Dangos 14978 canlyniad

Two groups of letters from Welsh emigrants to America, 1846-1847, 1870-1878, together with letters relating to emigration from Wales, 1948-1955.

A collection of manuscripts, comprising a pharmacist's shop-ledger kept by the donor's father during 1852-95, and nineteenth-century material of Portmadoc interest, relating to shipping and shipping shares, the Tremadoc estate, the water supply, the District School for Intermediate and Technical Education, and eisteddfodau.

The manuscripts of J. Gwyndud Jones, comprising mostly religious literature, sermons and hymns.

Manuscripts of Daniel Davies (1840-1916), including correspondence of, and miscellaneous papers acquired by him.

These manuscripts comprise a 17th century collection of cywyddau and awdlau by numerous Welsh poets; transcripts of letters from Goronwy Owen (1723-1769) to William (1705-1763) and Richard Morris (1703-1779); a volume of manuscript music which once belonged to Harriett Mary Browne (1798-1858).

This collection of manuscripts comprises transcripted biographies of women, 1888-1893, together with an index, press cuttings of obituary notices, 1903-1917, and miscellaneous press cuttings from the second half of the 19th century.

NLW MSS 5906-5910 were presented in 1928 by E. L. Roberts, Calvinistic Methodist minister, Saltney Ferry, Chester.

A collection comprising documents relating to the families of George Wade Green of Court Henry, Richard Thomas Howell of Bryncaerau, Francis Green of Denmark Hill, and Peter Williams of Gelli Lednais; also material relating to Cadwallader Jones, Collector General of the Customs to Charles I.

The fonds comprises records of the English Presbyterian Church, Porthmadog, comprising annual reports, 1894-1895, a membership card of the Literary Society, 1898-1899, account books, 1969-1991, and correspondence and other papers, 1987-1990.

The fonds comprises marriage registers, 1930-1969.

Minute books, 1925-1971; programme for Lampeter Agricultural Society's Centenary, 1987, which contains a brief history of Lampeter Show; xerox copies of press cuttings relating to the Lampeter Agricultural Show, 1877-1886 and of the Catalogue of Entries For Show, 1891.

Journals of Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel, 1858-1868, concerning his visits to India.

Deeds, 1728-1850, relating to the manor of Golon and other properties in Radnorshire, and Ludlow, Shropshire; deeds and documents, 1778-1808, relating to the manors of Brilley and Eardisley and other properties, Herefordshire, and the manor of Aberedw and other properties in Radnorshire; and a schedule of the Whitehead estate in Radnorshire, [early 20th century].

Papers of former secretaries of the International Celtic Congress, 1947-1960; including minutes and motions of the Annual General Meeting of the International Celtic Congress, Bangor, 1996 and Dublin, 1997; correspondence, 1949-1975; programmes and reports from conferences (Ireland, 1947, 1954, Cornwall, 1950, 1956, 1963, 1975, Man, 1952, 1958, Scotland, 1953, 1959, Brittany, 1955, Wales, 1960); newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous printed material, 1953-5; and publications of national branches, including Diullagyn (Man), 1954, and Ar Bed Keltiek (Brittany), 1952-1957.

Additional papers were received September 2007 and December 2009. These remain uncatalogued.

Deeds and documents concerning lands in Evenjobb, in the parishes of Old Radnor and Presteigne, Radnorshire, 1631-1894; bonds and quitclaims of moneys, 1715-1766; Inland Revenue accounts, 1903-1905, of duty payable on the estate of Thomas Duggan Stephens; and documents relating to Upper Rowley Farm, 1923-1970.

The collection contains letters written to R. Peris Williams from various individuals; addresses and notebooks on religious matters such as the attempt to lift the debt owed by Henryd Chapel, Conwy, Caernarfonshire. Also, a few Eisteddfod adjudications, 1867-1878 and his own poetical works, 1849-1855 as well as two diaries written by him whilst serving as Chaplain in the First World War, 1915-1917 and details on the death of Hedd Wyn in 1917. -- There is a large section of papers belonging and relating to Gwalchmai. Papers regarding his career as a minister and preacher collated most probably by R. Peris Williams for his memoir on Gwalchmai. Also, a large part of the collection is taken up by letters written to Gwalchmai from various correspondents, family and friends, poets and writers. They provide an insight into the life and interests of the literary men of the Victorian age in Wales and reveal a great deal about religious matters. -- Other material, include, collections of hymns; sermons preached by Emrys, 1854-1856; sailing book, 1884-1885 of the Enterprise, captained by George Lewis; diary of Ceiriog as a station master in 1872; autobiography of Rev. Samuel Evans, Llandegla, Denbighshire, 1900 and essays on philology given to Gwallter Mechain by Dr Karl Meyer of Germany, 1844.

