'Melus-seiniau Cymru', a collection by John Jenkins, [1817]-[1820], with additions to about 1825 (watermarks 1805, 1813 in the fly-leaves), of Welsh tunes, most with the Welsh lyrics added. The volume is divided into several sections, consisting of 60 psalms and hymns (ff. 2-26, 151-178), 40 hymn-tunes (ff. 28-48), 58 elegies, carols and moral songs (ff. 50-96) and 67 songs on various themes including military and romance (ff. 100-149, 179-190).
'Per-seiniau Cymru', a collection by John Jenkins, [1824]-[1825] (watermarks 1814, 1820), of Welsh tunes 'cyfaddas i Destunau difrifol' ('suitable for serious subjects') (f. 1). The volume contains 101 tunes, 52 of which are copied from Melus-seiniau Cymru (NLW MS 1940iA). Nos 1-47 (ff. 3-48) and No. 56 (ff. 56 verso-57) have the Welsh lyrics added. A list of contents is on ff. 1 verso-2 verso.
A copy, which belonged to John Jenkins, of Owen Williams (o Fôn) : Brenhinol Ganiadau Sion neu Gynghanedd Newydd Gymraeg Yn Cynnwys Hen Beroriaethau Brytanaidd a Rhai Diweddar Heb eu Hargraphu o'r blaen (London, [c. 1820]).
A copy, which belonged to John Jenkins, of John Rippon : A Selection of Psalm and Hymn-Tunes ... adapted principally to Dr. Watt's Hymns and Psalms, and to Dr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns ... 4th ed. (London, [1800?]).
A copy of 'Proposals, for publishing by subscription, a collection of Welsh Airs, adapted to the harp and pianoforte ... By Richard Roberts, harper, of Carnarvon', 1824, and a list of some subscribers.
A transcript of 'Essay on the Poetry of Iceland' from Ebenezer Henderson: Iceland: or the Journal of a residence in that island (Edinburgh, 1818), and 'Italian Consonancy in Poetry', being a translation of pp. 277-83 of J. D. Rhys: Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Lingvae Institvtiones ... (London, 1592).
Press cuttings, including copies of 'Englynion ar farwolaeth ... John Jenkins ...' by Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) and 'Galarnad Dafydd am ei fab Absalom' by Walter Davies.
Miscellaneous notes written by Walter Davies and including 'Enwau Ceingciau adnabyddus i Gwen verch Wiliam, Cantores o Drev Rhiwaedog, o gylch 1550', and a few fragments in the hand of John Jenkins.
A letter, May 17, 1822, to Thomas Burgess, bishop of St. Davids, intimating the intention of King George IV to subscribe one thousand pounds in aid of the new St. David's College, Lampeter, and a copy (printed) of Prayers used at the laying of the first stone of St. David's College near Lampeter on the 12th day of August, 1822.
Miscellaneous printed matter collected by Walter Davies and John Jenkins and comprising minutes, etc., relating to the Cambrian Society of Dyfed, the Cymmrodorion Society of London, the Cymmrodorion Society in Powys, and the Chester Cymmrodorion, eisteddfod and gorsedd admission tickets, various notes by Walter Davies and John Jenkins, press cuttings giving reports of eisteddfodau and concerts, book prospectuses, poems, Resolutions and Prospectus of the Bangor Religious Tract Society, obituary notice of John Jenkins, etc.
