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Extracts from books and journals, including poems and 'The Address of the Ancient Britons to ... The Prince of Wales, March 1st, 1773'.

A small notebook kept by Christmas Evans (1766-1838), Baptist minister. Described on the inside of the front cover as 'Llyfr yn Cynhwys cyfrif o'r gasgl a ddygwyd ymlaen trwy y Deheudir gan C[hristmas] E[vans] a J[ohn] R[oberts] yn y flwyddyn 1815 [?]', the volume contains a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting in Llanerchymedd, November 14, 1815, relating to sums collected and expended by Christmas Evans in both North and South Wales, together with sermons and notes.

'Barn Christmas Evans am William Morgan a'r blaid Sandemonaidd ym Môn, Taxwedd 27, 1826'.

Miscellanea of Ben Jones ('P.A. Môn', i.e., 'Prif Arwyddfardd Môn'; 1788-1841), including a note on the Baptist cause at Aberffraw, 'Ideas to Xmas Evans', etc.

Miscellanea of Ben Jones ('P.A. Môn'), including 'Ellis Jones Coach Account for December 24, 1821 To August 3, 1822', 'Sandeman a Morgan Ratler ym Môn o 1790 i 1825', 'Cerdd i'r Gwr y torrwyd ei law, ac y diengodd y lleidr oddiarno - neu'r Gwr a dorrodd ei ffenestr i ffuantu lladroniaeth arno er duo ei gymmodogion ... Mawrth 8, 1825', 'Darluniad o Dy Cyfarfod y Trefnyddion Calfinaidd a elwir Moria, yn nhref Caerynarfon ...', 'Gwrthdystiad merched Cymru' (see Seren Gomer, 1829), etc.

'Cyngaws y Brenin Crws ac eraill v Wil y Gwyddel ac eraill ...', written for Seren Gomer.

An incomplete essay - 'Ychydig o Hanes rhai o Feirdd [a Llenorion] Gwent Morganwg un o Destunau Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion Blaenau Gwent, Medi 1854' - by 'Y Llercyn Llwyd', i.e., T. E. Watkins ('Eiddil Ifor'), with a letter, May 11, 1854, from Jonathan Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed') to 'Eiddil Ifor'.

Miscellaneous papers of Daniel Jones (1788-1862), Baptist Minister at Liverpool, Cowbridge, Felinfoel, Tongwynlais, etc., father-in law of 'Nefydd'. They include 'Trwydded Farddonawl Daniel Jones Cwmsarnddu gerllaw Llanymddyfri; o Eisteddfod Mon, Awst 15, 1815 ...', 'Hanes C[hristmas] Evans yn Merthyr', 'Cadwraeth yr Iaith Gymraeg, trwy ddylanwad yr Ysgol Sabothol', 'Ffiniau neu Derfynau Plwyf y Blaenau neu Aberystrwyth', obituary notices of Robert Edwards (Dinas), Dafydd Bowen, etc., a note headed 'Cydunwyd fel y canlyn gan ychidig frodyr a gyfarfu yn Addoldy Heol Emwnt ar nos wener y 300 o fawrth 1821', sermon notes, etc.

A 'pryddest' entitled 'Ar ddefnyddioldeb yr Ysgol Sabbothol, Testyn Eisteddfod Llysymaen, Hydref 22, 1855', an 'awdl' entitled 'Cymru' sent to 'Eisteddfod Aberafon ... Mehefin 23, 1853', and 'Pryddest i, neu ar Ddyffryn Clwyd, i Sylw Beirniaid Eisteddfod Dimbych, 1860' - all by Daniel Jones.

Poems and drafts of poems by Daniel Jones.

A collecting book used in 1839 on behalf of 'The Baptist Church Meeting, in Great Crosshall Street, in Liverpool' and containing a few sermon notes; 'Y perygl o ddirmygu gweinidogaeth yr efengyl'; a draft of an application, written in 1817 by Daniel Jones, of Erryd in the parish of Kilcwm, to the justices for the County of Carmarthen and the Clerk of the Peace for certification of the dwelling house of Ann [sic, ? Mary] Rice in Stone Street, Llandovery, as a place for religious worship; sermon notes; etc.

A copy of Dyddiadur yr Annibynwyr, 1854, with entries by 'Nefydd' relating to British Schools, etc.

Memoranda an accounts kept by 'Nefydd', together with a note by him on his ancestry.

Notebooks containing a list of 'Addewidion at y Gymanfa, 1839', financial details relating to the emigration of Mary Walters to America in 1867, prices of books from the library of Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc'), 'Missionary Report' expenses, etc.

An account book kept by 'Nefydd', 1847-1853.

A copy of a prospectus of the work by 'Nefydd' which was published in 1852 as Crefydd yr Oesoedd Tywyll ... yn cynnwys y Traethawd Gwobrwyol yn Eisteddfod y Fenni ar Mari Lwyd ..., a list of orders for copies, etc.

'Copy of the Catalogue of the library of the late Carnhuanawc' (i.e., Thomas Price), Sunday School collection accounts, etc.

'Catalogue of Book Lots Preparatory for the Sale', compiled by W. R. R. - probably a catalogue of the library of 'Nefydd'.

A journal kept by 'Nefydd', 1853-1865, the principal contents being memoranda relating to, and inspection reports on, British Schools in South Wales.

Miscellaneous papers, including 'A New Plan for me at school Llansilin 1834' signed 'Wm Roberts', 'Ysgolion Cymru a Chyfroddion y Llywodraeth', 'Ansefydlogrwydd serch tuag at weinidogion yr Efengyl', a copy of a printed circular - The Advantages of Government Inspection of Schools - by W. Roberts, Agent for the British [and] Foreign School Society for South Wales, Blaina, April 17, 1855, 'Terms of Union To be subscribed by parties desirous of uniting their schools with the National Society', 'The spread of Baptist principles in Wales', etc.