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Autograph letters or autographs, 1684-1826, of William Davies Shipley, dean of St. Asaph, and John Moore, bishop of Norwich (aft. Ely), and of the following who held bishoprics in Wales: Shute Barrington (Llandaff), Thomas Burgess (St. Davids), Edward Copleston (Llandaff), John Egerton (Bangor), John Ewer (Llandaff), Samuel Horsley (St. Davids, aft. St. Asaph), John Randolph (Bangor), Thomas Sherlock (Bangor), Thomas Tanner (St. Asaph), John Tyler (Llandaff), Richard Watson (Llandaff), and Lawrence Womack (St. Davids).

Seventeen letters, 1788-1791, 1803-1812, from the Rev. Thomas Burgess, bishop of St David's and later of Salisbury, to the Classical scholar, the Rev. Charles Burney, mainly concerned with the publication of Greek and Latin texts (ff. 1-29); together with six letters, 1816-1818, from Burgess to the Rev. Liscombe Clarke, later Archdeacon of Salisbury, relating to the compilation of diocesan returns for the see of St David's (ff. 30-41).
Two further letters, 1826, to an unnamed correspondent, concern versions of the New Testament and academic matters (ff. 42-45). There are references to a number of writers and Classical scholars including Daniel Albert Wyttenbach (ff. 1 recto-verso, 2 verso) and Thomas Twining (ff. 4-5, 9), and to the funeral of Thomas Warton (f. 6). For three of Burney's letters to Burgess, 1788, see John S. Harford, The Life of Thomas Burgess D.D. (London, 1840), pp. 123-124, 126-129, 131-132.

A notebook, [2]-[10] August 1826 (watermark 1824), by the artist the Rev. John Parker of Sweeney Hall, containing the concluding part of an account of a tour to Killarney, Ireland, being a continuation of his journal, now NLW MS 18248A.
Parker describes excursions in the area of Killarney and its lakes (ff. 1-9 verso), including visits to the island of Innisfallen (ff. 2 verso-4, 5 recto-verso), and to Aghadoe (ff. 4-5), followed by the return journey to Britain via Cork (ff. 10 verso-12), Cashel (ff. 12 verso-16), and Dublin. There are frequent descriptions of scenery and of architectural features, including a lengthy description of the Rock of Cashel (ff. 13-15), and there are references throughout to sketches drawn by him. A letter delivered by Parker in Killarney from a 'Miss Ponsonby' is probably from Sarah Ponsonby, one of the Ladies of Llangollen (f. 8 verso). The 'Mr O'Connell and his brother (not the counsellor)' referred to on ff. 2 recto-verso are probably the two younger brothers of Daniel O'Connell. The text includes a poem in praise of Killarney by the author (ff. 3-4).

Poetry by Felicia Dorothea Hemans copied in the hand of Anne Atherton. English. Boards. Purchased from Peter Eaton, London, October 1968.

Manuscripts once held in the library of Plas Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire. The collection comprises mainly transcripts from medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the Black Book of Carmarthen and the Red Book of Talgarth which include poetry, triads, pedigrees, arms, lives of saints, Brut y Brenhinedd, Brut y Tywysogion, the Laws of Hywel Dda, etc.; grammars and vocabularies; translations, mainly from Latin and English sources; proverbs; theological tracts; medical recipes; etc. The earliest of the manuscripts date from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Most of the manuscripts are in the hands of Moses and Samuel Williams, with other scribes including Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, Dr John David Rhys, William Maurice, 'Iaco ab Dewi', Edward Lhuyd and William Owen-Pughe.

Copi o Dafydd Ionawr [David Richards], Cywydd y Drindod (Wrecsam: A. Hughes, 1793, ESTC T65254 / Libri Walliae 4325), gyda nodiadau a diwygiadau yn llaw'r awdur, [1793x1827]. = A copy of Dafydd Ionawr, Cywydd y Drindod (Wrexham: A. Hughes, 1793, ESTC T65254 / Libri Walliae 4325), containing manuscript notes and emendations in the hand of the author, [1793x1827].
Mae yna nifer o ddiwygiadau i gorff y gyfrol (tt. 4-203 passim, 251-382 passim; 64 tt. i gyd) ac ar y diwedd (tt. 383-385); mae llawer o'r adolygiadau yma hefyd yn ymddangos yng ngopi LlGC W.s. 1793 sydd, er hynny, yn cynnwys llawer mwy o ychwanegiadau. Mae yna hefyd fân nodiadau a llinellau o farddoniaeth, mewn pensil yn bennaf (tu mewn i’r cloriau ac ar tt. a-b, ii, vi, 386-388), a rhestr Errata mewn inc (t. a). Ni ymddengys i’r adolygiadau gael eu hymgorffori mewn unrhyw ffordd yn argraffiadau 1834 ac 1851 o’r Cywydd. = There are numerous emendations to the main body of the book (pp. 4-203 passim, 251-382 passim; 64 pp. in total) and at the end (pp. 383-385); many of these emendations also appear in NLW's W.s. 1793 copy, which however contains many more, and more substantial, additions. There are also miscellaneous notes and lines of poetry, mostly in pencil (inside the covers and on pp. a-b, ii, vi, 386-388), and a list of Errata in ink (p. a). The revisions do not appear to have been incorporated in any way into the 1834 and 1851 editions of the work.

