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An album of engravings used for the insertion of press cuttings entitled 'Atgofion Llew Llwyfo' (i.e., Lewis William Lewis).

'Hwian Gerddi Cymru. Papur ar gyfer Cymdeithas Cymru Fydd, Birmingham, Tach[wedd] 1895.'

A holograph letter, 1896, from George Cornwallis West, from the Camp, 3rd [Batt.] [Royal] W[elsh] F[usiliers], Wrexham, to [?Sir Robert Arthur] Cunliffe [of Acton Park] (arranging a cricket match); a holograph letter, 1899, from [Sir] W. H. Preece, London, to Mrs. Sylvanus (a talk by the writer, possibly on engineering in Wales); a typescript letter, 1918, from J. Puleston Jones, Llanfair C[aereinion], to the Reverend W. M. Tudor (preaching engagements); an autograph letter, 1934, from Megan Lloyd George, Westminster, to J. Jenkyn-Richards, Handsworth (enclosing a message to be read at a meeting in Birmingham in aid of the distressed areas of South Wales) (with marginal notes); a holograph letter, 1934, from Samuel Evans (chairman and director of the Crown Mine, Johannesburg], Piccadilly, to [?H. Jones Davies] (personal); a typescript circular (undated) issued by a committee of the Welsh churches and societies of Birmingham and other Midland towns on behalf of the Social Welfare Settlement in the Rhymney Valley; a cyclostyled programme (undated) of a meeting of the Dudley Welsh Society ('Cymdeithas Cymry Dudley'); a press cutting, 1926, recording an account of a graduation ceremony of the University of Witwatersrand, at which the degree of Ll.D. honoris causa was conferred upon Samuel Evans; typescript notes on 'Nervous System and its Functions' prepared for a zoology class at University College of North Wales; a national registration card, 1915, and national ration book, 1918, of Humphrey Jones Davies, Bangor; etc.

Holograph and autograph letters:- John Parry, Chester, to Richard Newell, Manafon, 1828 (the engagement of the recipient's son to fill a vacancy in the writer's office in Chester); James Jones, Gwaenysgor Rectory, to Miss [ ] Edwards, 1879 (an examination of the parish registers, personal and parochial affairs); Lewis Ellis, Llandrindod Wells, to Mr. [ ] Newell, Llanymynech, 1913 (the writer's health); and to Humphrey Jones Davies from Robert Bryan, Wrexham, [18]98 (an article by the recipient to Cymru), Ellis Edwards, Bala, [19]04 (meetings at Llanrwst, personal), E[dward] Edwards, Highgate [London], 1933 (personal, an engagement in London ), Peter Hughes Griffiths, Golder's Hill [London], 1924 (an article in Y Goleuad), M. H. Jones, Ton Pentre, 1921 (publications of the C. M. Historical Society), R. W. Jones, Holyhead, 1935 (a member of the writer's church working at West Bromwich), W. G. Jones, editor of Y Goleuad, Caernarvon, 1929 (the recipient's contributions to Y Goleuad, personal), W. H. Roberts, Leamington Spa, 1934 (a service by the Leamington and District Welsh Society), and Edwd. Thomas, Old Colwyn, [19]23 (the recipient's article in Y Goleuad, personal).

