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Hobley Griffith Manuscripts, Ieuan Glan Geirionydd, 1795-1855
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Sermons by 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd',

English sermons, 1861, by Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd') translated by his nephew, W. J. Roberts; a poem - 'Beth yw'n hoes, nid yw ond cysgod' - by and in the autograph of Evan Evans; an English poem - 'An address to Geirionydd' - by Mrs Jones, Hendre Rhys Gethin, Betws-y-Coed ('Eryres Eurblu Eryri'); 'Brut yr Arwest' - reports by W. J. Roberts on the bardic festivals held on the shores of Llyn Geirionydd, 1863, 1864, 1873, 1880, with press cuttings of reports for 1877, 1883, 1890; and a copy of the proclamation of the Glamorgan Eisteddfod and Gorsedd, 1833.

Ieuan Glan Geirionydd, Gwilym Cowlyd and others.

Adysgrifau 'Gwilym Cowlyd',

Transcripts by W. J. Roberts from a manuscript by Foulk Wynn of Nantglyn ( NLW Add. MS 263B), manuscripts in the possession of Evan Evans and David Evans, Llanrwst, a list of contents (with extracts) of a manuscript in the possession of J. W. Griffith, solicitor, Llanrwst (NLW MS 6209E ); a sheet from a manuscript written by Angharad Llwyd ('englynion coffadwriaeth Ann Shearer, mamaeth teulu Mostyn' by Robert Davies, Nantglyn, 'englyn ar Gastell Conwy', 1823, by Samuel Evans, Welsh verses exchanged between Miss Cotton and Mrs R. Eyton, and a Celtic-Latin-Saxon vocabulary); and an extract from Peniarth MS 40, with variant readings from Welsh laws (?by Aneurin Owen).

Gwilym Cowlyd and Angharad Llwyd.

Miscellanea

Miscellaneous papers from the manuscripts of W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), including a bardic letter from a person accused of sleeping during divine service addressed to Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'); correspondence - from John Roberts (valuation of Tyddyn Willim, 1871), Evan Evans, Llanasa (old books), W. J. Roberts to Thomas Blackwall (water supply for Llanrwst); poetry and drafts by W. J. Roberts and others - 'Cerdd Folawd i John Blackwall', 'Desgrifgan o'r "Diwrnod Gosod" yn y Chwarelau', 'Colli Paradwys', 'Chwe Phenill i'r Athraw', 'Mae gwlad fy nghyndadau'n rhy fechan i'w phlant', etc.; a note by 'Brysiog Machno' on the death of Rees Hughes, Penmachno; 'englynion' - 'i'r Corn Bwyd', 'Anerchiad i arwest . . . 1880', 'ar gadeiriad Gwilym Cowlyd' ('Elfyn', 1880), 'Dull y Sarph o dwyllo', etc.; a note on the boundaries of 'Cadair Powys'; an address from the Llanrwst Good Templars to Griffith Owen; draft programmes for 'Arwest Farddawl Glan Geirionydd'; printed matter-programmes of a Llanrwst competitive meeting, 1859, Eglwysbach eisteddfod, 1862, Llanbedr competitive meeting, 1871, and of 'Arwest Farddonol Glan Geirionydd', 1885, pamphlets concerning a controversy over the formation of a School Board in Llanrwst, 1871, an invitation to the first 'Arwest Farddonol (Pic Nic)' on the shores of Llyn Geirionydd, 1863, a list of 'The Honourable Primary elders of the Institutional Order of Bards of Gair Ionydd, Wales, Appointed Efficients for Coronation' (?1902), a poem on the marriage of John Ernest Greaves, Ffestiniog, and Miss Rugby, 1875, and an 'In Memoriam' leaflet for the burial of Robert Williams ('Trebor Mai'), 1877.

Gwilym Cowlyd, 1828-1904

Miscellanea,

Notebooks including accounts by Robert Evans, Ty uchaf, Trevriw, of the distribution of The Beauties of Cambria, 1829, Y Gwladgarwr, 1833, etc., lists of subscribers and accounts with William Cathrall; copies of Latin verses by Robert Jones (on the death of David Garrick and the Earl of Chatham [William Pitt the Elder]) and by Joseph Hoare (on the death of Edward Stradling); lists of books; copies of correspondence between Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd') and the Bishops of Bangor and St Asaph concerning a proposal to establish a society for promoting Christian Knowledge in Wales, 1838; agreement for the rent of Ty uchaf, Trefriw, 1855; and miscellaneous notes.

Robert Evans and others.

Llythyrau Ieuan Glan Geirionydd,

Letters, 1830-1846, from Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd') to his father, Robert Evans, Trefriw, and a letter by H. Rowlands, Liverpool, 1869.

Ieuan Glan Geirionydd and H. Rowlands.