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'Collectanea', printed and manuscript, relating mainly to Glamorgan, including copies of charters, copies of an Act of Parliament, dated 31 Henry VIII and printed by Thomas Berthelet in 1544, 'auctorisying the Kynges highnes newely to allotte certayne towneshipes in Wales', memoranda and notes by L. W. Dillwyn, John Montgomery Traherne, and Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), autograph letters, 1906-1907, from John Stuart Corbett to Sir Thomas Mansel Franklen, etc.

Two letters from Lewis Weston Dillwyn, one to W. Phillips, 1803, and the other to Sir T. F., 1808.

Diaries, 1817-1852, of Lewis Weston Dillwyn of Penlle'rgaer, Glamorgan, containing entries relating to family and estate matters, his business interests, his work as a naturalist, together with his public duties as a magistrate and as a Member of Parliament. Also included is the journal of his tour on the Continent in 1836. Most of the volumes are partially indexed by him, and many contain appendices, some relating to events before 1817 (see file level descriptions for further details).

Copies of letters and extracts from letters, 1801-1831, on botanical and geological matters sent by Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855), naturalist, Penlle'rgaer, Swansea to Dawson Turner (1775-1858), botanist and antiquary, William Daniel Conybeare (1787-1857), geologist and dean of Llandaff, William Kirby (1759-1850), entomologist, William Borrer (1781-1862), botanist, John Fleming (1785-1857), naturalist, etc.