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Papers, [1827]-[?20 cent., first ¼], relating mainly to Taliesin Williams's relatives and descendants. These include a draft of Taliesin's will, dated 1842 (T13/1); various catalogues of the manuscripts and books of Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo, [1827]-1848 (T13/2); locks of hair belonging to Taliesin and family members, [1830s] (T13/3); miscellaneous papers, 1847-[c. 1908], mostly of Taliesin's son Edward Williams (1826-1886), the iron-master (T13/4); two notebooks containing English poetry, the one in the hand of Edward Williams, 1845-1848 (T13/5), the other in an unidentified hand, [19 cent., second ¼] (T13/6); three volumes of autograph English poetry, 1838-1861, by Edward's uncle, James Petherick of Cardiff and Aberdare (T13/7); and a bundle of old paper wrappers, [?20 cent., first ¼], containing notes in the hand of Edward's son Aneurin Williams, retained as evidence of previous attempts at sorting the papers (T13/8).

Manuscripts and papers of Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo, [16 cent.]-[20 cent., first ¼], comprising correspondence of Iolo Morganwg, 1676-1826; manuscripts and other papers, [16 cent.]-1900, mostly collected or written by Iolo Morganwg, including Welsh and English poetry and prose, pedigrees, grammars, and other literary and personal papers; correspondence, 1809-1864, and other papers, 1761-[1840s], of Taliesin ab Iolo; and family correspondence of Taliesin's grandson, Aneurin Williams, [?1868]-1908.

Papers, 1761-[?20 cent., first ¼], of Taliesin Williams (Ab Iolo), including notes, drafts of his books and other publications, Welsh and English poetry, personal and financial papers, school papers, miscellaneous printed items and family papers.

Some thirty-seven letters, 1882-1908, from Jenny [Jane] Belk, at Middlesbrough, Grasmere and elsewhere, to her brother Aneurin Williams. Jenny was the younger daughter of Edward and Mary Williams and married John Belk of Middlesbrough, solicitor, as his second wife.

Correspondence of Aneurin Williams, [?1868]-1908, including letters addressed to him from his parents, his siblings and their spouses, and his cousins the Petherick family, 1879-1908; and letters from him to his parents and brothers, [?1868]1899; together with letters from his wife Helen to his mother, 1888-1899; papers relating to his role as executor of the wills of Mary Petherick and Elizabeth Bowman, 1878-1891; and miscellaneous personal papers, 1879-1898.

Miscellaneous papers created or collected by Iolo Morganwg, including poetry and prose in Welsh and English; autobiographical and biographical material; vocabularies; papers relating to work as a monumental mason, stonemason and builder; broadsides and other political material; Unitarian and theological papers; pedigrees; topographical notes; and advertisements.

Miscellaneous manuscripts comprising volumes of Iolo Morganwg's hymns, [1810x1830]; commonplace books, [17 cent.]-[early 19 cent.], collected by Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo; and miscellaneous literary, personal and family papers, [early 19 cent.]-1900.

Miscellaneous papers relating to Iolo Morganwg (being M68, M70, M72-82 in the Mackinlay Group).

Some four hundred and forty letters, 1879-1899, from Mary Elizabeth Williams (née Trick), Middlesbrough, to her second son Aneurin Williams.
Also included is a letter to her grandson Iolo [Aneurin Williams], 17 June 1899, and a letter to 'Mary', 8 December 1885.

Some thirty-eight letters, 1887-1899, from Elizabeth Williams, at Penzance, Clapham Junction and elsewhere, to her nephew Aneurin Williams.

Ninety-six letters, [?1868]-1899, from Aneurin Williams to his Mother [Mary Elizabeth Williams], (77) [?1868]-1899, Father [Edward Williams], (16) 1884-1885, and brothers Penry, (1) 8 January 1884, and Illtyd, (2) 15-20 September 1888. The letters are sent mostly from the United States, continental Europe and Egypt.

Twenty-six letters and cards, 1888-1899, from Helen E[lizabeth] Williams (née Pattinson), wife of Aneurin Williams, to her mother-in-law Mary Elizabeth Williams.

Miscellaneous papers, 1878-1891, of Aneurin Williams, comprising: (i) some six draft letters to family and friends, 1878-1891, ephemera and personalia, and a copy of his pamphlet Home Rule: A Plea for Conciliation and a National Settlement (London, 1893); (ii) an analysis of the potential influence of the nine Parnellite MPs in the House of Commons following the 1892 General Election, 1892; and a draft political speech.
An explanatory letter, 6 July 1953, from the donor, Iolo A. Williams, to the National Library of Wales is also included. A draft letter, 14 January 1891, from Aneurin Williams to Elizabeth Bowman (see also F13) is dated the day of the recipient's death and remained unsent.

One hundred and forty-one letters, 1879-1897, from Illtyd Williams, Middlesbrough, to his younger brother Aneurin.

Twenty letters, 1879-1896, from May [Mary Elizabeth] Hedley (née Williams), Yester House, Middlesbrough, to her brother Aneurin Williams. May was the eldest child of Edward and Mary Williams and was married to Dr John Hedley.

Sixty-two letters, 1887-1896, from William Betcone, Donaghadee, [County Down], and Little Rock, Arkansas, to his nephew Aneurin Williams. Betcone was married to Aneurin's Aunt Margaret (née Williams, d. 1885)

Some fifty-nine letters, 1884-1896, from Dr John Hedley, Yester House, Middlesbrough, to his brother-in-law Aneurin Williams.

Fifty-one letters, 1883-1895, from Penry Williams, third son of Edward Williams, to his elder brother Aneurin.
Also included is one letter, 24 June 1888, from 'Nanna' [Alexandra Octavia] Jenkins, later Penry's first wife.

Fourteen letters, 1883-1894, from John [Thomas] Belk, solicitor, Middlesbrough, to his brother-in-law Aneurin Williams.

Thirty-six letters, 1887-1892, from William Petherick (younger brother to Mary Petherick and Elizabeth Bowman, see F12-13), Hereford and London, to his first cousin once removed, Aneurin Williams; together with three letters from his wife Margaret, January-February 1891.