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Nineteen letters, 1874-[89], to D. Silvan Evans from B. [i.e. Elizabeth] Johnes, afterwards Lady Hills-Johnes, Dolaucothy, Llandeilo (mention of the Bishop [? Connop Thirlwall], folk customs, requesting translations, literary matters, expressions of sympathy, etc.).

The file includes letters from A. G. Bradley, Thomas Gee (2), W. Goscombe John, Elizabeth Hills-Johnes, Dolaucothi, Alfred Neobard Palmer (3), and D. Lleufer Thomas.

Letters addressed to J. C. Davies by William Archer, 3rd Earl Amherst; Hugh, 4th Earl Amherst, 1915; Henry Campbell [Bruce], 2nd Baron Aberdare, 1909; Fred[erick] G[eorge] D[enham] Bedford, Perth, Australia, 1903; J[ohn] Bowen, rector of St Lawrence, Wolf's Castle, 1911; Mary Brook, Huddersfield, 1911; the 'Brand' Committee of the Folklore Society, 1911; Charlotte S. Burn, Kensington, 1911; J[ames] Lewis Davies, Cardigan, 1926; Nicholas Llewelyn-Davies, London, 1926; [Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis,] Lord Howard de Walden, 1920; Sir James [Hamlyn Williams-]Drummond, 1912; J[ohn] Gwenogvryn Evans, 1909; Mary E[leanor Geraldine Lilla] Davies-Evans, Highmead, 1913; John E[rnest] Greaves, Criccieth; John Griffith, vicar of Llangwm, Usk, 1930; H[enry] P[eter] Hansell, Balmoral Castle, 1910; B[etha] Hills-Johnes, Dolaucothi, 1892; Elizabeth Inglis-Jones, 1927; [Mrs] R. B. Jones, Fforest Legionis, 1909; Sir John [Dillwyn-]Llewelyn, Penllergaer, 1915; Alice Ogilvie, 1898; Sir A[lexander] C[ampbell] Onslow, Perth, Australia, 1900; W[illiam] P[ierce] Owen, Aberystwyth, 1912; Lady Eva Lisburne [Eva Vaughan], 1892-1922; Carine Parker, London, 1913; Mervyn Peel, Danyrallt, 1909; Sir Edward [John Webley-Parry] Pryse, Gogerddan, 1912; The Keeper of the Privy Purse at Sandringham [Sir Dighton MacNaghten Probyn], 1909; [Sir] John Rhys, 1908-1909; Charles Owen Leaver Riley, Bishop of Perth, 1890; Waite H[ockin] Stirling, Bishop of the Falkland Islands, 1886; D[avid] W[alter] Thomas, vicar of St Ann's, Bangor, 1888; Constance Webley Tyler, Boncath, 1905; Enid Vaughan; R. S. Williams, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1915; and John A[lbert] A[lexander] Williams ['Brochmael'].

Includes letters from H. N. Moseley, H. L. D. Ward, Emil Hübner, W. J. N. Liddall (2), Samuel Ferguson, George Butler, William K. Sullivan, A. Brandl, Bartholomew Price, John Poyntz Spencer, Francis Sandford, Joseph W. Chitty, R. F. Burton, Betha Hills-Johnes, O. H. Davies ('Eos Llechyd'), Gilbert Goudie (enclosing a letter of introduction from J. Romilly Allen), and Joseph Joseph.

Includes letters from Joseph Joseph, Donald Mackinnon (3), H. D. Harper, Mary F. Macclesfield (3), Max Nettlau, Augusta Hall, Edward A. Freeman, Thomas Hallam, Godfrey Lushington (2), J. D. Davies, Arthur J. Williams, Hugo Schuchardt, H. L. D. Ward (2), Max Müller (3), Betha Hills-Johnes, and J. E. Rogers.

