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Four letters, October 1780-August 1781, from [the Rev.] Thomas Jones, Longnor, Shropshire (later of Creaton, Northamptonshire), to the Rev. T[homas] Richards, Eglwysfach and Llangynfelin, Cardiganshire.

Miscellaneous indentures and documents, 1681, 1760-1791, of either Darowen or Montgomeryshire interest.

Account book, 1820-1829, of [the Rev.] Lewis Richards of Darowen and Berriew, Montgomeryshire, and Rhuddlan, Flintshire, containing accounts for his time as a student at Jesus College, Oxford, 1820-1824, then as Curate of Tregynon, near Berriew, 1824-1826, and Rhuddlan, 1826-1829. Also included are inventories of his clothes and other memoranda.

A manuscript tribute, [?1834] (watermark 1834), to the Rev. David Charles (1762-1834) by one of his six children (unidentified).
David Charles was the great-great-grandfather of T. I. Ellis.

Two letters, 5 June 1837, 13 November 1837, from the Rev. Lewis Richards, at Llangyniew, to the Rev. Griffith Howel, Llangadfan, together with three letters, 4 August-6 November 1837, from Howel to Richards.

Account book, 1840-1851, of [the Rev. Lewis Richards] of Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire.
The volume also contains a few memoranda, as well as an 'Englyn i Barlwr y Parchg L. Richards' by Ieuan Cadfan [?Evan Breece], dated 6 January 1844 (inside front cover), and a verse by [John] Black[we]ll (on front flyleaf).

Eleven letters, [?1842]-[?1853], from Sarah Matthews of Rudgwick, Sussex [?and formerly of Dolgellau], to her friend Mary Richards (ff. 3-8, 11-29), together with one letter, 10 November 1846, to Mary from Sarah's sister Martha [Redaway] (ff. 9-10), and one letter from Sarah Matthews to Jane Richards, [1820x1837] (ff. 1-2).
Sarah addresses Mary as 'My dear Daughter' and 'Pall Bach Anwyl'.

Nineteen letters, 1812-1863, addressed to various members of the Richards family, mainly from relatives, comprising letters to Thomas and Jane Richards from their daughters Jane, 27 May 1812, 17 September 1812 (ff. 1-4), and [?Mary], 1 April 1817, August 1826 (ff. 13-14, 20-21); letters to Mary Richards from her brother Lewis Richards, Berriew, 18 December 1819 (ff. 18-19), and niece Elen Richards, Llangynyw, 1 December 1835 (ff. 24-25); letters to Jane Richards from her friend Margaret Gwynn, Gwastadgoed, [?18] March [?1815]-26 June 1816 (ff. 7-12), and niece Elen Richards, [early 1830s] (ff. 22-23) and (from Hackney) 13 September-9 October 1862 (ff. 28-44); a letter to E[lizabeth] Richards, Shrewsbury, from her brother Tho[ma]s Richards, Berriew, 8 June 1818 (ff. 15-16); letters to John and Lewis [Richards] from [?Mary Richards], Darowen, 1 April [?1814] (ff. 5-6), and to Richard Richards from T. Price, Darowen School, June 1819 (f. 17); and two letters to E[len] Richards from friends and acquaintances, 9 April 1852, 19 August 1863 (ff. 26-27, 45). Also included is a tune 'Difirwch Arglwyddes Owen' (ff. 46-47).

An exercise book belonging to an unidentified individual apparently in Bristol, containing sermon notes, [19 cent., third ¼], including parts of a sermon preached by the Rev. David Charles Davies at Broadmead [Welsh Calvinistic Methodist church, Bristol].

Recipe book, [late 1810s]-1876 (watermark 1816), of [?Jane Richards], containing mostly cookery recipes and recipes for fruit wines. Many leaves, containing recipes in a number of different hands, have been inserted loosely into the volume.
These may be the recipes of Jane Richards alluded to by Mary Ellis in 'Teulu Darowen (Parhad)', Journal of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales, 4 (1954), 58-88 (p. 76).

In memoriam cards and similar items, mostly [1870s], commemorating individuals from all over Wales but predominantly from Aberystwyth and Cardiganshire.

School reports, 1881, of David Charles Davies whilst a student at University College School, London.

Notebooks kept by Thomas Edward Ellis while a student at New College, Oxford, containing Latin notes (A184-7); Greek notes (A188-9); and rough notes (A190-1).

Notebook, [early 1880s], of T. E. Ellis while a student at New College, Oxford, containing notes, quotations and references

Volume of press cuttings of columns entitled 'The Welsh Press' from the South Wales Daily News, 1884-6, written by Thomas Edward Ellis under the nom de plume 'Cuneglas'.

