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A holograph collection of 'cywyddau' and 'englynion' and other verse by John Williams entitled 'Prif Ddifyrwch y Cymro: Llyfr Cywyddau Duwiol a diddanol o waith John Williams, MDCCLXIII'; with a further collection beginning imperfectly, with the fifth item written in 1764; and loose sheets containing 'Hymn i'w chanu yn amser cynhaiaf', 'Ystyriaeth ar oes dyn, ar y pedwar mesur ar hugain' (ten only included), and 'Carol Plygain ar y Fedle-Fawr, 1796'.

Two note-books containing miscellaneous Welsh verse including poems by John Williams ('Ioan ap Griffith') of Rhiwbryfdir [Blaenau Ffestiniog] (second half nineteenth cent.), and one English poem by the said John Williams.

'The Extraction of Edw: Williams of Meillionyth ... alsoe the wyfes of all his ancestors for 6 degrees above him drawn by John Williams of Rhodogeido ... 1675, togeith[sic] with some part of the extraction of his wyf Mrs. Susan Williams' ...

Anerchiadau ar ddirwest gan y Parch. John Williams, Aberystwyth.

Pregethau a rhannau o bregethau gan y Parch. John Williams, Aberystwyth.

Anerchiadau cenhadol, etc, gan gynnwys un ar Ebenezer Morris, gan y Parch. John Williams, Aberystwyth.

A scrapbook, begun in 1850 by the Rev. John Williams, entitled 'The Museum of Literature', containing press cuttings, [19 cent, second ½], relating mostly to current affairs, politics, notable figures, temperance and Sunday closing, and health and welfare. The majority of the cuttings appear to have been taken from The Illustrated London News.
Cuttings have been pasted in by Williams on pp. 1-215. Further items have been inserted loose in the remainder of the volume, while some 270 cuttings, mainly of more local interest, have been placed in archival envelopes.