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Sermon notes by J. Gwynoro Davies.

An imperfect copy of John Parry: A Brief Account of the British or Cambrian Music; 1742, with manuscript titles, and with transcripts supplied by D. Emlyn Evans.

Holograph copies of two hymn-tunes - 'Y Ddôl' and 'Bryn Du' - by Tom Carrington, Coed-poeth, 1935.

A file of papers, certificates, and cards, relating to food rationing, 1917-1920, kept by William Henry Davies, The Stores, Rhuddlan.

Copies of deeds relating to Haverfordwest and of charters of the craft guilds of the town in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

A copy of the fourth edition of William Chillingworth: The Religion of Protestants a safe way to Salvation ... London, 1674, with entries of baptisms, marriages and burials for the parish of Trefeglwys, co. Montgomery, for the year 1695 written on the fly-leaves.

A photographic copy of a letter, 20 July 1820, written by John Reynolds, Baptist minister at Felinganol, co. Pembroke, to his nephew; and a list of sermons and places at which they were preached, 1836-1849, by William Reynolds, written in a record book of the Misses Hill's School, Haverfordwest.

A collection of traditions, anecdotes, and poems made circa 1870, by John Castell Evans, entitled 'Yr Hen Amser gynt, ei Veirdd, ei Varddoniaeth, ei Bobl a'i Chwedlau, sev Casgliad o hen Draddodiadau, Darnau Barddonol a Bywgraffiadau &c. yn dal cysylltiad yn benav a Gogledd Cymru yn enwedig Sir Merionydd ... Casglwyd, yn benav, oddiar lavar gwlad gan John Castell Evans, Pine Cottage, Millbrook, gynt o Gastell-y-Waen, Llanuwchllyn, Merion.'

Two account books of John Davies, auctioneer, of Talley, Carmarthenshire, 1853-1858, and an account book of Thomas Griffiths, Penrhiwgeingen, Talley, and John Davies, 1862-1865, containing accounts with individual purchasers at specified local sales, e.g. of timber at Pwllfa and Cwmgelynyn, parish of Caeo, and at Maes-pwll, parish of Pencarreg.

Notes of sermons largely by, and in the hand of, John Jones (1807-75), Calvinistic Methodist minister of Blaenannerch, Cardiganshire. MS. 11336 contains a certificate of declarations and subscriptions to oaths made by John Jones (described as of Bryn Hyfrid, parish of Tremain), 16 July, 1863.

Counter books, 1914-1926 (with gaps) of Mrs. A. Richard Thomas, Carnarvon, tithe agent and collector for the parishes of Aberdaron, Bettws Garmon, Bottwnog, Clynnog, Criccieth, Dolbenmaen, Edeyrn, Llanaelhaiarn, Llanbeblig, Llanberis, Llanddeiniolen, Llandwrog, Llanengan, Llanfaelrhys, Llanfaglan, Llanfihangel[-y-Pennant], Llanllyfni, Llanor, Llanrug, Llanwnda, Meillteyrn, Penmorfa, and Treflys, co. Caernarvon, and Cerrigceinwen, Llanddygfael, Llanfechell, Llangaffo, Llangeinwen, Llangristiolus, and Newborough, co. Anglesey.

Two composite commonplace books of Edward Jones, Cyrchynan-uchaf, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, 1824-1831, containing lists of preachers' texts, farming accounts and memoranda, overseers' accounts, sheep ear-marks, a ' carol plygain' (1830) by R. Williams and other verses in free metres, equivalent Welsh and English words and expressions, etc.

Dyddiadur yr Annibynwyr, 1846, 1852, 1855-7, 1864, 1867, 1871-1873, with farming and personal entries by John Thomas, Tynlon, Llangybi, co. Caernarvon.

Snowdon Visitors' Books, 1863-1889, containing the autographs, addresses and comments of visitors to the summit of Snowdon. They contain entries for the periods 11 July 1863-1 July 1866 (NLW MS 16083C), 20 June 1883-25 September 1885 (NLW MS 16084C) and 9 January-20 October 1886, 30 May-25 December 1887, 29 June-11 October 1889 (NLW MS 16085C).

Fourteen day-books, 1880-1891, of Hugh Parry Jones of Llannerch-y-medd, co. Anglesey, doctor and a member of the famous family of Anglesey bone-setters, containing names of patients and details of medicine prescribed.

Two committee minute-books, 1928-1956 and 1957-1968, of the Garn District, Cardiganshire, Calvinistic Methodist Singing Festival, the earliest also containing accounts, 1939-1951.

Account books, 1849-1880, of Daniel Jenkins of Coed, Llanddewi Aber-arth, later of Tyngwndwn, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, co. Cardigan, farmer, containing farming and other accounts; a list of purchasers at the Coed sale, 1874, with the amounts paid for the various lots (MS 22878, ff. 1v, 9v-62); and miscellaneous memoranda. Inserted in MS 22877 is a copy of Reynolds's Astrological and Prophetic Almanack for 1848 (ff. 126-34v).

The second and third of three volumes (see also NLW MS 23701E) of typescript and manuscript accounts by women from Wales of their experiences in the Second World War, selections from which were published in Parachutes and Petticoats: Welsh Women Writing on the Second World War, ed. by Leigh Verrill-Rhys and Deirdre Beddoe (Dinas Powys, 1992). The material was submitted in response to an appeal in 1991 by the publishers, Honno. NLW MS 23073D comprises contributions not represented in the published volume; the reminiscences of Hilda H. Price (ff. 232-241) were published in Llafur, 6 (1992), 110-113. A copy of the complete archive has been donated to the Imperial War Museum, London.

Notebooks containing sermons in Welsh, ca. 1866-1869. There is a draft letter from William Owen (see 561, below) to officers of Llanddona chapel on p. 144 of MS 23144.

Account books, 1903-16, 1932-48, of Evan Jones and later of Jenkin Henry Jones, St David's Villa, Pontgarreg, Llangrannog, co. Cardigan, grocers and general dealers.