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Henry A. Bruce to Mr Taliesin Wms, Merthyr. 'The Bishop of Llandaff has just been here, & seems to laugh at the idea that human sacrifices were not offered up by the Druids ...'. Requesting the addressee to give what authority he can, and also to tell him how old the Trioedd Ynys Prydain are supposed to be and whether some are older than others.

Henry A. Bruce, 89 Chancery Lane, to Mr Taliesin Wms. He has received from his father several criticisms which the addressee has been kind enough to make on the verses. The criticisms are very just. Reference to the addressee's attitude towards the present administration.

Henry A. Bruce, 89 Chancery Lane, London, to Mr Taliesin Williams, Merthyr Tydfil. The translation of Thierry's History of the Normans in England is just out - he is on the watch for an opportunity to send it to the addressee. He read the addressee's letter in this morning's paper with great pleasure and satisfaction - his own views on the subject (Welsh Bishops). The promised 'History of Glamorgan'.

Henry A. Bruce, Duffryn, to Mr Taliesin Williams (Ab Iolo), Merthyr. Sending his translation from the part the addressee has not yet seen. 'Gwyddon Canhebon's Speech'.

An autograph letter, 22 August 1872, from journalist and explorer Henry M[orton] Stanley, London, to Charles Ollivant, Sale, Cheshire, refuting the (correct) claim made in the Rhyl Journal that Stanley was not an American but rather a Welshman named John Rowlands (f. 19).
Also included is a newspaper cutting, from the Manchester Examiner and Times, 27 August 1872, printing the contents both of Stanley's letter and a covering letter by Ollivant, dated 24 August 1872 (f. 20). Copies of the letter were sent by Ollivant to several newspapers, including the Examiner and Times and the Manchester Guardian, and it was printed in these and several others over the following days.

Henry Parry, Llanasa, to Mr William Rees, Llandovery. Sending extracts which he copied while at Downing this morning from 'A catalogue of the British saints and such others whose memories are most celebrated in Wales, by the dedication of churches to their names.' He has a curious MS also called the 'Pentarchia' by Powell of Edenhope. The addressee's Achau'r Saint.

Returning the addressee's Treasure with many thanks. A few hastily composed stanzas on Death.

He can do nothing that will enable him to make up the money without the addressee's kind assistance; begging him to come to Cowbridge immediately. He has found the copy of a letter to Mr Thomas Williams, dated May 21 1808, proving that he (TW) had received the year's rent (£12) up to the first of that month. On the dorse are details of some ?pamphlets on the work of civilizing American Indians.

An elderly lady wearing a shawl and hat standing outside her whitewashed and thatched cottage.

Four whole sardines laid out on a sheet of newspaper.