Includes letters from Lewis Morris (3), Eleanor Hull, T. Fisher Unwin, Harry Speight, J. Strachan (2), H. R. Reichel (2), Paul Vinogradoff, R. A. Stewart Macalister (6), Goddard H. Orpen (3), T. Mansel Franklen (10), D. Lloyd George, Rowland Ellis, Robert Cochrane (2), W. Warde Fowler (2, one enclosing a letter from Georg Wissowa), Marcus N. Tod, E. S. Dodgson (16), Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington (Earl Carrington), A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (7), J. Glyn Davies (5), Norman Lockyer (2), J. H. Hessels, Betha Hills-Johnes, J. Jenkins ('Gwili'), James Hastings, Robert Mowat, P. M. C. Kermode (6), Kuno Meyer (2), W. R. Morfill (2), Hugh Williams (2), F. Haverfield (3), Edward Clodd (4), E. Maunde Thompson, E. Sidney Hartland, Patrick Lyons (9), John Beddoe, John Williams, E. Lorimer Thomas, John Garstang, Julio de Urquijo, Otto Franke, Camille Jullian (6), B. Nogara, O. A. Danielsson, E. Vincent Evans, H. Gaidoz, Émile Espérandieu, Sidney Herbert (Earl of Pembroke) (2), George Eley Halliday, W. H. Preece, Douglas Hyde, T. H. Thomas (14), E. P. Wright (2), Maurice FitzGerald (Duke of Leinster), W. Baldwin Spencer, S. H. Butcher, A. W. Howitt, J. Romilly Allen (4), T. Herbert Warren, Alfred P. Graves (2), E. C. Quiggin, E. Ch. Babut, W. H. Stevenson, D. Brynmor Jones (2), F. Carruthers Gould (2), Paul Meyer, T. C. Evans ('Cadrawd') (2), J. Mortimer Angus, William Osler, W. Llewelyn Williams, W. Temple (2), Francis J. Jayne, John Edward Lloyd, Martin Hume (2), Henry Owen, Frederick York Powell, Evan Jones ('Ieuan Buallt'), and Marcus Hartog.

Includes letters from R. J. R. Loxdale (3), Betha Hills-Johnes (2), D. Brynmor Jones (11), Edward Owen (7), Richard Jones Owen ('Glaslyn') (4), Ivor James (5), William E. Oakeley, Edward Anwyl (7), E. B. Tylor (8), Charles Roeder (6), Henri Logeman (enclosing letter from Georges Hulin), John Garstang, J. Glyn Davies (5), E. Sidney Hartland (2), W. M. Lindsay (3), John Lloyd (2), Joseph Bailey (Baron Glanusk) (2), J. H. Davies (5), Pym Yeatman (2), Llywarch Reynolds (5), J. H. Hessels, Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant') (9), A. S. Napier (2), W. H. Stevenson (3), Sydney Herbert, J. Fisher (2), W. F. R. Weldon, George Henderson (4, enclosing a letter from Alexander Carmichael), Isaac Craigfryn Hughes (4), Emilia F. S. Dilke (2), John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), S. F. Harmer, S. Baring-Gould (4), Alfred Anscombe (2), D. E. Jenkins, George Noble Plunkett, T. McKenny Hughes, P. M. C. Kermode (7), T. Fowler (2), Henri Gaidoz, George G. T. Treherne (8), Walter J. Evans, J. Brynach Davies (2), W. M. Flinders Petrie (4), W. Lewis Jones (2), Patrick Lyons (13), W. R. Morfill (2), E. W. B. Nicholson, A. L. Mayhew, D. Rhys Phillips (13), J. G. Frazer (6), J. Romilly Allen, Meredith J. Hughes, Charlotte A. M. Johnes, Eleanor Hull (2), Frederick York Powell, H. W. Williams (3), Clarence M. Dobell (2), J. Viriamu Jones, T. H. Thomas, Edward Clodd (2), Kuno Meyer, Thomas Prichard, David R. Hughes, A. H. Sayce (2), Henry Jones (3), J. Anderson, David G. Ritchie (3), Magnus Maclean, Mary Davies, A. C. Haddon, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, F. Haverfield (2), David MacRitchie (2), Fanny Bulkeley-Owen, John L. Myres, Giuseppe Sergi (2), W. J. Sollas, W. A. Craigie, Arthur J. Evans (2), H. G. Keene, D. Emlyn Evans, Wentworth Webster, A. Hutcheson, J. A. R. Marriott, D. Morgan Lewis, and J. Gwenogvryn Evans.