Holograph letters to or from, and other items relating to, [the Reverend] David Charles [David Charles I, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Carmarthen] and members of his family. The correspondence includes letters from David Charles [I] from Aberystwyth, Bala, Bristol, Builth, Carmarthen, Hay, Llanidloes, Llandrindod, and London, to his son David Charles [II], Carmarthen, 1821-1827 and undated (13 as per address or by inference) (personal and family matters, the writer's travels, business affairs, religious reflections), [? George] Hodson, to be laid before the Directors [of the London Missionary Society], 1822 (the Society's rejection of Mr. Morgan's application to be allowed to serve as a missionary, a suggestion that the Society was prejudiced against Calvinistic Methodists, the financial efforts made by the C.M. movement on behalf of the Bible Society, the missionary cause, etc., the movement's independence of any English financial support) (unsigned draft or copy), and [ ], 1815 (enclosing a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Wilks outlining the [Calvinistic] Methodist attitude towards the proposed Auxiliary Missionary Society for South Wales) (unsigned copy); Eliza Charles (also, after her marriage, as Eliza [Davies]) [daughter of David Charles I], from Aberystwyth and Bala, to her brother David Charles [II], Carmarthen, 1822- 1830 and undated (6 as per address or by inference) (personal and family news, her father's preaching activities, religious reflections) (2 incomplete, 3 written on blank pages of the aforementioned letters from D. Charles I to D. Charles II); Mary Foulkes, Machynlleth, to [ ], 1812 (personal); W[illiam] Alers Hankey (treasurer of the London Missionary Society), from Aberystwith, to David Charles [I], Carmarthen, 1822 (assuring recipient that the Society had not rejected Mr. Morgan's application to become a missionary because he was a Calvinistic Methodist, their true reasons for doing so, missionary activity); H[ugh] Hughes, London, to his brother [-in-law] D[avid] Charles [II], 1836 (the publication of a volume of the sermons [of recipient's father]); Hugh Price, Carmarthen and Mumbles, to D[avid] R[oberts] Charles [? son of David Charles II], Liverpool, [18]61 (3) (personal, floods in Carmarthen, the American Civil War, a comment on [the Emperor] Napoleon [III], religious exhortations); [the Reverend] Henry Rees, Liverpool, to ?David Charles [II], 1845-?1847 (2) (personal, difficulties in arranging visits to South Wales, the Missionary Society, the writer's opinion that the [ Calvinistic] Methodists should concentrate their efforts on Wales rather than on the foreign mission field, the need to educate the children and young preachers); and [the Reverend] Ebenezer Richard, from Newport and Tregaron, to [David] Charles [I], 1826 (a message from the [C.M.] Association meeting at Llandeilofawr sympathising with recipient on his illness), David Charles [II], Carmarthen, 1823-1833 (2 + 1 by inference) (preaching engagements, the illness of recipient's father and messages of sympathy in connection therewith from [C.M.] Association meetings at Lampeter in 1828 and Brecon in 1833, the writer's indisposition in 1833), and the Reverend Tho[ma]s Evans and D[avid] Charles [II] jointly, Carmarthen, 1833 (returning hymn books with remarks thereon, the writer's health). The miscellaneous items include a bond entered into by David Charles [I], 1 January 1803, for the payment of a sum of five hundred pounds to Nathaniel Phillips of Haverfordwest, banker (endorsed with two notes whereby Nathaniel Phillips acknowledged receipt of the sum due in two instalments, 1807, 1813); probate, 19 February 1835, of the will of David Charles [I], 13 July 1826; and an imperfect copy of a memorial inscription to Sarah Charles, wife of David Charles [I], ob. 1817, and to Rice Rowland Charles, ob. 1801, aged 2.

Records of the Aberystwyth and District Football League, comprising minute books, 1934-1959 and 1965-1970.

A scrap album containing manuscript and printed items, newspaper cuttings, etc., described on the first page as 'Casgliad amrywiol o eiddo Ionawryn Williams [see the preceding manuscript] yn cynnwys engreifftiau o'i ddiddordeb a'i weithgarwch. Ceir ynddo hefyd nodiadau ychwanegol ar rai o Gymry Manceinion . . .' The manuscript material includes a copy of an anonymous election manifesto addressed to the [Manchester] Welsh, denouncing the previous Conservative administration and advocating the return of Messrs. Jacob Bright and John Slagg as [Liberal] members for the city [of Manchester] [?1880]; a holograph letter from Joseph Parry, University College, Cardiff, to Mr. [Ionawryn] Williams, 1899 (reference to the writer's fifth opera King Arthur); a holograph postcard from Owen M[organ] Edwards, Oxford, to Mr. [Ionawryn] Williams, 1898 (acknowledging the receipt of 'englynion' and hymns); poems addressed to Ionawryn Williams at Bethesda [co. Caernarvon] (1900); miscellaneous other poems; a few biographical notes on Manchester Welshmen; etc. The printed items include copies of a prospectus (with order form attached) advertising Ionawryn Williams's forthcoming volume of biographies of Manchester Welshmen [see the preceding manuscript]; a handbill announcing 'A Liberal demonstration of the north east and south east divisions of the county of Lancaster' to be held at Manchester, 24 and 25 October 1879; the rules (with balance sheet and list of members and officials) of the Manchester Welsh National Society (1894-1895); the programme of the same society's activities for the session 1895-1896; menus and programmes in connection with St. David's day celebration dinners in Manchester (1891 and undated); the programme (with rules and list of officials) of the Booth Street East Young People's Literary Society for the session 1869-1870; a commemorative article on Ellis Roberts of Manchester by Ionawryn Williams (extracted from Y Cronicl, July 1893), and a similar article on Ionawryn Williams himself (extracted from Y Cronicl, October 1907). The newspaper cuttings, which form the largest class of insets, are of a varied nature. Most refer to persons and events connected with the Manchester and Salford area from the 1860's to the early twentieth century. They include, inter alia, obituary notices of Welshmen who had some connection with Manchester (e.g., Sir William Roberts, physician, ob. 1899, Professor Thomas Jones, surgeon, ob. in South Africa, 1900), Manchester news items of Welsh interest (e.g., St. David's day celebrations, meetings of Welsh societies, a meeting in connection with Welsh disestablishment in 1883), poems by Ionawryn Williams, and other miscellaneous verse.

