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The first of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).

Commonplace book, 1876-1893, of the Rev. Dr William Hopkyn Rees, a missionary in the North China, LMS, mission field, containing Welsh and English verse; sermon and other notes; quotations and maxims; and personal memoranda.

Moore's Vox Stellarum; or ... Almanack ... for the year 1818 with manuscript entries by Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) of preaching and other ministerial engagements, January 1818-January 1819, maxims and other extracts from printed sources, household accounts, and other memoranda. Also included are epitaphs and other verse by Thomas Evans (ff. 30 verso, 47 verso).

A commonplace book of John Jones, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire containing aphorisms and transcripts of poetry by John Davies ('Ossian Gwent').

Miscellaneous items, 1732-[c. 1909], including sermons and sermon notes by the Rev. David Jones, Llan-gan, Glamorgan (item 3), the Rev. Maurice Williams, curate of Dolwyddelan and Capel Curig (items 4-5) and the Rev. Thomas Richard, Fishguard (items 6-7); autograph englynion, 1757, by Thomas Williams, 'Merchant Taylor' in praise of Ellis Roberts (Elis y Cowper) (see Thomas Williams, Mynegiad yr Hen Oesoedd ... (London, 1761), pp. 138-40) (item 2); and an autograph poem by William Powell (Gwilym Pennant) in memory of John Robert Pryse (Golyddan) (item 8).

Notebook and loose leaves containing carols, hymns and other verse including a hymn headed 'Hymnau Iw Canu yn Cymdeithas Dyngarol Eglwys-Bach' attributed to Evan Evans [?Ieuan Glan Geirionydd] (f. ii verso); a marwnad to a young Vale of Conwy man, John Thomas (ff. 1-5 verso); eight verses of the carol plygain commencing 'Roedd yn wlad [sic] hono fugeiliaid yn gwilio' sometimes attributed to John Richards (Siôn Ebrill) (ff. 6-9 verso); the hymn 'Y gân Newydd' [commencing 'Mae'r gwaed a redodd ar y groes'] by 'Robt. Ap Gwilim ddu o Eifion' [Robert Williams] (f. 10 recto-verso); and a carol attributed to Morris Gryffydd, Llanllechid (ff. 11-13 verso).

Two carolau plygain and 'Cerdd i ofyn cyf[r]wy' by 'John Richard o'r Garth' (Siôn Ebrill). 'G. Griffiths, Dyffryn, ai ysgrifenodd i Richard Jones, Cowper, Harlech, 1865' (f. 12 verso).

Welsh poetry mainly by, or in the hand of, Iolo Morganwg.

'Cywydd Marwnad y parchedig Mr. Evan Llwyd or Fron'; 'cerddi' and 'englynion' by Ellis ap Ellis, Arthur Jones, Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Huw Morus, John Prichard Prys, and John Davies ('Sion Dafydd Las'); poems submitted for competition at a Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant eisteddfod; triads; a list of subscriptions 'to alleviate the present distressed Situation of the Widow and Five Children of the late John Humphreys Parry ...'; and notes and memoranda by Walter Davies and D. Silvan Evans.

Miscellaneous poems, some of them holograph, but most of them in the hand of Walter Davies.

Casgliad o farddoniaeth amrywiol, 1733-[1970], yn tarddu o nifer o ffynhonnellau, wedi eu derbyn rhwng 1910 a 1970 a'u hel gyda'u gilydd yn y Llyfrgell Genedlethol. = A collection of miscellaneous poetry, 1733-[1970], derived from various sources, accessioned between 1910 and 1970 and collected together at the National Library of Wales.

A volume, 1875-1879, belonging to Thomas Hughes, Holyhead, containing a log of the barque 'Oswingo' (commanded by Captain A. Waycott), recording a voyage from Manilla to New York, September-November 1876 (ff. 1-33), and from New York towards Glasgow, December 1876 (ff. 37 verso-44).
The volume also contains scriptural catechisms in Welsh (ff. 46 verso-50 verso, 52 verso, 53 verso-58), shorthand exercises (ff. 59-65, 100 verso), notes on navigation (ff. 94 verso-98 verso) and miscellaneous prose and poetry in Welsh (ff. 81 verso, 82 verso, 83 verso, 91 verso-93 verso, 99 verso-100, 101).

