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Extracts by Charles Ashton from Dufief's Master Key to the Correct Pronunciation of French, an essay on 'Dwyfol sefydliad y Sabboth a pharhad y rhwymedigaeth o'i gadw', and an unfinished story entitled 'The Mendicant'.

A volume of exercises in commercial arithmetic and precedents of invoices compiled in 1826 by William Saunders Davies, a native of Brynhafod and afterwards shopkeeper of Felin-fach, co. Cardigan.

A photostat facsimile of Hampton L. Carson MS. 19 in the Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., being an imperfect fifteenth century manuscript containing extracts from the Record of Caernarvon (extracts from, and summaries of the provisions of, the Statute of Rhuddlan, 1284, and subsequent statutes of Wales, and an abstract of common petitions, and replies thereto, exhibited at the council of the Prince [of Wales, at Kennington, 1305]), pleas before Hugh de Audely, Justice of North Wales, at Caernarvon, 1307/8, etc.

A letter book of the Pontithel Chemical Company, Three Cocks, co. Brecknock, 1899-1902.

Twenty-nine holograph letters from Evan Lloyd, Jesus College, Oxford, etc., [cleric and author, aft. absentee vicar of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd] to his father John Lloyd and to his brother Robert Lloyd, Vron [Dderw], near Bala, co. Merioneth, 1751-1773; a holograph letter from Robt. Lloyd, Vron, to Evan Lloyd, Temple Bar, London, 1768; a holograph letter from E[lizabeth] Baker to Miss Lloyd, Vron, 1783; and the blank sheet of a letter to John Lloyd, Vron, franked by J. Dunning.

A transcript of the will, 26 June 1846, of Mary Senhouse Anwyl of Charlotte Town in Prince Edward Island, spinster, together with a case relating thereto and the opinion, 3 May 1850, of R. Hodgson, Ch[arlotte] Town; an attested power of attorney, 30 January 1850, from Mary Senhouse Annwyl to Isaac Gilbertson of Bryney groes, Bala, co. Merioneth, for the management of her estate in co. Merioneth; three letters from the Inland Revenue Office, London, to Thomas P. Anwyl, Llanycil, 1852-1854 (legacy duties payable under the will of Mary Senhouse Anwyl), and three similar letters to Rice Hugh Anwyl, Llanycil, Bala, and Isaac Gilbertson, solicitor, Corwen, 1856 (duties payable under the will of Thomas Pryse Anwyl); a holograph letter from Messrs. Townsend & Roberts, Doctors Commons, to I. Gilbertson, solicitor, Bala, 1850 (the next-of-kin of Miss [Mary Senhouse] Anwyl); five holograph letters from John Barrow, Prince Edw[ar]d Island, to Isaac Gilbertson, Bala, 1851-1853 (a proposed tablet in Bala Church, the Anwyl estate, the weather, the Protestants' noble stand in the British Dominions, an offer of a likeness of Robt. Anwyl, references to relatives) (enclosed is a form of the tablet inscription, in memory of members of the Anwyl family); a holograph letter from Jno. Jones, W[elsh] Pool, to I. Gilbertson, Bala, 1855 (an offer to buy Lane Farm); bills of exchange, 1850-1853, from John Barrow, Charlottetown, P. E. Island, to Isaac Gilbertson, Bala; the escutcheon of John Barrow (in the form of a bookplate); etc.

An account book, 1874-1880, of David Williams, Tregaron, co. Cardigan, clerk to the Board of Guardians of the Tregaron Union, largely relating to the expenses of electing members to the School Boards of Ysbytty Ystwyth, Strata Florida and Gwnnws Upper, Llanddewi brefi, Caron Isclawdd and Upper Llanbadarn Odwyn, Llangeitho and Llanbadarn Odwyn Lower, Nantcwnlle, Blaenpenal and Lower Lledrod, Ystradmeurig and Lledrod Upper, and Bettws Leiki. Inset are papers relating to the executorship of the estate of David Williams, including IOU's to him, 1879-1881; accounts with the School Boards of Ysbytty Ystwyth, 1881, and Llanddewi Brefi, 1883; a holograph letter from William Ball, clerk, Ysbytty Ystwyth School Board, to Peter Williams [executor of David Williams], 1883; and two undated draft letters of Peter Williams.

A notebook of John Jones, Fynonlwyd, Llanginning, co. Carmarthen, containing agricultural accounts and memoranda, 1848-1852, and a few scriptural extracts, catechisms, and poetry.

A volume of typescript copies of 'Notes on Generation', 'Atmospheric Power or The Atmosphere in its application to Animal Existence', 'Notes on Physiology', etc., written during the period 1845-1848 by Henry John Nash. The volume also contains a photograph of the author and a cut-out example of his autograph, 1844.

Two holograph letters from Anne Penny [author], Bloomsbury Square [London], to [the Reverend Baptist Noel] Turner, Oakham, Rutland, 1770-1771? (published in Hugh Lloyd: 'Mrs. Anne Penny', Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, vol. III (1925-1931), pp. 38-48); and three holograph letters, 1924, relating to Anne Penny and addressed to [Hugh] Lloyd [Liverpool] from H. I. Bell, British Museum, Mary Davies, London, and B. Schofield, British Museum.