A manuscript music book, [?1820s], belonging to a Mrs Fletcher, containing arrangements of eight Welsh folk-tunes for harp or pianoforte.

A manuscript album, entitled 'An Omnium Gatherum' (f. 1 verso), compiled during the 1820s (dated 1822 and 1826 on ff. 73 verso, 106) by Harriette Grant (1789-1863; later Harriette Wingfield Stratford), daughter of Henry Grant (1743-1831) of Gnoll Castle, Glamorgan. The volume includes literary excerpts, antiquarian notes, riddles, and poems, written in English, French and Welsh, together with numerous well-executed watercolur, ink and pencil studies, some noted as being 'after Rembrandt' (ff. 1 verso, 7 verso, 10, 16, 17 verso).
The drawings include views of the Vale of Ebbw from Abercarne (f. 5), Neath Castle (f. 40), view from the fishing stool at Gnoll (f. 41 verso), Llantwit Church from the terrace at Gnoll Castle (f. 58), the upper lodge at Gnoll (f. 69), part of the chapel of Neath Abbey (ff. 78 verso, 80), Arthur's Stone in Gower (f. 81 verso), a female Glamorgan peasant (f. 98), a male Welsh peasant (f. 99), Briton Ferry Church (f. 100 verso), a female peasant (f. 104), Gnoll Castle (f. 105 verso), and Melin Crython (f. 160).

Sermons, some possibly in the autograph of Griffith Jones, Llanddowror (1683-1761), and others in the autograph of Thomas Evans (d. 1807), curate of the same parish. Some of the sermons noted as having been preached at Llanddowror, Llangan and elsewhere at various dates between 1775 and 1829.

Transcripts, [c. 1827] (watermark 1825), in an unknown hand, of journals of tours in Wales and parts of England undertaken by Sir Richard Colt Hoare in 1793 and 1801-1803, taken from manuscripts now at Cardiff Central Library, MS 3.127 and MS 4.302.
The journals include a tour of North Wales, 12 April-1 August 1801 (ff. 1-88, original pagination 1-176), and tours of South Wales, 25 April-14 July 1802 (ff. 96-160, pp. 1-128), 1 May-7 July 1793 (ff. 164-180, pp. 1-33) and 14 May-11 June 1803 (ff. 183-190 verso, pp. 1-16). These are all published, in edited form, in The Journeys of Sir Richard Colt Hoare through Wales and England 1793-1810, ed. by M. W. Thompson (Stroud, 1983). An additional fragment of a tour from Hagley to Stourhead, 24-27 August 1802, is also included (ff. 91-95, pp. 1-10); this is not recorded by Thompson. Each individual tour is accompanied by a list of places visited (ff. 89-90, 162-163, 181-182, 191). A letter, 28 September 1904, from Emmeline Salvin, concerning the volume's provenance, has been tipped in on f. ii.

A volume compiled, 1798-[1808], by Henry J. Hughes, Llanbeblig, containing precedents of declarations, pleas, and other legal documents, together with cases and opinions and notes on replevin.
The precedents relate mainly to cases in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, [18 cent., second ¼]-[late 18 cent.]. The contents are listed on pp. iv-ix. An agreement to build a drain, 1829, is loose at the end of the volume (pp. 323-324).

A manuscript account of an excursion to North Wales and Cheshire, 3-[6] September 1829, by Elizabeth Bower, [of Broxholme House, Doncaster], travelling with her husband John Seddon Bower (f. 1-19).
The couple left Crosby on 3 September and boarded the Prince Llewelyn steam packet at Liverpool (f. 1 verso), sailing along the North Wales coast (ff. 2-5) to Beaumaris (ff. 5-6 verso). They crossed the Menai Bridge (ff. 7-9) and proceeded to Bangor (ff. 9-10 verso), Conway (ff. 12-13 verso) and Chester (ff. 14 verso-18), returning to Liverpool and then Crosby on the [6] September (f. 19). Included are descriptions of Penrhyn Castle, Bangor (f. 11 recto-verso), and Eaton Hall, Chester (ff. 16-18).