Includes letters from Thomas Powel, J. H. Hessels, H. W. Williams (3), Laurence Gomme (2), E. Vincent Evans, S. Baring-Gould (3), Edward Clodd, Kuno Meyer (2), George G. T. Treherne (3), Andrew Lang, Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant'), Charles Plummer, D. Brynmor Jones (6), Frederick York Powell (3), Llywarch Reynolds, Henry Owen (2), E. Sidney Hartland (4), J. Fisher, Ivor James (4), Alfred Daniell (2), Patrick Lyons (8), Frederic Seebohm (2), Edward Anwyl (3), Camille Jullian, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Robert Bridges, Robert Cochrane (3), David MacRitchie (3), Alfred Neobard Palmer (2), George Coffey (5), W. H. Stevenson, Standish H. O'Grady (2), W. J. Ashley, E. Perceval Wright (3), Robert Borland (4), Salomon Reinach, Charles Roeder (5), E. W. B. Nicholson, F. Haverfield, Mary Glanusk (2), Eleanor M. Reid, J. Romilly Allen (4), Betha Hills-Johnes, Pym Yeatman, J. Glyn Davies, George Henry Cadogan (Earl Cadogan), Leslie Stephen, Isambard Owen (6), Alexander Hugh Bruce (Baron Balfour of Burleigh), I. Gollancz (3), R. A. Stewart Macalister (6), Norman Lockyer, Bernard FitzPatrick (Baron Castletown), Fanny Bulkeley-Owen, Edward Gibson (Baron Ashbourne), D. R. Thomas, Louise I. Guiney (2), F. T. Barry, T. Marchant Williams, W. M. Lindsay (3), A. Héron de Villefosse, Edward Martyn (2), J. Cynddylan Jones, Thomas Darlington, F. J. Furnivall, A. C. Humphreys-Owen, T. D. James ('Iago Erfyl'), A. W. Moore, J. B. Bury, E. B. Poulton, H. R. Reichel, and Cadwallader J. Bates.

Includes letters from D. Rhys Jones, J. Viriamu Jones, Henry Owen, W. A. Craigie (6), John Lloyd Warden Page (3), A. S. Green (enclosing a letter from Lord Dillon), Augusta Herbert, Llewellyn N. V. Lloyd-Mostyn (4), J. Romilly Allen (3), E. W. B. Nicholson (6), Rudolf Thurneysen, A. M. Fairbairn, Alfred G. Edwards (4), John R. Mowbray (9), John Owen (9), Francis J. Jayne (4), William Jones (2), Sidney Herbert (Earl of Pembroke) (7), Edward B. Tylor, John T. D. Llewelyn, G. O. Morgan (3), A. C. Humphreys-Owen (3), William N. Bruce, W. Tudor Howell, J. Herbert Lewis, William Abraham ('Mabon'), J. Bryn Roberts, D. Brynmor Jones (2), Edward Jenkins, Frederick York Powell, Daniel Rees (2), Betha Hills-Johnes, Watkin Williams ('Watcyn Wyn'), H. W. Williams (5), James Hamlyn Williams-Drummond, E. Sidney Hartland (2), Magnus Maclean (2), Malcolm Macfarlane, A. G. Boscawen (2), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Viscount Cranborne), John Hobson Matthews, Owen Owen, J. H. Rose, F. Victor Dickins, Frederick T. Elworthy (2), Charles Roeder (4), Lewis Morris, H. Augusta Mostyn, Edward Laws, S. A. D'Arcy, P. M. C. Kermode, John Griffiths, Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant'), Eduard Wölfflin, Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (3), R. Williams, John Williams, and C. H. Firth.

