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A letter, 12 November [18]90, from a certain Will[iam] W[ ... ], a Welsh emigrant to South Africa, to his family in North Wales. He writes from Cape Town, prior to going on to Kimberley.

A letter, 24 August 1973, from the writer Alec Waugh, Tangier, to the novelist Berta Ruck, Aberdovey, containing personal news and referring to a newspaper article on Ruck (see Jim Tucker, 'Mrs Onions knows her romance', The Times, 20 August 1973, p. 14).

A letter, 22 November 1889, from Walburga, Lady Paget, to Frances Power Cobbe commenting on their anti-vivisection campaigns.
She also refers to her daughter, Lady Windor, later the Countess of Plymouth (f. 1 recto-verso).

A letter, dated 20 April 1945, from Leo Amery, MP, to Lady Frances Lloyd George, presenting his condolences on the death of her husband, David Lloyd George.

Two letters, 1983, from the novelist Alexander Cordell, Isle of Man, to Ted Spanswick, [?Pontypridd], outlining his views on socialism and the working class and declining to give his support to a proposed left-wing periodical.

Four letters and a card, 1969-1971, from the artist and writer Brenda Chamberlain to Meic Stephens, mainly concerning her contribution to his book, Artists in Wales (Llandysul, 1971) (ff. 38, 40-43), together with one letter from Chamberlain, 1970, addressed to Elan Closs Roberts, relating to the Welsh Arts Council's 'Dial-a-poem' project (f. 39).

A letter, [14] August 1960 (received and stamped 15 August 1960), from the poet Dannie Abse to actor and theatre director Bernard Miles enclosing a copy of his book Tenants of the House: Poems 1951-1956 (New York, 1959). The letter is accompanied by a carbon copy of a typescript letter of acknowledgement from Bernard Miles, dated 16 August 1960.

A letter, 29 May 1984, from Glyn Jones to Gwyn Jones (f. 131), enclosing a copy of a Russian anthology, Валлийский рассказ (Valliiskii rasskaz) (Moscow, 1983), containing prose works written by them and other Welsh and Anglo-Welsh writers; together with a typescript carbon copy reply from Gwyn Jones, [1984] (f. 132).
Also included are photocopies, [?1984], of part of Valliiskii rasskaz, comprising the title page, copyright page and the first page of text in Cyrillic script, and a list of the authors in Latin script (ff. 133-134).

A letter, 1866, from the pacifist Henry Richard ('Apostle of Peace') to the Rev. Roger Edwards, Mold, editor of Y Drysorfa (ff. 23-24); and a letter in Welsh, 1886, from the novelist Daniel Owen, probably addressed to the Rev. Ellis Edwards, Bala, concerning obituaries of the latter's father, the Rev. Roger Edwards (f. 25).

A letter, 2 February 1817 (watermark 1801), to [the Rev. George] Robson, prebendary of St Asaph and rector of Erbistock (ff. 135-136), and another to his wife, 1 October 1827 (watermark 1823) (f. 137), from Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, 'The Ladies of Llangollen'. Both letters are in the hand of [?Eleanor Butler]. They are mainly concerned with local affairs, relating in particular to the parish clerk of Llangollen, [Robert Wynne-Eyton], and his wife (ff. 135-136).

Two letters addressed to the novelist Berta Ruck, from Rose Macaulay, 10 April 1928 (f. 31), and Mary Renault, 25 May 1940 (f. 32), both discussing personal and literary matters.

Nine letters, 1955-1969, from Hamish Hamilton (ff. 14-16, 19, 21-22) and Roger Machell (ff. 17-18, 20) of Hamish Hamilton Ltd to the novelist Jack Jones, concerning the publication of his work.
The envelopes are annotated with comments by Jones.

Two letters in Latin, 1756 and 1762, from the historian and geographer Vito Maria Amico e Statella of Catania, Sicily, to Thomas Pennant, chiefly relating to crustaceans and molluscs.
In the first letter, 1 January 1756 (ff. 175-176), he arranges to send Pennant marine specimens; in the second, [23 November] 1762 (ff. 177-178), written just before Amico's death, and mainly in the hand of an amanuensis, he sends sample shells of snails and shellfish.

A letter, 18 May 1901, in Welsh, from the poet, Ben Bowen, Kimberley, South Africa, to his sister, Ann, and brother-in-law, Jonathan Thomas, including two englynion by Bowen.
Parts of the letter, including the englynion, are published in Ben Bowen yn Neheudir Affrica, ed. by Myfyr Hefin (Llanelli, 1928), pp. 23-24.

A letter, [1959], from Bob Owen, Croesor, to the Rev. Herbert Evans, Boughton Heath, Chester, concerning the parishes of the commote of Iâl (Yale), Denbighshire, and whether or not they included Llantysilio.

A letter, 26 April 1958, from E. Tegla Davies to Berwyn Davies, Wrexham, concerning the sender's eyesight.

A letter, 23 March 1948, from Evan Roberts, evangelist and leader of the 1904-5 religious revival, to Idwal Evans, concerning Idwal's state of health. Idwal was the brother of the Rev. Sidney Evans who was Evan Roberts's brother-in-law and also a prominent figure in the revival.

A letter, 3 December 1927, in Welsh, from Saunders Lewis to the Rev. D. Llewelyn Jones, Pontrhydygroes, Cardiganshire, relating to Lewis's Williams Pantycelyn (London, 1927), reviewed by D. Llewelyn Jones in Baner ac Amserau Cymru, 20 December 1927, p. 7, and 27 December 1927, p. 5.
There is an explanatory note by D. Llewelyn Jones on the envelope (f. 149a verso).

A letter, [Summer of 1923 or 1924], signed 'Tristan', from D. James Jones (Gwenallt), Aberystwyth, to Esyllt Jones (later Mrs Esyllt Clarke, New Zealand), concerning personal matters and describing his day-to-day life in Aberystwyth during the Summer (ff. 190-191).
Also included is an explanatory letter, 24 November 1977, from the donor (ff. 192-193).

A letter, 20 November 1942, in Welsh, from J. Oliver Stephens of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, to the poet Euros Bowen, concerning the latter's college fees and commenting on a recent essay of his, namely 'Ar Ddifancoll', Y Llenor, 20 (1941), 189-196.