Cyfrol o farddoniaeth, [1795]-[1830], yn cynnwys copïau o faledi a cherddi eraill, yn dyddio'n bennaf o'r ddeunawfed ganrif. Mae'r rhan helaethaf o'r llawysgrif (ff. 1-42) yn llaw John Davies, gydag ychwanegiadau, [?1820au], gan John Evans, gof o Lanrhaeadr[?-ym-Mochnant], sir Ddinbych (ff. 42 verso-46). = A volume, [1795]-[1830], containing transcripts of Welsh ballads and other poems, mainly of the eighteenth century. The majority of the manuscript (ff. 1-42) is in the hand of one John Davies, with later additions, [?1820s], by John Evans, blacksmith, of Llanrhaeadr[?-ym-Mochnant], Denbighshire.
Ymysg y beirdd a gynrychiolir yn y gyfrol mae Jonathan Hughes (ff. 3-4 verso, 12 verso, 34 verso-36), Huw ap Huw [Hugh Hughes, y Bardd Coch o Fon] (ff. 4 verso-9 verso, 11 verso-12 verso), Rhys Jones [y Blaenau] (ff. 10-11), Jonathan Hughes Ifangc (f. 13), Walter Davies [Gwallter Mechain] (f. 13 recto-verso), David Thomas [Dafydd Ddu Eryri] (f. 13 verso), Ellis Roberts [Elis y Cowper] (ff. 14-16 verso, 18-22, 38 verso-41 verso), Hugh Roberts y Teiliwr o blwy Llanllyfni (ff. 16 verso-18), Richard Llwyd o'r Plas [Meini] (f. 22 recto-verso), Robert Richard o Bentraeth (ff. 24 verso-26 verso), Richard Parry [o Niwbwrch] (ff. 26 verso-29, 33 verso-34 verso), Humphrey Wiliam, Tywyn, Meirionnydd (ff. 29-30), Y Parch. [William] Williams, Llaneilian-yn-Rhos (ff. 30-32 verso), a Huw Morris [Huw Morys] (ff. 32 verso-33 verso). Ymddengys bod y mwyafrif o'r cerddi wedi eu copïo o ffynnonellau printiedig, gan gynnwys Blodeu-gerdd Cymry, o gynnulliad David Jones o Drefriw (Amwythig: Stafford Prys, 1759, Libri Walliae 2804) (ff. 22-34 verso) ac amryw bamffledi. Mae yn y gyfrol hefyd ymgais gan John Evans i ysgrifennu beddargraff, dyddiedig 1825 a 1830 (f. 44), a dwy fersiwn o 'Cerdd yr Offeiriad Dur neu Steel Parson', o bosib gan John Evans, [1820au] (ff. 43, 46 recto-verso), gyda chopi teipysgrif o'r ddwy fersiwn, [20 gan., ail ½], [?gan D. Tecwyn Lloyd] yn rhydd yn y gyfrol (2 ff.). Mae taflen o dablau rhifyddol a werthwyd gan P. Sandford, Amwythig, [c. 1795], wedi ei bastio y tu mewn i'r clawr blaen. = Amongst the poets represented in the volume are Jonathan Hughes (ff. 3-4 verso, 12 verso, 34 verso-36), Huw ap Huw [Hugh Hughes, y Bardd Coch o Fon] (ff. 4 verso-9 verso, 11 verso-12 verso), Rhys Jones [y Blaenau] (ff. 10-11), Jonathan Hughes, junior (f. 13), Walter Davies [Gwallter Mechain] (f. 13 recto-verso), David Thomas [Dafydd Ddu Eryri] (f. 13 verso), Ellis Roberts [Elis y Cowper] (ff. 14-16 verso, 18-22, 38 verso-41 verso), Hugh Roberts, tailor, of Llanllyfni (ff. 16 verso-18), Richard Llwyd ('o'r Plas [Meini]') (f. 22 recto-verso), Robert Richard, Pentraeth (ff. 24 verso-26 verso), Richard Parry [of Newborough] (ff. 26 verso-29, 33 verso-34 verso), Humphrey Wiliam, Tywyn, Meirionnydd (ff. 29-30), the Rev. [William] Williams, Llaneilian-yn-Rhos (ff. 30-32 verso), and Huw Morris [Huw Morys] (ff. 32 verso-33 verso). The majority of the poems were apparently copied from printed sources, including Blodeu-gerdd Cymry, selected by David Jones, Trefriw (Shrewsbury: Stafford Prys, 1759, Libri Walliae 2804) (ff. 22-34 verso) and numerous pamphlets. The volume also contains attempts by John Evans at composing an epitaph, in 1825 and 1830 (f. 44), and two versions of 'Cerdd yr Offeiriad Dur neu Steel Parson', possibly by John Evans, [1820s] (ff. 43, 46 recto-verso), with a typescript copy of both versions, [20 cent, second ½], [?by D. Tecwyn Lloyd], inserted loose in the volume (2 ff.). A sheet of arithmetical tables, sold by P. Sandford, Shrewsbury, [c. 1795], is pasted inside the front cover.

