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Observations beginning 'An outcry has been raised up against us by many because we distribute the Bible without note and comment ....'. Written on the reverse side of printed proposals, 'Cynnygiad i argraphu trwy ragdaliad Hyfforddwr Meddygol, neu Arweinydd Meddyginiaeth Deuluaidd: Gan Richard Reece, MD', 1814.

Instructions beginning, 'Lle nis gellir Gorsedd deilwng ânt y Beirdd yng nghyfail herwydd Defod gadwedig ddosparthus, nid amgen ...'. On the reverse side are regulations (crossed out) marked 'Bardic Tradition'. Beginning wanting. (Colour of robes, etc.) 'See the original Welsh. Dr 1802'.

(?) Observations related to Nos 5-6. One paragraph begins: 'Er dangos i'n cydwladwyr gwir athrawiaethau'r ysgrythur am Dduw, a pheth a ddywedant mewn Gwirionedd am Iesu Grist, yr ydym yn ymgorpholi'n gymdeithas tuag at argraphu llyfrau iw cyfrannu'n rhad i'r cyfryw ddynion ag...'.

Observations beginning 'Chwilio allan gwirioneddau'r ysgrythurau yw'n amcan au gosod allan yn modd trefnusaf egluraf a byrraf ag a ellir gan y rhai mwya gwybodus a dysgedig yn ein plith ...'.

Observations beginning 'Let us apply the good old proverb Brag is a good dog - but holdfast is still [? better] apply the name of Brag to the North walians - and hold fast to the Glamorgan Bards' (written over part of a bill, 1807-1809, from John David to Mr E. Williams). On the reverse side are notes headed 'Llawdden', beginning 'Pedair Llythyren ar hugain y sydd nid amgen ...'. Repaired.

Lines attributed to Twm ab Ifan ab Rhys beginning 'Pan ddaw'r pedwerydd o'r un enw bedydd', with an English translation (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg). Torn.

A notice (in ungrammatical Welsh) concerning Captain Passingham Lloyd's Company in Col. Courtenay's Regiment of youths from Wales and Cheshire (Not in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg except for the notes on the dorse, which include a list of 'metres in Wms. Poems', some names of parishes in North Wales, and a few Glamorganshire words).

A note from ... to ..., asking him to beg of Mr Edward Williams to give the writer some account of the Welsh mercenary soldiers to transmit to Col. Fitz Clarence. On the other side is an 'englyn' beginning 'Hir-fydd Castell Caernarfon - ai hanes', with some variations by Iolo Morganwg.

A proof copy addressed to Mr Williams, Star Court, of 'Marwnad Llywelyn ab Gruffudd y Tywysog olaf o Gymru' by Bleddyn Fardd, with a Latin translation of the same. The title reads, 'Elegy on the Death of Llywelyn, the last Prince of Wales ... transcribed from the late Rev. Evan Evans's (the Antiquary) valuable MSS, now in the Possession of Paul Panton, Esq. of Anglesey. Snowden.'

A paragraph beginning, 'Poetry has been the original vehicle of knowledge amongst all nations'. (Reference to Caermarthen and the Cambrian Society.)