Thirty-nine holograph and autograph letters and incomplete holograph letters addressed almost entirely to Elizabeth, Violet, and/or Dorothy Ramsay, daughters of Sir Andrew C. Ramsay. The writers include William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1905-10 (the publication of 'Far Eastern Vignettes' by Miss Rankin, enclosing a letter by Lord Linlithgow, the death of King Edward VII, personal); Arabella B. Buckley [from London], 1881 (requesting assistance with church decorations); Charlotte A. M. Johnes, Dolaucothy, etc., 1883-1910 and undated (visitors to Llanover and deaths among Lady Llanover's staff, visits to Marie de Bunsen and others, a pendant for Mary Cookman, the employment of a district nurse, the writer's stay at Promontagno, personal, news of friends); B. [Elizabeth] H[ills] J[ohnes], Dolaucothy, etc., [18]98-1924 and undated (the recipient's picture shown in the Academy, personal, war-time activities, the death of the recipient's mother, an account of Woodstaples Hall, news of friends) (one letter with additions by Charlotte A. M. Johnes and J. Hills-Johnes); Elizabeth [ ] Dolaucothy, [19]24 (the recipient's new house, news of [Lady Elizabeth Hills-Johnes] and others); J[ohn Lloyd], bishop of Swansea, Lampeter Vicarage, 1907 (thanks for a book); J[ohn Owen], bishop of St. Davids, 1908 (thanks for a pectoral cross for the use of the see); And[re]w C. Ramsay, London, 1880-1881 (advancement of monies, personal, the death of Lamont Young in Australia); W. Ramsay [from London], 1911 (the sale of the recipient's house); O. Reichenbach [from London], [18]81 (personal); [ Baroness Bertha von Reisewitz?], Berlin, [19]06 (comments on the behaviour of Germans resident in England); and Aileen Roberts, from Portlaw, Ireland, and from Prince Town, Dartmoor, 1909 (the writer's visit to Ireland, comments on military manoeuvres, personal). Also included in the volume are two printed cards, including a prayer by [Simon] Patrick, bishop of Ely (1626-1707), and greetings in verse from J. H-J and B. H-J., Dolaucothy, 1917.

Letters, 1859-1915, from Lady Hills-Johnes to Sir Andrew and Lady Ramsay; etc.

Letters, 1859-1918, addressed to members of the Ramsay family by Sir James and Lady Hills Johnes, Dolau Cothi; B. Hills Johnes; Charlotte Johnes; James Williams, Treffos; E. Dymock; and Lord Derby (referring to his anxiety to appoint a bishop acquainted with the Welsh language and conversant with Welsh feelings in the event of a vacancy at Bangor, 1859).

One hundred and forty-six holograph letters, 1846-1847 and undated, written to A. C. Ramsay. The writers include D. T. Ansted (payment for the recipient's professional services to the corporation of Liverpool), Ann Aveline, Oatlands (William Aveline's eye trouble), J. T. Brown?, Berwick ( the writer's professional activities), R. Chambers, Edinburgh (raised beaches in Wales), C. C. Cookman [from Dolaucothi] (violets from Mrs. Johnes), J. Crombie, Edinburgh (a lecture to the Royal Institution, personal), John Crombie, Edinburgh (Dr. Arnott's lecture, the recipient's professorship, news of friends), Geo. Fossett, Aberystwyth (geological studies, an inspection of Cwm Ystwyth lead mine, personal), Eleanor Howden [ from Edinburgh and London] (personal, the writer's visit to France), Oliver Howden, Edin[burgh] (the writer's wedding), Elizabeth Johnes, Dolau Cothi (a search for gold on Gogofau, Glanyrannell sale, news of friends) ( with botanical specimens enclosed), 'Betha' Johnes (thanks for a book, the solution of a riddle, personal), D[avid] Landsborough, Saltcoats (the publication of the writer's 'Excursions to Arran'), Robert Mallet, Dublin ( observations on volcanic vents, earthquakes, etc.), B.? Marshall (an invitation to dinner), J. P. Nichol, Observatory [at Dowanhill], etc. ( astronomical maps and publications), Lyon Playfair (the publication of an article, personal), M. E. Playfair (an Admiralty report by Lyon Playfair, Jenny Lind's recitals in London, the recipient's professorship, Lyon Playfair's health), C. Puggaard, Bewdley, etc. (a geological tour of Wales, personal), E. Ramsay, his mother, Glasgow, etc. (family news, the writer's visit to Arran, the recipient's professorship, the business affairs of J. C. Ramsay), Eliza Ramsay, his sister, [Glasgow and] Edinburgh (personal, news of friends, the business affairs of J. C. Ramsay), J. C. Ramsay, Trinidad (the future of the writer's business, personal), W. Ramsay, Glasgow, etc. (the business affairs of J. C. Ramsay, the recipient's professorship, observations on a visit to the Highlands, the affairs of the North and South Wales Bank, the solution of a geological problem, Frank McGill's concert, a sewerage scheme for Edinburgh, news of friends), James Sharpe [from Glasgow] (business affairs, deaths from typhus fever in Glasgow, the recipient's professorship, news of friends), J. Trimmer, Dublin (the writer's work as inspector of relief committee in Cavan and Fermanagh), W. Walton, Bath (an invitation), Anna Maria Williams, Llandovery (family and local news, the recipient's professorship, a curacy for Steuart Williams, an offer of ℗Đ73,000 for a grove of oaks at Margam), 'Fanny' [Williams] (personal, the recipient's professorship, enclosing verses), W. R. Steuart Williams, Llandovery, etc. (the writer's ordination, the opening of Llandovery Grammar School, personal), John Wilson, Roy[al] Agric[ultural] Coll[ege], Cirencester (the progress of the College, the recipient's accident), and R. O. Wilson, London (an enquiry concerning Mr. Davys Harries, Neuaddfawr, Carmarthen). Some of the letters are addressed to the Geological Survey at Ludlow, at Bishops Castle, at Pen-y-bont (Radnorshire), and at Llanberis, and to the Museum of Economic Geology, Charing Cross, London.