Journal, 1830 (watermark [18]28), of a tour primarily of Pembrokeshire, the Lake District and Edinburgh by an un-named Cornishman, in the company of his niece Anne Kendall of Lostwithiel.
The volume begins with a retrospective recounting of the journey from Lostwithiel, Cornwall, to Bath, Somerset, 5-29 [recte 10] April 1830 (ff. 1-4 verso). The journal proper begins in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, on 7 July (f. 11) and continues with excursions and tours to Pembroke, Haverfordwest, Solva, St Davids and elsewhere within the county, 7-26 July (ff. 11-62 verso), followed by the journey through parts of mid and north Wales and north west England, 27 July-5 August (ff. 63-65 verso), the Lake District, 5-8 August (ff. 65 verso-70), and the Southern Uplands of Scotland, 9-12 August (ff. 71-76), ending in Edinburgh and its environs, 12-30 August (ff. 76-91 verso). The journal includes descriptions of the Stackpole, Orielton, Slebech and Picton Castle estates (ff. 14-15 verso, 19-20, 22-23, 25 recto-verso, 26-27 verso), St Mary's Church, Haverfordwest (ff. 29 verso-33), and the Bishop's Palace and Cathedral at St Davids (ff. 42 verso-50) and an eyewitness account of the launch of the frigate HMS Seahorse at Pembroke on 21 July (ff. 57 verso-58 verso). The writer is presumably one of Anne Kendall's four uncles then living, namely the Rev. Francis John Hext (1779-1842), Captain William Hext (1780-1866), James Cotes Kendall (1770-1836) or the Rev. Nicholas Kendall (1781-1844).

A tune-book, [c. 1828], containing hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes and anthems in the hand of Hugh Williams, whose name occurs inside front cover.

Culinary and medicinal recipes, collected apparently by Jane Tonyn of Berwick-on-Tweed, co. Northumberland, with some early nineteenth-century additions by Rice Hughes, son of Richard Hughes, rector of Dolgellau, co. Merioneth. Sources are frequently named, and dates sometimes given.

A volume compiled, 1811-1830, by Thomas Llewellyn of the parishes of Cardigan and Ferwig, Cardiganshire, chiefly containing arithmetical exercises but also miscellaneous notes and memoranda in English and Welsh, perhaps partly composed by him and partly derived from printed sources. These include a bidding letter for the marriage of Mary Owen and John Williams, both of the parish of St Dogmaels, Cardiganshire, 1816; draft documents relating to property in Cardigan and Ferwig; love letters and verse in English, including a number of Valentine rhymes; prognostications in Welsh and English on the weather and on lucky and unlucky days, together with astrological notes; two apparently unpublished ballads in Welsh, one of them, perhaps by Thomas Llewellyn, recounting a case of alleged slander by Sara Evans, a Methodist, against the Rev. John Herring (1789-1832), Baptist minister at Cardigan; and a transcript of the title-page of The [Supposititious] Works of Aristotle (Arbroath, 1801) (not recorded in the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue).

A holograph letter, 10 April ----, from Felicia [Dorothea] Hemans from Wavertree, to Samuel Parkes (returning the recipient's 'nice quiet Tragedies', the writer's holiday at Seacombe); and poetry by Mrs. Hemans, including manuscript copies of 'The Child's first Grief' and 'The Better Land' and printed copies of 'Child of Earth' and 'To the Cliffs of Dover'.

Letters to John Lodge, Mrs John Wordsworth, etc., from Felicia Hemans, and poetry by Felicia Hemans. English. Between boards. Purchased from Winifred A. Myers, London, September 1959.

A collection made by Isaac Mann (1785-1831) of about two hundred autograph letters of Baptist ministers, missionaries (including William Carey) and converts, written 1711-1831; together with a calendar, prepared by F. G. Hastings, with annotations by W. T. Whitley, which was printed in The Baptist Quarterly, VI and VII (1932-1935).