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A volume of sermon notes in the autograph of the Reverend Christmas Evans (1766-1838). On pp. 584-5 are 'Deisyfiadau C. Evans ar yr Arglwydd Awst 2. 1826. Pan oedd yn cychwyn i Gaerphily'. A note by [J] Spinther [James] facing p. 584 begins 'Dyma'r "Cyfamod" y dywed Cofianwyr Christmas Evans ei fod ar goll' (see also his Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Nghymru, Cyf IV (Caerfyrddin, 1907), pp. 433-4).

A manuscript containing notes relating to the history of Tabernacle Baptist chapel, Talybont, Cardiganshire by Trebor Aled, who was pastor of the church from 1906 to 1917. Also included are letters to him from J. Spinther James, D. Bassett and others, mainly in connection with the history of that church.

A collection largely of printed matter from the library of John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), including prospectuses of his Gleanings from God's Acre (Pwllheli, 1903), Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, 1922) and 'The Works of Bards of Llyn and Eifionydd'; a printed copy review (o'r "Drych") of Enwau Lleoedd Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, [1913]); press cuttings, with some annotations, entitled 'Hela hen Eiriau' (by [J. Spinther James] 'Spinther'), 'George Borrow,' 'Edward Ellis, Dinbych' (by John Edwards, Rosendale, Wis.), 'William W. Lewis, Ysw.' (of Cincinnati, Ohio), 'Hen Farddoniaeth y Cymry' (by [David Davies] 'Dewi Emlyn', Parisville, Ohio), etc.; extracts from the parish register, with copies of the principal monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard, of Criccieth, and extracts from the registers of Ynyscynhaiarn, both in the county of Carnarvon (7pp.); and An Historical Chart, representing in a Chronological series, the Rise, Revolutions and Fall of the Principal Empires of the World (London, 1795).

A holograph essay on 'Bywyd a Gwaith James Spinther James' [Baptist minister and historian], by 'Elimelech' [the Reverend William Joseph Rhys, Treherbert]. The essay was awarded a prize in an essay competition organised by the Welsh Baptist Historical Society in 1938.

Transcripts of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish register of Trefeglwys, 1723-1785; a list of vicars, curates, and churchwardens of the parish of Trefeglwys, 1723-1777; a list of 'Persons whose places of abode are mentioned in this book'; a pedigree of the family of Jarman of Trefeglwys, etc., and extracts from parish registers relating to the family; entries of marriages, burials, and baptisms extracted from the parish registers of Trefeglwys, 1795-1873; extracts from J. Spinther James: Hanes y Bedyddwyr Yn Nghymru . . ., vol. II (Caerfyrddin [1899]); and extracts of marriages, baptisms, and burials relating to the family of Hugh Wilson, clerk, vicar of Trefeglwys and Llangirricke (Llangurig).