Includes letters from Edward B. Tylor, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Edward A. Freeman (3), D. Lledrodian Davies, W. M. Hennessy, Arthur Mitchell, John Veitch, George E. Robinson, G. I. Ascoli, Joseph Anderson, Alexander Ritchie, Robert Borland, Wentworth Webster (2), H. D. Harper (7), John G. Michie, J. Anderson, Henry Austin Bruce (Lord Aberdare), J. J. Macsweeney, Charles Plummer, Samuel Ferguson, Henry Bradley (3), H. L. D. Ward, F. J. Child, Betha Hills-Johnes, Andrew Lang, W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), David Evan Davies, David Lewis, Francis J. Jayne, Edmund Gurney, and Howel W. Lloyd.

Includes letters from Patrick O'Leary (3), Douglas Hyde, William Iago (2), David Samuel, A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (5), Eleanor Hull (2), Edward Clodd (4), F. C. Conybeare, J. Loth, Charles Ashton (2), Kuno Meyer, John Price, Robert Cochrane (8), E. B. Cowell, T. H. Thomas (4), E. W. B. Nicholson (10), Henry W. Evans, Lucy E. Griffith (4), Mary L. Dawson, J. Viriamu Jones (3), Henry Owen, H. W. Williams (3), Henry Jones, Taliesin Morgan, Ellis Edwards, David G. Ritchie, J. Romilly Allen (2), William Hughes, Edward Owen, William George Black, Charles Grierson, John I. D. Nicholl (2), Edward A. Freeman, W. A. Craigie, E. Crofton Rotheram (3), A. Griffith-Boscawen, R. A. Stewart Macalister (5), Karl Blind (2), William E. Oakeley, Fanny Bulkeley-Owen, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, J. Anderson (2), J. Cynddylan Jones, D. Brynmor Jones (2), C. E. Doble (2), Betha Hills-Johnes, Isaac Craigfryn Hughes, Patrick Lyons, Goddard H. Orpen (2), E. Sidney Hartland (2), Michael Beary (5), Edward Anwyl (2), David E. Davies ('Dewi Glan Ffrydlas'), Elias Owen, A. W. Moore, Margaret L. Huggins, Joseph Wright, Joseph Delcourt, James R. Thursfield, Thomas J. Westropp (2), R. L. Morant (2), A. Sidgwick, Ellis J. Ellis-Griffith, W. P. Ker, Nora Philipps, T. Marchant Williams, John Thomas ('Eifionydd') (2), Ll. J. M. Bebb, Llywarch Reynolds (3), D. E. Jenkins, Isambard Owen, J. Fisher, D. Howell, William Greenwell (2), George Henderson, Hugh Williams (2), Isaac Foulkes ('Llyfrbryf'), and Edward B. Tylor.