Three autograph letters to the Rev[erend] H[umphrey] Jones Davies, Birmingham, from T. Davies (for the general manager, The Pacific Steam Navigation Company), Liverpool, 1934 (voyages by the R. M. S. Orduna), and Samuel Evans, Parktown, Johannesburg, 1934 (2) (personal, comment on an article by recipient entitled 'Dathliad Canmlwyddiant Neuadd [Tref Birmingham]', Y Goleuad [17 Hydref 1934]); two autograph letters from Irene [Corona, countess of ] Plymouth, Hewell Grange, Redditch, to Mr. Jones Davies [? the recipient of the three preceding letters], [1937]-1938 (inviting recipient to become a member of a committee arranging a film premiere [in Birmingham] in aid of the National Council of Social Service, thanking recipient for his help, enclosing a copy of the balance sheet); and two letters (one autograph, one holograph) from Cyril P. Cule, Bilston and Caerleon, to Mr. Davies [again ? the recipient of the preceding letters], 1929-1938 (a request to be allowed to name recipient as a referee when applying for teaching posts (1929), acknowledging the receipt of a contribution towards 'Cymdeithas Cyfeillion Gwlad y Basgiaid' [The Friends of the Basques Society], the [Basque refugee] children in South Wales, the probability of war in Europe (1938)) (enclosed with the second letter is a typescript copy of a memorandum in Welsh, explaining the aims of 'Cymdeithas Cyfeillion Gwlad y Basgiaid', viz., drawing attention to the plight of the Basques and the threat of Fascism, collecting funds for the relief of Basque refugees in Wales, more particularly the children, and opposing the demand for the repatriation of the children to Franco Spain, and appealing for moral and financial support for the society).

A note-book containing brief notes on the Reverend John Phillips [Calvinistic Methodist minister, and first principal of the Normal College, Bangor], including references from Y Drysorfa, Rhagfyr 1867, and [Thomas Charles Edwards: Bywyd a Llythyrau . . . Lewis Edwards (Liverpool, 1901)].

A school exercise book containing the notes of five Welsh sermons. The first sermon is attributed to 'y Parch Hugh Jones (W), Tregarth' [the Reverend Hugh Jones, Wesleyan minister, who ministered at Tre- garth, co. Caernarvon, during three separate periods between 1866 and 1896].

Miscellaneous poems including a 'pryddest' entitled 'Y Dyngarwr', by 'Rhyd y Goleu'; commemorative verses to John Jenkyn Richards, by Robert Rowlands [Birmingham], 1937; an 'englyn' to 'Mr. E. M. Davies', and three stanzas to 'Mr. E. Griffiths', by R[obert] H[ughes] Jones [of New Brighton]; and two anonymous poems called 'Gwawr', and 'Paentio'r byd yn goch'.

An imperfect account and memoranda book ? of William Williams, relieving officer, Carrog G.D., Corwen, for the half year ending September 1860.

A holograph letter from the Rev[erend] Owen Ellis, Llanuwchllyn, to Mrs. [Jones] Davies, Tregarth [co. Caernarvon], 1926 (condolences on the death of recipient's brother [the Reverend W. M. Tudor. See NLW MS 12672E above]); a holograph letter from [the Reverend] John Owen Thomas (on active service with the British Expeditionary Force), France, to [ ], 1917 (the work being accomplished by the writer, his brother [the Reverend] H. Wynne Thomas, the Reverend Edward Griffiths, Felinheli, and the Reverend H. Jones Davies, in arranging church services for Welsh soldiers, particular reference to the work of the Reverend Jones Davies amongst Welsh and English soldiers, hopes that his services could be spared for a further period); three holograph letters to the Reverend H. Jones Davies, from W. Sylvanus Jones, Shrewsbury, 1934 (personal, the death of a mutual acquaintance, Joseph Evans, the difficulties of a minister at Bath Road [Calvinistic Methodist] church [Wolverhampton], a Welsh service at Leamington), Robert M. Roberts, Taylor, P. A., U[nited] S[tates of] America, 1923 (personal, the writer's return to America after a visit to Wales, comments on, and news received relating to, Hermon [Calvinistic Methodist] church [Douglas Hill], and the writer's native district of Mynydd [parish of Llandygai, co. Caernarvon], comments on the prohibition laws in America, the new pro-prohibition governor [of Pennsylvania], a months old railroad strike in the state), and [the Reverend] John Owen Thomas, Bala, 1919 (a promise to mention recipient's name to any church seeking a minister); and a national health and pensions insurance card, recording contributions paid by the Rev[erend] H. Jones Davies, 1926-1930.