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A stipple-engraved ticket bearing an image of a putto playing a harp and the text 'For the Benefit of Mr. [Edward] Jones, a Concert of Music', to be held on 21 April [?1779] at the New Rooms, Tottenham Street, [London]. Edward Jones, harpist and antiquary, was appointed harpist to the Prince of Wales sometime in the 1780s.

Autograph manuscript draft, [?1823], of a poem entitled 'Song to the Swiss in a foreign land, from the German of Tieck' by F[elicia] H[emans].
A revised version of the poem, with the title 'Alpine Song', was published in The Edinburgh Annual Register for 1819 (Edinburgh, 1823), p. 368; it was collected, as 'Alp-horn Song', in The Works of Mrs. Hemans: With a Memoir of Her Life, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1839), III, 109. The poem is a translation of Ludwig Tieck's 'Alphornlied' which appeared in the first version of his novel Franz Sternholds Wanderungen (1798), p. 233 (see Angela Esterhammer, 'Legendary Late-Romantic Switzerlands: Baillie, Polidori, Hemans, and Scott', in Romanticism, Rousseau, Switzerland: New Prospects, ed. by Angela Esterhammer, Diane Piccitto and Patrick Vincent (Basingstoke, 2015)).

Autograph letter, 24 December 1868, from William Ewart Gladstone, 10 Downing Street, to [Vice-Admiral Lord] C[larence] Paget, [Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet], in which Gladstone discusses the formation of his first government, having become Prime Minister on 3 December.
The letter contains references to Paget's brother-in-law [Arthur Otway, Gladstone's new Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs], and to [Hugh] Childers, [First Lord of the Admiralty]. In a postscript he states 'The Welsh have made a notable demonstration in many of their elections and one which ought to warn the Clergy of what they are about'.

Llythyr, 19 Hydref 1886, oddi wrth [y Parch.] E[van] P[an] Jones, Mostyn, at Gweirydd [ap Rhys, sef Robert John Pryse] yn ymddiheuro am beidio â dychwelyd llyfr. Ysgrifennwyd y llythyr ar gefn dalen brintiedig yn hysbysebu Llawlyfr yr Anibynwyr am 1887. = A letter, 19 October 1886, from [the Rev.] E[van] P[an] Jones, Mostyn, to Gweirydd [ap Rhys, i.e. Robert John Pryse] apologising for failing to return a book. The letter is written on the back of a printed flyer advertising Llawlyfr yr Anibynwyr am 1887.

Letter, 19 April 1893, from Adelina Patti Nicolini, Craig-y-nos Castle, Ystradgynlais, to a Miss Flynn, thanking her for her Christmas gift and describing her recent successes at Nice and Milan. The recipient is possibly the mezzo-soprano Miss Ellen Flynn who performed at the opening concert of the Patti Theatre at Craig-y-nos in July 1891 (see Herman Klein, The Reign of Patti (London, 1920), p. 285)

A typescript letter, 25 October 1911, from David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Sir Edward Brabrook, replying to Brabrook's letter, dated 19 October, concerning the National Insurance Bill. The Chancellor seeks to address Brabrook's concerns about the implications of the Bill for friendly societies, Brabrook being a former Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies. The National Insurance Act would receive royal assent on 16 December 1911.

A letter, 24 October 1913, from David Lloyd George to J[ohn] W[illiam] Gulland, Liberal MP for Dumfries Burghs, discussing arrangements to visit Glasgow to speak on land reform; the visit, suggested here for 1 December 1913, eventually took place on 4 February 1914. He also touches on the effects of the Dublin Lockout.
The letter is dictated but has Lloyd George's signature and a postscript in his hand.

