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A note which seems to be related to Items 1-8, beginning 'the prize for makeing a monument to put on Mrs Martha Spencer ...'. ((?) In the autograph of Margaret (Peggy) Williams). There are observations by Iolo Morganwg on the reverse side: 'Gwarchan has undergone the same misfortune as Carmen ...'. 'I shall not concern myself with Owens Gent. Magn. Novr. 1790, ...'.

A Note which accompanied something sent to Taliesin Williams 'With Lady Charlotte Guest's respectful Compliments.' (In the autograph of Willm Rees, Llandovery).

A note ('Twm o'r Nants Information') concerning the late Mr Kenrick's MSS. On the other side are 'Llyma'r pum achos sydd i gadw achau' and pertinent quotations said to be from Ieuan Brechfa and / or Llawdden.

A note (crossed out) under Suddas-Judas: 'William Owen, a chydag ef Owen Myfyr, a ellir yn gyfiawn eu cymharu a Suddas, pob un, megis a chyfarch teg a chusan, yn bradychu.' This is followed by a list of 24 (?) MSS, concluding, 'and if you had continued your cunning a little, Twrog, and a most interesting MS, the Y[n]iales, with the whole of the Barddas of Llywelyn Sion Trïoedd Bonedd &c. would have been sent you.'

A note which runs thus: 'The Welsh Bard's (eldest Brother to Jacob Gawkey) humble respects to Miss Lee, and fully determined to build no more Castles in the Air, begs she would favour him with a little assistance to build one small Cottage on the rock'. On the dorse is a brief account of the Myddfai Physicians.

A note beginning 'offended O. Jones by denying the authenticity of Geoffrey, and by objecting to call the Hergest Copy Brut Tyssilio, & no prose writings in N.W....'.

A notebook containing Latin hexameters, etc., translated word for word into English. At the reverse end are, 'The Prophesies of an old man lately & strangely knowne to be in ye City of Rome in Italy & what Transacons shall hapen yearly for 11 years', viz 1693-1703. Damaged.

A paragraph beginning, 'in the following attempts at (in) sacreds [sic] Lyrics I have endeavoured ...'. (Mention of 'The hackney'd conventicle sing-song of nearly all the Psalms and hymns in our Language').

A paragraph beginning, 'Poetry has been the original vehicle of knowledge amongst all nations'. (Reference to Caermarthen and the Cambrian Society.)

A paragraph concerning 'Huw Llwyd Cynfel' and an 'englyn'. On the reverse side is the address of Mr Edwd. Jones - No. 122 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London. Welsh. Repaired.

A paragraph (incomplete) concerning Mr Edward Jones' book, beginning 'There is a material every where to be met with in the most superfluous abundance, the Critics call it damned stuff ...'. On the reverse side is the 'Idea of Sir Wm Jones.'