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Display board with four views of local characters on one side and four groups titled 'Tennis Teas 1896' on the other. The four characters are the Town Crier in High Street; Mary Brown (woman with flat cap and shawl selling a variety of fruit and vegetables underneath the market); Miss Jerman, The Hall; and another elderly lady operating the Old Town Pump in Short Bridge Street. The tennis teas are titled Miss Marshalls on Tennis field; Mr J H Williams Tea; Misses Minnie & Diana Thomas; Mrs Edmunds at Brynderwen

A letter, 17 August 1764, from Thomas Pennant, Downing, to his fellow naturalist [the Rev. William] Borlase, concerning Pennant's grief at the recent death of his first wife, a drawing [?of a lamprey] sent by Borlase, the receipt from a Mr Fleischer of Copenhagen of a Scandinavian collection of birds (see Thomas Pennant, British Zoology, 4 vols (London, 1768-1770), I, 134-135) and tips on the drawing of seals. There are also references to Sir J[ohn] St Aubyn, [4th baronet].

Manuscript, [?1859], of the poem 'Last lines' by George Thomas (1786-1859) of Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire, probably in the hand of his son John Thomas of Bank, Llandyssil (f. 20 recto-verso), together with a printed copy of the poem, [?1859] (f. 21).
The manuscript contains two minor emendations in a different hand, possibly that of George Thomas himself (f. 20 verso). The poem is printed in full in Frazer Thomas, 'George Thomas of Llandyssil, 1786-1859', in Montgomeryshire Collections, 97 (2009), 101-121 (pp. 120-121).

A letter, 28 January 1968, from the poet R. S. Thomas, Aberdaron Vicarage, to Miss H. Thomas, Bangor, in which he discusses his work and opinions and the recurring figure of 'Iago Prytherch', evidently in response to specific questions from Miss Thomas.

Autograph letter, 4 January 1795, from Mary Morgan, Ely, to her publisher, [John] Stockdale, Piccadilly, concerning the forthcoming publication of her book, A Tour to Milford Haven in the Year 1791 (London: John Stockdale, 1795, ESTC T99699). Morgan expresses her disappointment at the intention to omit two hoped for engravings of the Sandleford estate and 'St Govin's Rocks' [St Govan's Head], while insisting on the inclusion of the letters relating to those places, and suggests limiting the print run to five hundred copies (ff. 33-recto-verso).
The address ('Mr Stockdale / Piccadilly / London') is on the conjugate leaf, f. 34 verso.

Two letters from the social reformer Robert Owen, New Lanark, 14 November 1819 (f. 35), and [London], 11 [?December] 1819 (f. 36), to the lawyer William Tooke FRS, both seemingly referring to Owen's 'Plan to Improve the Condition of the Lower Classes', as unveiled at a meeting at Freemasons' Hall, London, the previous June, as well as personal matters.
Owen states his intention to 'act in complete unison with the principles I have patiently advocated' (f. 35), has sent copies of his address to the Prime Minister and others (f. 35) and has been busy lobbying members of parliament (f. 36). A debate on the plan in the House of Commons on 16 December came to nothing.

One duplicated and one printed pamphlet, 1935 (ff. 2-6), [c. 1937] (ff. 7-12), the first written by Eddie Kenrick, both relating to the treatment for 'wild warts' (epithelioma) used by Griffith Griffiths, Bangor, and his family; and a printed Pharmaceutical or Medico-Botanical Map of the World, [c. 1868] (f. 1).

Six holograph letters, 1870-1878, from the brothers Samuel, David and William Morgan, Providence, Pennsylvania, to their family in South Wales (ff. 1-12), along with five letters, 1948-1949, to Charlotte Erickson relating to emigration from Wales, apparently sent in response to an appeal in the Western Mail (ff. 13-19).
Also included is a typescript copy by Erickson, [1949], of a 1925 letter from Alfred A. Jones, Salt Lake City, Utah (f. 18).

Thirty-three letters, 1810-1818, addressed to Mary Bettiss, of the Sportsman's Inn, Caernarfon (ff. 21-72, 75-85), including twenty-five, 1810-1814, from Mrs M[artha] Humphreys, Glan Conwy, [Llanrwst] (ff. 22-70); together with a few miscellaneous papers relating to her brother George Bettiss, 1815-1820 (ff. 86-89).
Also included is a letter to Martha Humphreys from her farm bailiff Sylvester McEvoy, 1814 (ff. 73-74), and notes by Edward Hall appended to individual items (13 ff., not foliated).

