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A mutilated bill book, 1840-1848, of Edward Rumsey Williams, solicitor, Caernarvon. Among the subjects to which the accounts refer are the engrossment of the agreement of tithe commutation for the parish of Llanbadrig, Anglesey, and the execution of conveyances, etc. of properties in Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Caernarvon, Bontnewydd, Llanbeblig (including a piece of ground for the building of a school), Pwllheli, and Llanfair is gaer, Caernarvonshire, Llandegfan, Anglesey, Flint, Flintshire, etc.

Press cuttings of letters and articles contributed to North Wales newspapers by John Wynne, schoolmaster, of Caernarvon, author of Sir a Thre' Caernarfon, fel yr oedd ac fel y maent yn 1860; and a copy of a letter addressed by him to Lord Derby expressing satisfaction at the appointment of a bishop of Bangor, 1861. The press cuttings have been pasted in a book containing an incomplete essay on the early history of Britain and a list of Caernarvon residents.

A pocket book belonging to William Thomas, Ty'ngadfan, Llanwnda (d. 1892), containing an incomplete metrical dialogue on temperance by Owen Griffith Owen, Bryncrin; 'Cwynfan gwraig meddwyn' (unsigned); an incomplete carol by Robert Jones, Bryn-y-gro; 'Cân ar ddull o ymdiddan rhwng Dyn a Llyffaint'; names of subscribers to Athraw Cerddorol and towards a Welsh oratorio; notes of sermons preached at associations held at Llangefni, Caernarvon, and Pwllheli, 1857-60; and a table of a Dinorwic quarryman's earnings, 1851-60.

Minute-book, 1951-1960, of 'Clwb Herber', the Caernarfon and district Ministers' Fraternal.

A volume containing a rental of the corporation of Caernarvon, 1832-1838, a rental of crown quit rents in the borough of Caernarvon, 1834-1846, an account of quarterly payments of gas tenants, 1833, and mortgage accounts, 1830-1835.

A rental of crown quit rents within the borough of Caernarvon, 1847-1856.

An autograph album of Ellen ('Nellie') Harris Jones (née Williams, d. 1994), Caernarfon and Llanrwst, containing entries, mostly in Welsh, 1924-45 and 1972, by E. Morgan Humphreys, R. D. Rowland ('Anthropos'), R. J. Rowlands ('Meuryn'), Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'), T. H. Parry-Williams and others.