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A commonplace book compiled by Ioan Pedr, 1863, 'according to Locke's System'.

A commonplace book kept by Ioan Pedr containing anecdotes and notes on a variety of words, place-names and subjects.

A commonplace book kept by Ioan Pedr containing a large number of notes on a variety of subjects; 'englynion', hymns and other poetry; folk- and nursery-rhymes; tales, games and anecdotes relating mainly to Bala and district; a Welsh translation of Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act I, Scene I; notes on sheep ear-marks, with examples and diagrams; lists of poems by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'); biographical, bibliographical and philological notes, including lists of dialect words; inscriptions and epitaphs at Llanycil church; a copy of a letter written 21 September 1828 from Delaware, U.S.A., by John Edwards ('Eos Glan Twrch') to his parents at Tynyfedw, Cynllwyd, Merioneth; etc.

A copy of a letter, 4 April 1856, from Ioan Pedr to Pfarrer E. Schwab; miscellaneous notes mainly on religious subjects; recipes; etc.

Indexes compiled by Ioan Pedr to the names of Welsh poets and prose writers, with references to manuscripts and printed works, to the first lines of 'cywyddau', to Welsh books and books relating to Wales, etc.

Press cuttings collected by Ioan Pedr and by his widow, who compiled a biography of her husband. Many of the cuttings relate to the controversies concerning the Bala Independent College.

Etymological notes on Welsh words.

The manuscript of John Peter ['Ioan Pedr']: The Geology of Wales. Lecture delivered at the University College of Wales, December 19th, 1873 ... (Aberystwyth, 1874), together with other notes, mainly on scientific subjects.

Three short essays on 'Callineb', 'Nacad' and 'Cyneddfau Nacaol'.

'Trysorfa Gyffredin', a miscellany containing extracts from John [or Siôn] Rhydderch: Grammadeg Cymraeg ... (Mwythig, 1728); copies of 'englynion' in the churchyards of Dolwyddelan, Llangower, Llanuwchllyn, Llanfor, Llandrillo, Glyn Caerog, Llantysilio and Rhewl (Dyffryn Clwyd); poems by John Page ('Ioan [Glan] Dyfrdwy') and Charles Saunderson ('Siarl Wyn o Benllyn'); lecture notes; etc.

Notes, press cuttings, posters, programmes of literary and other meetings, circulars and other papers relating to Bala and the Penllyn district of Merioneth, together with miscellaneous prose and verse, including translations from Greek and Latin authors.

A transcript, 1874-1876, by Ioan Pedr of some of the poetry contained in NLW MS 642B.