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A bill of costs, 1814-1822, of Daniel Price, administrator of the effects of Thomas Price, deceased, to L. Price Jones, Glanyrannell, touching the exchange of the latter's estate of Glanbrane in co. Glamorgan for Glanyrannell, Brondilo, Island, Maestwynog, and Ynis, being copyhold property of Captain [ ] Jones, brother of L. P. Jones, in the manor of Talley, co. Carmarthen; accounts, 1825-1838, touching the sale of properties of L. P. Jones; and an account by David Davies to Lewis Pryse Jones of receipts and payments made at Glanyrannell from 1 March to 30 September, 1837.

Material from the library of the Reverend John Lloyd, Brunant, Cayo, relating almost entirely to late eighteenth and early nineteenth century parliamentary elections for the county of Carmarthen and for the county of the borough of Carmarthen. They consist of poetry, including 'An Essay on the Characters &c. of the Governors of the Boro' of Carmarthen', 1789, 'From plain Truth addressed ... to the Cambrian Sappho' by Mrs. [Maria Justina] Cowell, 1802, 'The Carmarthenshire Parson and a Freeholder. A Dialogue' by [Lewis] Lewis, rector of Clovelly, 1802, etc.; a state of the poll for the hundred of Cayo in the Carmarthenshire election, 16 July - 2 August 1802; holograph and autograph letters, 1807, of Herbert Lloyd, Carmarthen, [Lord] Robert Seymour, Llandilo, and Danl. Price, Junior, Talley; addresses to the Freeholders of the county of Carmarthen by 'A Freeholder', 1807, and to Lord D[ynevor] by 'A Carmarthenshire Freeholder', undated; and printed matter including a poem entitled 'County of the borough of Carmarthen. November, 15th, 1796. The Independent Burgesses's Glory', 'Carmarthen Election Committee, April 5th, 1803. Extract from Mr. Adam's Speech at the Close of the Proceedings', addresses to the electors of co. Carmarthen by W[illiam] Paxton, 1803, 1806, R. Seymour, 1807, and [Sir] Willm. Mansel, Iscoed, 1807, and to the electors of Cardigan Boroughs by J[ohn] Vaughan, Crosswood, 1807, 'The recent Roman Catholic Concerns considered' ('Diweddar Negesau'r Papistiaid wedi eu hystyried') by 'A Protestant of Carmarthenshire' ('Protestant O Sir Gaerfyrddin'), etc.

Fifteen holograph and autograph letters from Dan[ie]l Price, Talley, to David Davies, Frwdfale, 1820-1840 (a request for birch plants, legal matters including the conveyance of Trewayn [in Llansawel], the specifications of a house to be built by the writer at Trewayn, the tithe apportionment of Conwil Gaio and Llanycrwys) (with one draft reply from David Davies, 1840); and four holograph and autograph letters from W[alter] O. Price, Llandilo, to David Davies, 1829-1832 (the sale of Llethermawr, etc., [in Llandilo] to Lord R[obert] Seymour [of Taliaris] and the valuation of timber thereon, a request to arbitrate in a dispute between two of the writer's tenants).

Nine holograph letters to David Davies, Froodvale, from Thomas Davies, Vicarage, Llangadock, [18]40 (enclosing a copy of a letter from the Tithe Commission Office relating to the apportionment of cottages and gardens), T. Eaton, Haverfordwest, 1840 (2) (requesting a valuation of the tithes of a district in the parish of Stainton), W[illiam] Davys Harries, Neuadd- fawr [Cil-y-cwm], [18]44 (irregularities in the recipient's apportionment of Cil-y-cwm), Thomas Hughes, Castelldu [Lampeter], 1840 (a tithe meeting at Brechfa), W. G. Hughes, Llanstephan, [18]40 (Brechfa tithe allotment), Benj[ami]n Jones [Gwarallt], Lampeter, 1844 (land in [Llanfihangel] Rhosycorn entitled to allowance, the defaulters of Llanybyther), W[illia]m Thomas, Mount Pleasant, near Nantymwyn [Llandovery], 1844 (objections to the recipient's apportionment in Cil-y-cwm), and Row[land] Williams, Llandovery, [18]44 (acceptance of the recipient's tender for surveying and valuing the rateable property in the parish of Llangadock); fourteen autograph letters from the Tithe Commission Office, London, to David Davies, 1844 (the apportionment of the tithes of Cellan, Llanfihangel Rhosycorn, Cilycwm, and Llanegwad); agreements, 1846-1847, by David Davies, Froodvale, for measuring, mapping, and apportioning the tithes of the parish of Llanwrtyd [co. Brecknock]; and accounts, undated, of charges and expenses due to Daniel Price, solicitor, and W[illia]m Morgan, land surveyor, in connection with the tithe commutation of Talley, Cayo, Llanfynydd, Llandingat, Doithie Camddwr, and Doithie Pysgotwr.