Three letters, 1917, to P[hilip] H[enry] Thomas, father of the poet Edward Thomas who was killed in the Battle of Arras on 9 April 1917. They comprise a letter of condolence, 16 April 1917, from Capt. N. G. Brett James, a fellow student of Thomas's at Lincoln College (f. 12); and letters from the authors Arthur L. Salmon, Bristol (f. 13), and D. L. Kelleher, Dublin (f. 14), both dated 29 October 1917 and both prompted by Philip Thomas's letter to The Nation the previous week defending his son's reputation (see The Nation, 22.3 (20 October 1917), p. 95, for Thomas's letter, which was in response to an unfavourable review of his son's The Tenth Muse (London, 1917) in The Nation, 22.2 (13 October 1917), pp. 73-74).

Three letters, 1916-1918, relating to Augustus John, including one letter sent by John, at the Canadian Corps HQ, [France], to the artist [Peter] Harrison, 21 February 1918, commenting on John's exhibition at the Alpine Club, London, and his current work as a war artist with the Canadian War Memorials Fund (f. 4).
Also included are two letters from George Moore, London, the first to Henry Tonks, 1 December 1916, discussing John's portrait of [Admiral] Lord Fisher [of Kilverston] (f. 2), and the second to Harrison, 5 February 1918, concerning the Alpine Club exhibition (f. 3).

Llythyr, 6 Chwefror 1933, oddi wrth [Griffith Jones] (Elldeyrn), Nantglyn, Dinbych, at [Hugh Evans], awdur y llyfr Cwm Eithin (Lerpwl, 1931) yn tynnu ei sylw at ddau gamgymeriad ffeithiol yn y gyfrol. = A letter, 6 February 1933, from [Griffith Jones] (Elldeyrn), Nantglyn, Denbigh, to [Hugh Evans], author of the book Cwm Eithin (Liverpool, 1931), pointing out two factual errors in the volume.
Cydnabuwyd un o gywiriadau Elldeyrn gan Evans yn yr Atodiad i ail argraffiad Cwm Eithin (Lerpwl, 1933) (t. 222). = One of Elldeyrn's corrections is acknowledged by Evans in the Appendix to the second edition of Cwm Eithin (Liverpool, 1933) (p. 222).

Llythyr teipysgrif, 15 Rhagfyr 1936, oddi wrth y Parch. Lewis Valentine, Llandudno, at Frank Morris, [Prince Rupert, British Columbia, gynt o Lansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, sir Ddinbych], yn diolch iddo am ei lythyr ac arian, ac yn cyfeirio at symud achos llys Valentine am losgi'r Ysgol Fomio i'r Old Bailey (f. 9); ynghyd a cherdyn Nadolig oddi wrth Valentine, [?1936] (f. 10). = A typescript letter, 15 December 1936, from the Rev. Lewis Valentine, Llandudno, to Frank Morris, [Prince Rupert, British Columbia, formerly of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire], thanking him for his letter and money, and referring to the removal of Valentine's trial for arson to the Old Bailey (f. 9); together with a Christmas card from Valentine, [?1936] (f. 10).

A signed typescript letter, 24 November 1939, from David Lloyd George, Bron-y-de, Churt, to Cecil Harmsworth, [Lord Harmsworth of Egham in the County of Surrey], thanking him for his letter in support of Lloyd George's recent speeches and articles advocating a negotiated peace with Germany following the outbreak of the Second World War.

Llythyr, 23 Rhagfyr 1941, oddi wrth David Lloyd George, ar bapur ysgrifennu'r Weinyddiaeth Fwyd, at Richard Morris, yn diolch iddo am ei lythyr ac yn dymuno iddo wellhad i'w iechyd. = A letter, 23 December 1941, from David Lloyd George, on Ministry of Food headed notepaper, to Richard Morris, thanking him for his letter and wishing him improved health.

Llythyr teipiedig, 6 Mawrth 1941, oddi wrth Ifan ab Owen Edwards, Swyddfa'r Urdd, Aberystwyth, at Mr Thomas yn diolch iddo am ei lith ar gyfer Cymru'r Plant ac yn esbonio pam na ellir talu am gyfraniadau i'r cylchgrawn. = A typescript letter, 6 March 1941, from Ifan ab Owen Edwards, Swyddfa'r Urdd, Aberystwyth, to a Mr Thomas, thanking him for his article for Cymru’r Plant and explaining why it is not possible to pay for contributions to the magazine.