Includes letters from P. M. C. Kermode (3), Alexander MacBain, Frederic Seebohm (3), J. E. Rogers (2), J. H. Davies, John Young Evans (3), John Hobson Matthews, William C. Borlase (3), J. Fisher (3, enclosing 3 letters from Watcyn Wyn), Howel Walters, Betha Hills-Johnes (3), D. Long Price (2), Thomas Davies (2), Alan Stepney-Gulston, Henry Austin Bruce, G. O. Morgan (2), James R. Thursfield, John Owen (4), D. B. Monro, Emilia F. S. Dilke, E. B. Cowell, Isaac Foulkes ('Llyfrbryf'), E. K. Jones (2), G. Hartwell Jones, Augusta Hall (dictated), W. P. Ker, J. Hugh Edwards, Francis J. Jayne (3), Alfred G. Edwards (4), Charles Plummer, John Jones ('Ivon'), Thomas Powel, Watkin Williams ('Watcyn Wyn') (3), Thomas Levi, John Owen (3), W. A. Craigie (3), W. R. Morfill (2), J. W. Mackail, J. Romilly Allen (3, enclosing a letter from Edward Owen), Malcolm MacFarlane, George Kenyon, Henry Owen (2), J. Herbert Lewis, Samuel Smith, J. Lloyd Morgan, W. Rathbone, J. Herbert Roberts, A. C. Humphreys-Owen, D. A. Thomas, J. Bryn Roberts, D. R. Thomas, Alexander Hugh Bruce, T. K. Cheyne, John Lloyd Warden Page, D. Rhys Jones (3), Edward Laws (4), Arthur J. Evans, William Jones (2), H. W. Williams (6), G. Bowen Jones (2), H. Morse Stephens, Charles Roeder (2), A. W. Moore, Sidney Herbert (Earl of Pembroke), Edward Stanley (3), W. Cadwaladr Davies, H. R. Reichel (2), Frank Harris, Llewellyn Thomas, John Beddoe, Theodor Mommsen (2), Rudolf Thurneysen, A. H. D. Acland, Elias Owen (2), Hugh Williams (2), Ivor James, J. Viriamu Jones, Llywarch Reynolds, and Isaac Taylor.

Sixty-six holograph letters, 1850 and undated, written to A. C. Ramsay. The writers include H. T. de la Beche (to Beete Jukes) (a testimonial to the recipient), [Charlotte A. M. Cookman], Monart House (attendance at a ball and archery meetings), Henry J. G. Fitzgerald, Friars, near Beaumaris ( Anglesey Hunt Week), E. W. Fitz Gerald, Fryars (personal), Emily M. Forbes, London (personal), Augusta Jukes, from Ffestiniog, Llangollen, etc. ( impressions of Yspytty Evan, prospects of a professorship at [Trinity College] Dublin for the writer's husband, the inhospitability of Merioneth people, personal), J. Beete Jukes (a professorship at Dublin, the writer's geological survey in North Wales), Lyon Playfair (the affairs of [Thomas] Oldham with reference to the Indian survey, matters at the Museum) (letterhead of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851), M. E. P[layfair] (the writer's visit to the Continent, preparations for the Exhibition, the recipient's account for the 'Liverpool Works', personal), E. Ramsay, his mother, Glasgow (personal, news of geologist friends and others, comments on the Roman Catholic religion), Eliza Ramsay, his sister, G[lasgow] (personal, news of family and friends), J. C. Ramsay, from London, Valenciennes, and Antwerp (personal, news of friends, impressions of the writer's visit to the Continent and his meetings with sugar producers), W. ('Willie') Ramsay, Glasgow (the loss of the 'Orion', the plight of the Commercial Exchange, correspondence with Mr. James Brown of Ebbow Vale Iron Works, personal), J. Sharpe [from Glasgow] (personal, news of friends), Amelia Elizth. Williams [from Llandovery] (an invitation ), Anna Maria Williams, Llandovery (news of family and friends, the appearance of Wombwell's menagerie at Llandovery fair, the progress of the school building, the prevalence of consumption in Mothvey, Cillycwm is a 'perfect Lazaretto'), W. R. S[teuart] W[illiams], Welshpool and Llandovery (news of family and friends, the writer's activities, a flood at Llandovery ), etc. Also bound in the volume are thirteen holograph letters, 1852-1853 and undated, marked 'Private', to A. C. Ramsay. The writers include A. S. Jervis [from London] (relating to an anonymous letter), 'Betha' Johnes, Dolaucothy, etc. (Mrs. Ramsay's illness, news of friends), Cath[erin]e Ramsay [from Glasgow] (the birth of recipient's child), E. Ramsay, his mother, Hellensburgh, etc. (personal, news of friends), J. C. Ramsay, Demeraire, etc. (the selection of exhibits for the Crystal Palace Company, the birth of recipient's child, prospects of employment in the sugar industry, beetroot manufacture in Ireland, the extension of recipient's survey to Scotland, a request for books), W. Ramsay (the birth of recipient's child), etc.