Invitation, [1887], of T. E. Ellis to attend a 'Special Service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Sunday, May 22nd 1887, to commemorate the 50th year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria'.

Twenty-one letters, 1885-1889, from F[rances] Davies, Cwrtmawr, to her son J. H. Davies, together with one each from JHD to his mother and father, 1883.

A notebook, in an unknown hand (the initials 'H.R.' recur several times), containing sermon notes in Welsh, 1856-1860 and later. A few memoranda, dated 1885-1889, at the end of the volume suggest a connection with north east Wales.

A group of letters and papers, relating mainly to the Charles family of Carmarthen and the Davies family of Aberystwyth and Cwrt-mawr. The documents in this group have been described in detail by Miss R. F. Roberts in 'A Schedule of Charles and Davies Family Correspondence' (1959) and should be read in conjunction with the letters contained in NLW MSS 10549-50C (see also NLW MS 12894E).
The correspondents include: Lady Barnham, Fairy Hill, Gower, 1818-1820 (A95-97); W. H. Bruce, Llangeitho, [?April 1864] (A98); David Charles the elder, Carmarthen, 1791-1828 (A99-106); David Charles the younger, Carmarthen, 1826-1838 (A107-111); D. R. Charles, Seaforth, 1871 (A112); Sarah Charles, Bala, 1831 (A113); Alice Lloyd Davies, Bala, 1823 (A114); David Davies, Junior, Carnachen-wen, afterwards of Castle Green, Cardigan, 1823-1843 (A115-119; A115 also includes a letter, 15 October 1823, from Richard Worthington, 'at Church Lane', to David Davies, Junior); David Charles Davies, London and Trefecca, 1859-1889 (A120-131); Eliza Davies, Aberystwyth, 1872 (A132); Robert Davies, Aberystwyth, 1837-1839 and [n.d.] (A133-136; A135 also contains a letter from Eliza Davies to David Charles Davies); Sarah [?Davies], Carmarthen, 1825 (A137); Lewis Edwards, Bala, 1841 (A138); R[ichar]d Evans, Worcester, 1836 (A139); Mary Fletcher, Albert Street, 1846 (A140); John Foulkes, Machynlleth, 1825 (A141); Lydia Foulkes, Machynlleth, 1824 (A142); Mary Foulkes, Machynlleth, 1815 (A143); H. Hughes, Liverpool, 1842 (A144); Charles Jackson, British and Foreign Bible Society, London, 1871 (A145); Lydia Jones, Machynlleth, 1841 (A147); W[illia]m Morris, Cefen, Merthyr Tydvil, 1831 (A148); E. Needham, 1824 (A149); J. Phillips, Haverfordwest, 1823 (A150); Colonel Pryse, Peithyll and London, [?1870] and [n.d.] (A151-152); Margaret Reed, St Thomas's Square, Hackney, 1850 (A153); Henry Richard, Tregaron, [n.d.] (A154-155); David Roberts, Liverpool, 1854 (A156); F. R. Roberts, Aberystwyth, 1870 (A157); John Roberts, Liverpool, 1851 (A158); D. Saunders, Bryngolwg, Swansea, 1877 (A159); Jos[ia]h Tarn, Spa Fields, London, 1814 (A160); Griffith Thomas, Aberystwyth, 1870 (A161); Harriet Vale, Ryde, Isle of Wight, [n.d.] (A162-165); Evan Watkin [of Moelcerni], Totteridge and From, 1823-1824 (A166-167); and T. E. Williams, Aberystwyth, 1880 (A168). There are also miscellaneous papers, including an account of the estate of Robert Davies, [Aberystwyth] (d. 1841) (A181), a printed list of subscriptions towards the erection of a new County Hall in Aberystwyth, 1841 (A171), and a bill of cost to the Rev. D. C. Davies, 1851-1852, in the matter of the purchase of Cwrtmawr (A182). Two of the letters written by David Charles (1762-1834), Carmarthen, are to Miss S. Phillips, Haverfordwest, whom he afterwards married (A99-100), and two others, one of which has been published by Dr D. E. Jenkins, are addressed to his brother [Thomas Charles] (A102 and 104). Most of the other letters are addressed to Robert Davies, Aberystwyth, Mrs Robert Davies [née Eliza Charles], and their son Robert Joseph Davies, Cwrtmawr. The David Charles Davies letters appear to have belonged to a larger series used by the Rev. E. Wynne Parry in the preparation of Cofiant a Phregethau y diweddar Barch. David Charles Davies, MA (Wrexham, 1896).

A copy, 1891, of the 'Lismore Times', a newspaper produced on board the Lismore Castle, in which T. E. Ellis sailed from South Africa to London, April-May 1891.