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Original envelope containing letters to Capt. Edward Lewis Pryse and copies of his replies to his brother John, Matthew Davies of Penpompren, Matthew D. Williams of Cwmcynfelyn, Edward Davies and Mrs Davies of Tanybwlch, and others, 1852-1860. Most of the letters discuss the assertion of Pryse Loveden’r rights as lord of the manor of Genau’r-glyn, in response to landowners’ complaints about trespasses committed by mining prospectors on the farms of Blaennant, Doleruddlan, Lluestgotta and Cyneiniog, and about encroachments on the sheepwalks. The file also contains notes by Capt. Pryse and an information of intrusion commenced in the Court of the Exchequer by the Attorney General representing the Crown against Pryse Pryse and the family trustees, concerning Cwmsymlog mine, asserted by the Crown to be in the royal manor of Perfedd (Watermark 1862).

Correspondence and typescript copies of ten children’s stories submitted to Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, Chicago, USA for their ‘Language Experiences in Reading’. The stories are ‘The lake monsters’; ‘The new sledge’ (Peter and Patsy); ‘Freddie the ferry boat’; ‘Flipper the seal’; ‘The Unicorn’; ‘Picture stories’; ‘The Dragon with toothache’; ‘Mo makes a boat’; ‘The landslide’ and ‘Surtsey – the Young Island’.

Leases by John Lewis of Coedmor in Cardiganshire and Hurst in Berkshire, of properties in the parishes of Llan-gors and Llanfihangel Nant Bran, 1683-1722. They include parcels of tithe land belonging to the rectory of Llan-gors; a house and smith’s shop, Y Clouty Bach, Coyd y Perthy, Garthe ir Moate, Tir Pen Twyn, Criggie Ycha, and The Lodge, Llan-gors; and Cwmb Llythlin with a corn mill, and Vanvelen in Llanfihangel Nant Bran. The majority include a reservation of the timber to John Lewis.

Correspondence and a typescript copy of a one off story for children submitted to ‘Wife and Home’ and Thomas Long Publishers, but not accepted.

Small notebook labelled ‘Ledger’, containing accounts of the ore sold and royalties from lead and copper mines on Sir Pryse Pryse’s estate, and notes on the leases at East Darren, Grogywynion, South Darren, Bronfloyd, New Bronfloyd, Cambrian Mine, Blaenceulan, South Cambrian Mine, Old Bog Pool, Cefngwirion, Bryn Dyfi or Neuadd-lwyd, North Cardiganshire or Tal-y-bont, Bryn yr Afr, Cwm Brwyno and Ystrad Einon, 1880-1883, and copies of returns, 1877-1880

Papers deriving from the claim of Pryse Pryse to the lordship or manor of Nantyrarian, Cardiganshire, disputed by the Crown which asserted its right within the surrounding lordship of Perfedd, 1745-1867. The file contains correspondence with the Office of Woods and Forests, 1833-1834; earlier letters from George Jones of Rhoskillan (Rhoscellan) to John Hedley at Dyffryn Melindwr, 1745, and Thomas Lloyd of Abertrinant to Mr Waller, which also mentions a shipwreck in the lordship of Genau’r-glyn, 1747; an agreement for a mining lease by the trustees of Thomas Pryse’s will, 1754; a case investigating the attendance of inhabitants of Nantyrarian at the manorial court of Perfedd, 1756, citing the actions of Lewis Morris in 1746; a sketch taken in 1833 from a map by Lewis Morris; an account of fines in the court leet of Perfedd, 1756, a court leet presentment from the manor of Nantyrarian, 1833; and a demand for rent on an encroachment in the manor of Perfedd, 1867.

Original parcel of valuations, letters and legal papers mainly relating to tithe commutation, tithe of milk and the liability of coppice wood to tithe on the Gogerddan estate, 1749-1845, enclosing a further bundle of letters, 1842-1845. The letters and legal papers, 1753-1845, reveal the differences at issue between Pryse Pryse and the tithe owner, Sir Bruce Chichester, providing historical details of the tithe owners and impropriators. Other letters concern the Cors Fochno enclosure, Hodgeston lease and the tithe commutation of Eaton Hastings, Berkshire. The main correspondents are Pryse Pryse and the tithe commissioners; others include Oliver Lloyd of Cardigan, J.J. Peele of Shrewsbury, Thomas Salt of Shrewsbury and the Gogerddan agents

Original envelope containing letters to Pryse Pryse Pryse of Lodge Park, George Griffiths Williams and David Philip, from John E. James of Aberystwyth, auctioneer, surveyor and valuer, and relevant third party letters, 1894-1896. The letters mainly concern the sale of houses and land on the Gogerddan estate at Penbontrhydybeddau, Tal-y-bont, Glasbwll, Aberystwyth and Llanbadarn Fawr, including Penygraig, Penyfron, Cwmcynfelyn, Cwmere, the Gogerddan Arms at Ynyslas, and Rhydtir Issaf, tenanted by John Humphreys. There is also a copy of a contract for the sale of gardens and fields at Tal-y-bont, with plan, 1895. Two letters discuss the proposal for Tal-y-bont agricultural show, 1896.

Original bundle of letters and papers concerning the dispute with Lord Milford over Moreton Colliery, 1773-1779. Correspondents and recipients include Lewis Pryse, B. Allen of Cresselly, Lord Milford, Edward Loveden Loveden, Joseph Woolstenhulme and James Child of Begeli. The file also contains a report on the state of the colliery at Moreton by Jospeh Woolstenhulme, 1779; a case and opinion, reciting the original agreement between Lewis Pryse and Sir John Philipps in 1757; and accounts, 1778-1779.

Original envelope containing letters to George Griffiths Williams about the lease of Rhydypennau farm, from the lessee John Baker, auctioneer, and Arthur Johnson Hughes, solicitor of the Town Clerk’s Office, Aberystwyth, about the terms of the lease and the financial expenses incurred by Mr Baker, 1880-1889.

‘List of Publications on Apiculture Contained in the US Department of Agriculture Library and in Part Those Contained in the Library of Congress’ compiled by Vajen E. Hitz and Ina L. Hawes (United States Department of Agriculture Library, Washington, D. C., No. 21, 1930).