Transcripts by the donor Alice V. Nissen of the journals, 1854-1909, of Mary Ann Chadwell (1817-1909), a cousin to the transcriber's great great great grandmother. The original diaries are held here (Baker-Gabb 1187-1205).

Sixteen holograph letters, 1897-1938, with some copy replies, to Mary Melchior, William Melchior, and [Dinah] Melchior, Llandilo [Isaf] Farm, Maenclochog, co. Pembroke, etc., relating to negotiations for the sale by the recipients to the Mathew family of the reputed skull of St. Teilo. The writers include A[rnold] H[arris] Mathew, earl of Landaff, from Bromley, etc., John Hobson Matthews, Cardiff, G. M. Mathews, London, and Trevor Thomas, Carmarthen.

A volume of quarterly balance sheets, 1907-1914, 1921-1924, of the Deudraeth Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars. Inset are relevant invoices and receipts.

A rent collecting book of Lewis Jones in the Aberdyfi-Tywyn area of co. Merioneth, 1846-1847.

A group of 'vouchers' collected by N. G. Harries towards the history of the family of Harries of Tre-gwynt contained in N.L.W. MS. 12062. The material includes attested copies of wills and extracts from parish registers; birth, baptism, and marriage certificates; pedigrees; holograph and autograph letters of C. F. Egerton Allen, Tenby, [19]03, A. T. Butler, Heralds College, 1906-1912, Francis Green, St. Davids, 1907-1917, J[ohn] Harries, Ripon, 1910, and E[dward] Laws, Tenby, 1902-1903 (partly typescript copies); lists of Harries entries from the indexes to the St. Davids probate records; a printed sale catalogue of the Tregwint estate in the parishes of Grandston and Mathry, 1830; a transcript of a 'General Nominal Index to Pembrokeshire Families' by F. C. [sic] Egerton Allen; military commissions and a certificate of proficiency of Nelson George Harries, 1896-1914; transcripts of statements of account of Thomas Fred[eric]k Harries, 1807-1809, and of a covering letter, 1809, from Wm. Evans, Haverfordwest, in connection with the will of the former's father [George Harries]; transcripts of letters, 1810-1815 and undated, of Sir George Beaumont, [Colonel] O[wen] Philipps, Bath, Wm. Evans, Haverfordwest, Gwynne Harries, Haverfordwest, [Thomas] Fred. Harries, Haverfordwest, and Eliza Powell, Haverfordwest and Dale 'Arbour' [Harbour]; etc.

A manuscript of John Roberts ('Ieuan Gwyllt') used originally as a register of the pupils who enrolled in his school at Nanteos Arms [Capel Seion, near Aberystwyth] from its foundation on 12 June to 1 July 1839. The volume was subsequently used, [c. 1839-1840], to record hymn-tunes, hymns, metrical psalms, etc., by 'Ieuan Gwyllt', and notes of sermons by John Hughes, Pontrobert, [Thomas] Richards, Fishguard, David Howels, Thos. Evans, O. Williams, and H. Hughes, Llanrwst.

A composite volume of the period c. 1764-1765 containing transcripts and drafts of reports on education in England, Wales, and Ireland, and of other papers on education, collected by a Russian commissioner with a view to establishing an educational system in Russia. The titles of the reports include 'Des Ecoles dans le Roiaume d'Irlande connues sous le Nom de Charter-Schools', 'Etat des Ecoles de Charité de la Grande Brétagne et de l'Irlande, l'année dernière, 1764', 'Ecoles ambulantes de Charite, dans la Principauté de Galles, en Angleterre', 'Etudes de l'École des Humanités', ‘'Reflexions sur l'utilité de deux Sociétés de Traducteurs, établies à St. Petersbourg & à Moscou', 'Utilités de l'Étude de la Langue Latine & de la Grecque, pour l'avancement des Connoissances', 'Supplement à la pétite Dissertation sur l'utilité de deux Sociétés de Traducteurs . . .', 'Doutes & Rémarques détachées, sur le Mémoire de Mr. le Conseiller Müller', 'Touchant le Protecteur général des Grandes Écoles & les Conseillers', 'Doutes touchant le Projet pour avoir 4 différentes sortes de Grandes Ecoles', 'Memoire Touchant les Grandes Ecoles d'Humanités en Angleterre, presenté au Mois de Novembre, 1764', 'Idée superficielle des deux Universites de l'Angleterre', 'Méthode d'enseigner les Humanités', 'Refléxions générales sur les principales Branches des Connoissances sur- tout en ce qui regarde La Prémière Education, & les Genres d'Études qui y conviennent', 'Projet de deux Grandes Ecoles, ou Séminaires Séculiers, l'un à St. Petersbourg, & l'autre à Moscou', etc.

An elegy to W[illiam] Hughes, [Calvinistic Methodist] minister, Llanengan, co. Caernarvon, and 'chwech Penill a'r Enllibwr', both submitted for competition at a literary meeting at Penycaera[u], 1867.

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

Two account books of the schooner 'New Valiant' of Portmadoc (Griffith Griffiths, Tal-y-sarn, master), 1849-1852, 1857-1862.