynedd and the possibility of the existence of a tribe of Welsh Indians ('y Madogwys'); miscellaneous notes; and press cuttings.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
A prize essay at the Abergavenny eisteddfod, 1841, entitled 'Hanes Lleoedd Swydd Ceredigion i ba rai y perthyn neb rhyw Hengofion chwedleuol neu Hanesyddol neu enwau pa rai a arwyddocant eu bod yn Sefyllfaoedd neu rhyw Ddygwyddiadau nodedig', with a short adjudication by Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc').
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Some one hundred and seventy-three autograph letters, 1845-1874, to Stephens from a large number of individuals prominent in the life of Wales, including Max Muller, Richard Parry (Gwalchmai), Sir Thomas Phillipps of Middle Hill, Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), William Rees, Llandovery, Samuel Roberts (S. R.), Albert Schulz, Connop Thirlwall, S. Prideaux Tregelles, Theodore Hersart de la Villemarque, John Williams (Ab Ithel), Morris Williams (Nicander), Robert Williams, Rhydycroesau, and Rowland Williams (items 201-373). Also included in the volume are miscellaneous further letters, together with other papers including notes, draft articles, visas, eisteddfod adjudications and poetry, 1840-1862 (items 374-400).
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Some two hundred autograph letters, 1845-1876, to Stephens from a large number of individuals prominent in the life of Wales, including H[enry] A[ustin] Bruce, David Charles, Trefecca, Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), Lord Dynevor, Lewis Edwards, Bala, D. Silvan Evans, Thomas Gee, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lady Hall, David Howell (Llawdden), J. Spinther James, John Jones (Talhaiarn), W. Basil Jones and Henri Martin.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Letters, 1840-1860, mainly to Stephens from the 'Cymreigyddion y Fenni' circle of writers and poets and also others, including Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué, Albert Schulz ('San Marte'), John Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog'), Robert John Pryse ('Gweirydd ap Rhys') and E. A. Freeman; and a few circular letters, etc.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
A draft of an essay entitled 'History of the Bards' which contains an account of the bards of Britain from the earliest times to the sixth century and which was awarded a prize at the Abergavenny eisteddfod, 1853.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
Essays and notes on King Arthur, etc.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
'An essay on the Anguinium Ovum - the Oak Mistletoe &c. with a History of the Druids, their customs, &c., and an account of the Druidic Alphabet'.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
'An Essay on the Origin and History of the Bardic Alphabet', with letters, press cuttings and printed material relating to the same subject. See Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1872, pp. 181-210.
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
'An Essay on the evils arising from killing salmon out of season and when full of spawn', written for a competition organised at Merthyr Tydfil by Thomas Hennay, 1844, together with a Welsh translation, the rules relating to the competition and a copy of an Act relating to salmon fisheries passed by Parliament in May 1843.