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'An Essay on the Origin of the English Nation', submitted for competition at the Chester national eisteddfod, 1866, together with a copy of a Report of the National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Chester, September, 1866.

A draft essay entitled 'Wales, its aspects and prospects'.

A transcript of an Irish grammar by James Lynch, with additional notes and extracts in Irish, Gaelic and Manx.

Extracts, mainly by Stephens, from printed sources, such as The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales and works by John David Rhys, Humphrey Lhuyd and Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin'); transcripts from Welsh pedigrees in British Museum Harleian MS 3859; and material relating to the alleged existence of the Welsh or White Indians - 'Y Madogwys'.

Notes on [Johann Kaspar] Zeuss: Grammatica Celtica (Leipzig, 1853).

'Traethawd ar Gyflwr moesol a llenyddol Cenedl y Cymry yn y Deheubarth, ynghyd a sylwadau ar y cyfnewidiadau a gymerasant le yn y ganrif ddiweddaf', awarded a prize at the Cardiff temperance eisteddfod, 1858.

An essay entitled 'Iestyn ap Gwrgant', which was awarded a prize at the Liverpool eisteddfod, 1840.

Material collected for a history of the literature of Wales, including a draft of a portion of The Literature of the Kymry (1849).

Press cuttings containing obituary notices of Stephens.

The original manuscript of 'Madoc: An Essay on the Discovery of Amercia by Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd in the Twelfth Century', submitted for competition at the Llangollen eisteddfod, 1858, but not awarded the prize because, although adjudged the best essay in the competition, it did not support the belief that America had been discovered by Madog.

Notes, press cuttings and letters, 1858-1859, relating to the adjudication on Stephens's essay.

'The Names of Places in South Wales, to illustrate The History, Local Traditions, and Legendary lore of that part of the Principality, taken from the Note-Book of A Rambling Pedlar ...', with additional notes, press cuttings and a list of places mentioned in Liber Landavensis.

An essay entitled 'On the Question whether the Druids sacrificed human beings', written for a Cymreigyddion meeting at Swansea, 1841.

'An Essay on the evils arising from killing salmon out of season and when full of spawn', written for a competition organised at Merthyr Tydfil by Thomas Hennay, 1844, together with a Welsh translation, the rules relating to the competition and a copy of an Act relating to salmon fisheries passed by Parliament in May 1843.

An essay entitled 'Dyfodiad Fitzhamon i Forgannwg'.

'Anerchiad ar y lles a ddeillia i blant y dosbarthau gweithiol oddiwrth ddyfal ofaliad am eu haddysgiadau crefyddol ...' .

'Traethawd ar Farddoniaeth Arwyddfeirddiol Cymru', awarded a prize at the Abergavenny eisteddfod, 1845.

A prize essay at the Abergavenny eisteddfod, 1841, entitled 'Hanes Lleoedd Swydd Ceredigion i ba rai y perthyn neb rhyw Hengofion chwedleuol neu Hanesyddol neu enwau pa rai a arwyddocant eu bod yn Sefyllfaoedd neu rhyw Ddygwyddiadau nodedig', with a short adjudication by Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc').

'An address to the working classes on the benefits of education'.

An essay entitled 'The Working Men of Wales, compared with those of England, Scotland and Ireland', with an appendix of statistics relating to population, moral conditions, etc. in England and Wales, 1842-1843, and which was awarded a prize at the Porthmadog eisteddfod, 1852.