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Minute book of the Morriston War Fund, December 1914-February 1916.

Minute book of the Morriston War Fund, 1914-1919.
The beginning of the volume is a copy, in the same hand, of the contents of NLW MSS 12263B for 1914-1916 (ff. 2-39). The minutes for February 1916-February 1918 then continue to the end of the volume (ff. 39-87, rectos only) which is then inverted and the minutes continued to July 1919 (ff. 53 verso-74 verso, 77 verso-86 verso, versos only).

Subscription account book of the Morriston War Fund, January-December 1917.

Subscription account book of the Morriston War Fund, January-December [1915].

Subscription account book of the Morriston War Fund, January-December 1916.

Account book of the Morriston War Fund containing analyses of receipts and expenditure for the period January 1917-July 1919 (ff. 25 verso-55).

Subscription account book of the Morriston War Fund, January-December 1918.

Subscription account book (surnames S-W) of the Morriston War Fund, January-July 1919.

Subscription account book (surnames A-S) of the Morriston War Fund, January-July 1919.

Loose copy of the full orchestral score.

Image of: Six volumes of a miniature version of The Plays of Shakespeare, published by William Pickering, London, 1825.

Memoirs and journal, compiled 1798, of the artist Thomas Jones, Pencerrig, recounting in detail his life in London, France and especially Italy during the second half of the eighteenth century.
The volume briefly recounts Jones's ancestry and early years, becoming more detailed from the 1760s, with the last detailed entry being for December 1783 (f. 218 verso); the bulk of these later entries are extracts from Jones's own journals. The final entry was signed by the artist at Pencerrig, November 1798 (f. 220 verso). The main text, including some later deletions, is written on the versos only; notes and emendations, [1798x1803], have been added by Jones on the rectos and the volume has been signed and dated 1803 by him inside the front cover. Family memoranda, in a different hand, have been added after Jones's death (ff. 225 verso). Friends and acquaintances referred to include the artists William Pars (ff. 15 verso-177 passim), Richard Wilson (ff. 17 verso-20 verso, 35 verso, 56 verso, 85, 90 verso-91, 219 verso), John Hamilton Mortimer (21 verso, 27 verso-48 verso passim, 59 verso, 64 verso, 136 verso, 217 verso), Guiseppe Marchi (ff. 27 verso, 36 verso), Thomas Hardwick (ff. 66 verso-70 verso, 90 verso-100 verso, 115 verso, 130 verso) and Anton Raphael Mengs (ff. 101 verso, 130 verso, 148 verso, 161 verso), the composer Stephen Storace (ff. 117 verso-121, 146 verso), and the art collector Sir William Hamilton (ff. 127 verso-188 verso passim, 215 verso, 219 verso). A sketch of Mount Vesuvius is on f. 118; a plan of his lodgings in Naples is on f. 142. For a complete transcript (with index) see 'Memoirs of Thomas Jones, Penkerrig, Radnorshire', The Walpole Society, 32 (1951), 1-162; this transcript is also available on the Library's website.

First line: The rain and wind, the rain and wind raved endlessly. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Piano-vocal score with lyrics. Bound in "Manuscript Music Book", "Lullaby - Pyrenean" written on cover.

First line: Now I know that Spring will come again. Written in Steep. Typescript.

First line: Here again (she said) is March the third. Written in Steep. Typescript. Manuscript alterations in Eleanor Farjeon's hand, lines 6-8 the most heavily corrected, also 9, 13 and 20, which probably reflect the editing mentioned in Thomas' letters to her, printed in E. Farjeon, Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years (1958), p. 132. (1) 'Perhaps I shall be able to mend March the 3rd. I know it must be either mended or ended'. (28 Apr 1915); (2) 'I have mended March 3rd too, you see'. (29 Apr 1915).

First line: No one so much as you. Written ' going home on sick leave'. Typescript.

Minute-book, 1914-1918, of the London Welsh Battalion Committee, including related correspondence.

Letters, 1850-1864, mainly in Welsh and mostly from Henry Jones (1824-1852), 1850-1851, who emigrated to Holland Patent, New York, in 1850 (see Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd, 13.12 (December 1852)), and his sister, Mary Jones (1831-1861), c. 1855-1861, who emigrated to Ballarat, New South Wales, in 1856, addressed to members of their family in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Merionethshire. Also included (ff. 39-40) are verses by Mary Jones, entitled Hiraeth am Fy Ngwlad, printed after her death.

Ten letters, 1918-19, from men serving with the armed forces in the First World War, expressing their gratitude for parcels sent by members of Bwlch Calvinistic Methodist church, Rhoslefain, co. Merioneth.