A letter, 30 August 1916, in pencil, from the Irish nationalist [Seán] Hales of Bandon, County Cork, then a prisoner at Frongoch Internment Camp, Merioneth, to his friend [William] McDonnell, Bandon, in which he describes life during his incarceration and pays tribute to McDonnell's wife, [Kathleen], for her support (f. 34). The letter was apparently smuggled out of the camp by a visitor.
Also included is a typescript transcript of the letter, [?20 cent., second ¼], apparently supplying the fragments of text now lost in the original (ff. 35-36). Hales was later a member of the Dáil Éireann but was assassinated on 7 December 1922.

Cerdyn post, 3 Rhagfyr 1952, oddi wrth [y Parch.] Gwilym R. Tilsley, Bae Colwyn, at Miss [Sara] Roberts, JP, Trelan, Pwllheli, yn diolch iddi, ar ffurf englyn, am ei chroeso. = A postcard, 3 December 1952, from [the Rev.] Gwilym R. Tilsley, C[olwyn] Bay, to Miss [Sara] Roberts, JP, Trelan, Pwllheli, thanking her, in the form of an englyn, for her welcome.

Llythyr awyrbost, 28 Gorffennaf [19]53, oddi wrth y dringwr mynyddoedd Charles [Evans], yn Kathmandu, Nepal, at y Parch. Robert Evans, Derwen, yn rhoi adroddiad yn y fan a'r lle o fywyd bugeiliol y Sherpa brodorol ym mhentref Khumjung, Nepal. Evans oedd dirprwy arweinydd y cyrch ar Everest ym 1953, a arweiniwyd gan John Hunt; ysgrifennwyd y llythyr deufis ar ôl ymgais aflwyddiannus Evans a Tom Bourdillon i gyrraedd y copa ar 26 Mai 1953, tri diwrnod cyn esgyniad Tenzing a Hillary. = An air mail letter, 28 July [19]53, from the mountaineer Charles [Evans], in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the Rev. Robert Evans, Derwen, giving an eyewitness account of the pastoral life of native Sherpas in the village of Khumjung, Nepal. Evans was deputy leader of the 1953 British Everest expedition, led by John Hunt; the letter was written two months after Evans's unsuccessful attempt to reach the summit of Everest with Tom Bourdillon on 26 May 1953, three days before Tenzing and Hillary's ascent.

Two letters, 16-18 November 1953, from [the Rev.] S[ydney] B[owen] Williams, Vicar of St Martins, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, to Dr [Daniel] Jones, concerning arrangements for Dylan Thomas's funeral. Thomas died in New York on 9 November 1953 and would be buried in Laugharne on 24 November.

Two typescript letters, 1953-1955, from Vernon Watkins, Pennard, to poet and publisher John Lehmann, the first, 13 November 1953, concerning the death of Watkins's close friend Dylan Thomas four days earlier (f. 46), the second, 8 August 1955, concerning his foreword to Dylan Thomas, Adventures in the Skin Trade (London, 1955) (f. 47).

Llythyr, 14 Mawrth 1957, oddi wrth [yr Athro] Thomas Jones, Adran y Gymraeg, Coleg Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth, at [Thomas Emyr] Pritchard (1927?-2018), athro'r Gymraeg yn Ysgol Botwnnog, sir Gaernarfon (ac yn ddiweddarach yn athro ar y bardd Alan Llwyd), yn trafod rheolau gramadegol. = A letter, 14 March 1957, from [Professor] Thomas Jones, Department of Welsh, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, to [Thomas Emyr] Pritchard (1927?-2018), Welsh master at Ysgol Botwnnog, Caernarvonshire (and subsequently teacher to the poet Alan Llwyd), discussing Welsh grammar.