Bond, 1879, for the faithful execution by Edward Evans of the office of secretary to the Aberystwyth Temple of Love Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows

Anerchiad, Awst 1937, gan y Parch. D. Llewelyn Jones, ar ran Rhanbarth Sir Drefaldwyn o Blaid Genedlaethol Cymru, yn gyflwynedig i Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine a D. J. Williams ar eu rhyddhad o'r carchar yn sgil llosgi'r Ysgol Fomio ym Mhenyberth (f. 15). = An address, August 1937, by the Rev. D. Llewelyn Jones, on behalf of the Montgomeryshire Region of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru, to Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and D. J. Williams on their release from prison following the burning of the bombing school at Penyberth (f. 15).
Ceir nodiadau ar fynwentydd ac ysbrydion yn ardal Borth, sir Aberteifi, ar f. 15 verso. = There are notes on cemeteries and ghosts in Borth, Cardiganshire, on f. 15 verso.

Llythyr, 19 Mawrth 1863, oddi wrth [William Williams], glowr wedi ymfudo i Awstralia, mae'n debyg yng nghyffiniau Newcastle, New South Wales, i'w fam, [Nansen Williams], a'i frawd yn Tir Hên, [Brynaman] (f. 17). = A letter, 19 March 1863, from [William Williams], an emigrant coalminer in Australia, apparently in the vicinity of Newcastle, New South Wales, to his mother, [Nansen Williams], and brother at Tir Hên, [Brynamman] (f. 17).
Cynhwysir hefyd adysgrif o'r llythyr, [20 gan., trydydd ¼], sydd ychydig yn fwy cyflawn (ff. 18-19). = Also included is a transcript of the letter, [20 cent., third ¼], which is somewhat more complete (ff. 18-19).

A letter, [?1880s], from David L. Williams, of Brisbin, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, to Mr William Edwards and family, [?of Brynamman], mainly describing his recent return to Pennsylvania, by ship from Liverpool to New York, following a visit to Wales.

A letter, 4 August 1819, from William Owen Pughe, London, to the Rev. Hugh Davies, Beaumaris, relating to Coll Gwynfa (London, 1819), Pughe's recently published translation of Milton's Paradise Lost.
Pughe quotes extracts of letters in praise of Coll Gwynfa from John Humphreys Parry (f. 23) and William Probert (f. 23 recto-verso). He also discusses the search for the so-called 'Welsh Indians' and includes a sketch of a Native-American pipe (f. 23 verso).

Two letters, one dated 19 November 1819, from Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the Ladies of Llangollen, [?in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby], to Mrs [?Anne] Hurt Sitwell, staying at Gwersyllt Park, Wrexham, arranging to meet.

Papurau, 1955-1962, fu'n eiddo i Eileen Beasley, Llangennech, ac sy'n ymwneud â'r ymgyrch ganddi hi a'i gŵr Trefor am yr hawl i gael ffurflenni treth oddi wrth Gyngor Dosbarth Gwledig Llanelli yn y Gymraeg. = Papers, 1955-1962, of Eileen Beasley, Llangennech, relating to her and her husband Trefor's campaign for the right to have rate demand notices from Llanelly Rural District Council sent in Welsh.
Mae'r papurau yn cynnwys llythyr at y Beasleys oddi wrth GDG Llanelli, 24 Medi 1955 (f. 27), a llythyr oddi wrth Mrs Beasley at y Cyngor, 9 Tachwedd 1955 (f. 28); copi carbon o lythyr, [?1955], oddi wrth Janette Queillé, Cuingamps [?Guingamp, Llydaw], at GDG Llanelli (f. 29); dwy ffurflen 'Notice of Distress' a gyflwynwyd i'r Beasleys mewn perthynas ag eiddo a atafaelwyd gan y Cyngor, Mawrth 1956, Ionawr 1958 (ff. 30-31); a dau lythyr at Eileen Beasley, Rhagfyr 1961, Ionawr 1962, oddi wrth Saunders Lewis, ynglŷn â'i ymchwil ar gyfer ei ddarlith radio 'Tynged yr Iaith', lle bu'n trafod eu hymgyrch (gw. Saunders Lewis, Tynged yr Iaith (Llundain, [1962]), tt. 27-28) (ff. 32-33). = The papers include letters to the Beasleys from Llanelly RDC, 24 September 1955 (f. 27), and from Mrs Beasley to the Council, 9 November 1955 (f. 28); a carbon copy letter, [?1955], from Janette Queillé, Cuingamps [?Guingamp, Brittany], to Llanelly RDC, (f. 29); two Notices of Distress issued to the Beasleys, relating to property seized by the Council, March 1956, January 1958 (ff. 30-31); and two letters to Eileen Beasley, December 1961, January 1962, from Saunders Lewis, concerning his research for his radio lecture 'Tynged yr Iaith', in which he discussed their campaign (see Saunders Lewis, Tynged yr Iaith (London, [1962]), pp. 27-28) (ff. 32-33).

Business relating to the trusteeship of the estate of the Rev. R. B. Plumptre.

Disputed rights in the manor of Llantrissant.

Sale of phaeton and harness, and valuation of deal table and trestles. [See also NLW MS 17103D, f. 60.]