A bundle of newspaper cuttings, mainly 1870-89,
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- 1870-1889.
A bundle of newspaper cuttings, mainly 1870-89,
A diary in English, probably by one of the sons of William Roberts, recording his voyage from London to [?Australia], 8-23 Nov. [?1892], on board the steamship Drummond Castle.
A notebook containing transcripts of two articles on John Williams, archbishop of York, from David Lloyd, State-Worthies... (London, 1670) and Memoires... (London, 1668), with additional comments by William Roberts.
A small number of family and other letters, 1904-54 and undated, including letters from Arthur Wade Wade-Evans (17/6-7), Robert Ambrose Jones ('Emrys ap Iwan') (17/1), and John Herbert Roberts ('Lord Clwyd') (17/3).
An essay entitled 'Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd yn Llanelwy o'u dechreuad hyd y flwyddyn 1850', possibly the work of the Reverend Edward Thomas, Diserth, co. Flint, son-in-law of William Roberts.
Eleven letters, addressed mainly to the Reverend Charles Williams,
Essays, with draft notes, in Welsh and other prose compositions entered for competition at Gordofigion and other eisteddfodau, 1867-81 and undated.
Family and general correspondence, 1850-86 and undated, including letters from D. Silvan Evans (2/86), Philip Henry Gosse (2/81), Hugh Derfel Hughes (2/159), T. Rymer Jones (2/75, 2/77), Sir Richard Owen (2/78), and the Reverend Joseph Thomas, Carno (2/122), and copies of letters from William Roberts to P.H. Gosse (2/80), T. Rymer Jones (2/71, 2/73), Richard Owen (2/74), and the Reverend John Peters, Bala (2/4).
Lists and references relating to books and manuscripts once in the possession of Mrs. Edward Thomas, Diserth, several of which are included in the present group; and other miscellaneous items.
Material for a proposed biography of William Roberts compiled, c. 1916, by his son-in-law the Reverend Charles Williams, Prestatyn, including transcripts of letters from William Roberts not found in the present group.