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A typescript essay in Welsh by William Roberts, Bod Gwilym, relating to the life and work of Griffith Davies, (1788-1855), actuary, of Llandwrog, co Caernarfon; together with a typescript letter, not dated, from the Rev John Gruffydd Hughes ('Moelwyn', 1866-1944).

Traethawd teipysgrif gan William Roberts, Bod Gwilym, yn ymdrin â bywyd a gwaith y mathemategwr Griffith Davies (1788-1855), Llandwrog, sir Gaernarfon; ynghyd â llythyr teipysgrif, dim dyddiad, oddi wrth y Parch John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes ('Moelwyn', 1866-1944).

Seven note-books containing miscellaneous extracts, transcripts, etc., including extracts, 1798-1808, from the diary of David Jones, [? rector of] Llangan; extracts, 1792-1807, ? from the minute books of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge relating mainly to preparations for publishing successive editions of the Welsh Bible; a transcript of a letter from [the Reverend] Tho[ma]s Charles, Bala, to [John] Walker, Chester, 1801 (personal, religious reflections, the church [established by the Reverend Phillip Oliver] at Boughton); a transcript of a report, 1903, by William Weir of Abingdon on Llanfihangel Abercowin church; a transcript of an indenture, 21 July 1800, appointing the Reverend Thomas Charles, Jonathan Wilcoxon of Chester, and John Walker, also of Chester, trustees of the aforementioned Phillip Oliver's church at Boughton; transcripts of the title-pages and prefaces of Thomas Charles: A Short Evangelical Catechism . . . (2nd ed., Bala, 1804) and (3rd ed., Bala, 1808), and of the same author's An Exposition on the Ten Commandments . . . (Bala, 1805), and of Sir Richard Hill's testimonial in favour of, and Thomas Charles's post-script to, the third edition of the Catechism; an abridged version of an account of the life and career of Griffith Davies, actuary , ? taken from The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, vol. V, pp. 337-48; an incomplete copy of a Welsh translation of a letter from [the Reverend] Thomas Charles to [Mary Hughes, Liverpool, 1812] (see Goleuad Cymru, 1823, Llyfr III, tt. 225-7); extracts from the reports of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1805-1815, relating mainly to the publication by the Society of Welsh Bibles and Testaments; and extracts containing an account of disbursements in respect of Northampton Chapel, Spa Fields, Clerkenwell, London, 1780-1816.

An exercise book containing a copy of a biographical essay on Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary ('Memoir of the late Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S .') by his nephew, Thomas Barlow, of the Metropolitan Life Assurance Society.

Ffotogopïau o lythyrau J. W. Thomas (Arfonwyson, 1805-40) at y Seryddwr Brenhinol Syr George Airy (1801-92) yn ymwneud â'i waith yn yr Arsyllfa Frenhinol yn Greenwich, 1837-9, copi o lythyr Griffith Davies, 1836, at George Airy a gohebiaeth, 1985-6, a fu rhwng R. Elwyn Hughes a staff yr Arsyllfa wrth baratoi ei erthygl, 'Arfonwyson - uchelgais a siom' ar gyfer Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, cyfrol XXXI, 1999-2000, tt. 149-71. Cynhwysir ad-argraffiad o'r erthygl. / Photocopies of letters from J. W. Thomas (Arfonwyson, 1805-40) to the Astronomer Royal Sir George Airy (1801-92), relating to his work at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1837-9, a copy of Griffith Davies's letter, 1836, to George Airy, and R. Elwyn Hughes's correspondence with staff at the Observatory whilst preparing his article, 'Arfonwyson - uchelgais a siom' for the National Library of Wales Journal, vol. XXXI, 1999-2000, pp. 149-71. A reprint of the article is also included.