Tithe rent charge accounts, and summaries of accounts, for the following parishes. With the exception of Newborough, co. Anglesey, all the parishes are in co. Caernarvon: 11911D. Clynnog, 1879-1880. 11912E. Llanaelhaiarn, 1882-1886. 11913D. Bottwnog, Meillteyrn, and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, 1889-1890. 11914D. Newborough, Dolbenmaen, Penmorfa, and Llanrug, 1880-1881, and Bottwnog and Meillteyrn, 1880-1882. 11915D. Newborough, 1887-1888. 11916D. Newborough, 1889-1890. 11917D. Newborough, 1890-1891. 11918D. Llanbeblig, Llanfairisgaer, and Bettws garmon, 1884-1885. 11919D. Llanbeblig, Llanfairisgaer, and Bettws Garmon, 1885-1886. 11920D. Llanbeblig, Llanfairisgaer, Bettws Garmon, and the Reverend J. Parry, 1887-1888. 11921D. Llanbeblig, Bettws Garmon, and the Reverend John Parry, 1889-1890. 11922D. Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, 1887-1888. 11923D. Penmaenmawr, 1888, and Llanfairfechan, 1888-1890. 11924D. Llanrug, 1879-1880. 11925D. Llanrug, 1884-1885. 11926D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanrug, and Llanberis, 1886-1887, and the New Church of Llandwrog, 1887. 11927D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanrug, and Llanberis, 1887-1888, and the new church of Llandwrog, 1888. 11928D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanrug, Llanberis, Bettws Garmon, and the Reverend J. Parry, 1888-1889. 11929D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanrug, Llanberis, and the Reverend Thomas Johns, 1891-1892. 11930D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanrug, and Llanberis, 1892-1893. 11931D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanrug, and Llanberis, 1893-1895. 11932D. Llanrug, Llanddeiniolen, and Llanberis, 1895-1896. 11933D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanberis, and Llanrug, 1896-1897. 11934D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanberis, and Llanrug, 1899-1900. 11935D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanberis, and Llanrug, 1900-1901. 11936D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanberis, and Llanrug, 1901-1902. 11937D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanberis, and Llanrug, 1902-1903. 11938D. Llanddeiniolen, Llanberis, and Llanrug, 1904-1905. 11939E. Llandwrog, 1862-1867. 11940D. Llandwrog, 1886-1887. 11941D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1887-1888, and the New Church, Llandwrog, 1887. 11942D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1888-1889, and the New Church, Llandwrog, 1888. 11943D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1889-1890, and the New Church, Llandwrog [1889]. 11944D. Llanwnda, Llanfagdalen [sic], and Llandwrog, 1890-1891, with arrears for Llandwrog due from Lord Newborough's tenants, 1890. 11945D. Llanwnda, Llanfagdalen, and Llandwrog, 1896. 11946D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1900-1901. 11947D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1901-1902. 11948D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1902-1903. 11949D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1903-1904. 11950D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1904-1905. 11951D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1905-1906. 11952D. Llanwnda, Llanfaglan, and Llandwrog, 1907-1908. 11953C. Llanllyfni, 1891-1901. Among the inserts are the following documents:- 11912E. A lease of Penllanhaiarn, parish of Llanaelhaiarn, 1881. 11919D. An autograph letter from the Welsh Church Commission to Mrs. Richard Thomas, tithe agent and collector, Carnarvon, 1920. 11922D. Holograph letters to Richard Thomas, tithe agent and collector, from John Jones, Penmaenmawr, [18]87, and James Geo. Risk, Penmaenmawr, 1887. 11929D. A list of tithe payable to the Hon. F. Wynn in the parish of Llandwrog, 1891. 11941D. A holograph letter from T. Johns, the Rectory, Llanrug, to Richard Thomas, J.P., 1888. 11953C. Holograph letters to the Reverend Thomas Edwards, the Rectory, Llanllyfni, from Walter B. C. Jones, County Treasurer's Office, Criccieth, 1899-1893, and William Watkins, Criccieth, 1891 (with a copy reply), and a draft letter from Thomas Edwards to W. Watkins, 1892.