Papurau, 1834-1933, yn ymwneud a'r bardd gwlad John Morris Jones (Ioan Cunllo) o Rydlewis, sir Aberteifi, wedi eu dwyn ynghyd gan Daniel Thomas, Rhydlewis. = Papers, 1834-1933, relating to the country poet John Morris Jones (Ioan Cunllo) of Rhydlewis, Cardiganshire, collected together by Daniel Thomas, Rhydlewis.
Mae'r llawysgrif yn cynnwys barddoniaeth gan Ioan Cunllo, 1834-1884 (16623iE, ff. 1-34); llythyrau iddo oddi wrth D. Silvan Evans, 1864-1869, Iago Emlyn, 1869, a Robyn Ddu Eryri, 1876 (16623iE, ff. 37-49); cerddi gan Tegid, Robyn Ddu Eryri, Einion Evans, Gwilym Gwenog ac eraill, 1843-[19 gan., ail ½] (16623iE, ff. 35-36, 50-51, 54-59); a chopi o'r Haul, 35.8 (Awst 1933), yn cynnwys erthygl ar Ioan Cunllo (16623iE, ff. 60-79); gyda rhestr, ar bedair amlen, yn disgrifio trefn flaenorol y llawysgrif (16623iE, ff. i-iv); llyfr nodiadau yn llaw Daniel Thomas yn cynnwys yn bennaf adysgrifau, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf], o farddoniaeth Ioan Cunllo (16623iiE); llyfr lloffion yn cynnwys torion papur newydd, 1849-1923, yn bennaf o farddoniaeth, llythyrau ac erthyglau Ioan Cunllo a newyddion ardal Llandysul (16623iiiE). = The manuscript contains poetry by Ioan Cunllo, 1834-1884 (16623iE, ff. 1-34); letters to him from D. Silvan Evans, 1864-1869, Iago Emlyn, 1869, and Robyn Ddu Eryri, 1876 (16623iE, ff. 37-49); poems by Tegid, Robyn Ddu Eryri, Einion Evans, Gwilym Gwenog and others, 1843-[19 cent., second ½] (16623iE, ff. 35-36, 50-51, 54-59); and a copy of Yr Haul, 35.8 (August 1933), containing an article on Ioan Cunllo (16623iE, ff. 60-79); with a list on four envelopes describing a previous arrangement of the contents (16623iE, ff. i-iv); a notebook in the hand of Daniel Thomas mainly containing transcripts, [20 cent., first ½], of Ioan Cunllo's poetry (16623iiE); a scrap book containing newspaper cuttings, 1849-1923, mainly of Ioan Cunllo's poetry and news relating to the Llandysul area (16623iiiE).

Llawysgrif, 1887, yn llaw [John] Gaerwenydd Pritchard, o'i awdl 'Y Frenhines Victoria', a gynigwyd, gyda'r ffugenw 'Owain Tudur', ar gyfer cystadleuaeth y Gadair yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1887 yn Llundain. = Autograph manuscript, 1887, of [John] Gaerwenydd Pritchard's awdl 'Y Frenhines Victoria', entered under the pseudonym 'Owain Tudur' for the Chair competition at the 1887 National Eisteddfod in London.
Enillydd y gystadleuaeth oedd y Parch. R. A. Williams (Berw). = The winning entry was that of the Rev. R. A. Williams (Berw).

Ten letters, 1877-1884, in English and Welsh, to David Edwards, farmer, of Gilfach Glyd, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, from Thomas Thomas (Twm Ddwywaith), farmer, of Cefn Pennar Ycha, Aberdare, dealing with personal matters and including englynion, tribannau and other poetry in Welsh, mostly by Thomas (ff. 3-20); together with one letter to Edwards from [Henry Austin Bruce], Lord Aberdare, 11 August 1877, thanking him for translating an englyn into English (f. 1).
Also included are verses in English in an unidentified hand (f. 21), and a covering letter, 4 May 1953, from the donor (f. ii recto-verso).

Llyfr poced masnachol, 1849-1862, yn cynnwys cerddi gan, ac yn llaw, W. J. Roberts ('Caersallwg'), dilledydd, Caernarfon, ynghyd â nodiadau ganddo yn ymwneud â dirwest. = Commercial pocket book, 1849-1862, containing poems by, and in the hand of, W. J. Roberts ('Caersallwg'), draper, Caernarfon, together with notes by him relating to temperance.

A collection of papers, 1831-1949, relating to John Jones ('Talhaiarn'), accumulated by his great-niece Lilian M. Jones.
They include holograph poems and lyrics in English and Welsh, [1843]-1868, mostly composed, but some copied, by Talhaiarn (ff. 1-24). Also included are fifty-three letters, 1857-1868, from the poet to his niece, Elizabeth Anne Jones, with some holograph poems appended (ff. 25-124); seven letters, 1848-1869, from him to family members and his publisher W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') (ff. 125-37); four letters, 1869-1870, to his brother Thomas Jones (ff. 147-54), including three from John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia'); a letter, 1870, from John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia') to Elizabeth Jones (ff. 155-6); and three letters, 1939-1940, to Lilian Jones (ff. 157-60). In addition, the file contains various papers relating to Talhaiarn and his family, including the signed title page of his second volume of works, 1862 (f. 161), lists of subscribers to his third volume of works (ff. 163-4), and to the Talhaiarn Annuity Fund, 1864 (ff. 166 verso-167); administrative papers, 1869-1871, relating to his estate (ff. 169-83); press cuttings, 1869-1949 (mainly 1869-1870) (ff. 184-99); and various papers, including a copy of Talhaiarn's 'Gorsedd Prayer' in an unknown hand (f. 205). Among the works by Talhaiarn are the holograph poems to his niece, Elizabeth Anne Jones (ff. 1, 2, 4-8, 23, 42-3), 'The Zephyr and the Rose' (f. 9), 'Diver' (ff. 10-13), 'Psalm' (f. 14-15, 67), and the printed lyrics of 'A part song on the coming of age of William Grenville Williams', Bodelwyddan, 1865 (f. 17). Also included is a cutting of a tribute by Talhaiarn to Sir Joseph Paxton (f. 17 verso).