Miscellaneous papers, 1708-1893, relating to Cardiganshire, including a survey of lands and houses in Aberystwyth by Thomas Evans and John Richard, 1708 (ff. 1-2); particulars of tithe owners in north Cardiganshire, mid eighteenth century (ff. 3-7 verso); and minutes of a meeting of estate owners relating to enclosing the manor of Mefenydd, 1814 (ff. 11-12).
'The day book of Subsistance &c. at Esgr mwyn [i.e. Esgair Mwyn lead mine, Cardiganshire] Sept. 25th to Novr. 22th 1754', and a transcript of an act 'Concerning the Laws to be used in Wales', 27 Henry VIII, c. 26.
Papers of C. R. Jones, Llanfyllin, treasurer of the Montgomeryshire Congregational weak churches fund, etc., including receipts and letters in respect of grants made to the churches and a bank pass book relating to the Congregational County fund, 1872-1879.
Descriptions, with diagrams, of sheep ear-marks used on farms mainly in Caernarvonshire together with the names of the farms and their occupiers, and a few accounts.
Six exercise books containing a collection of local folk-rhymes, riddles, customs, and superstitions; accounts of fairs and of other events in the parish of Llanwenog; and a list of subscribers to the Mary Thomas Testimonial, 1922.
One of two albums which belonged to Henry Blackwell (1851-1928), New York, containing press cuttings, mainly of Welsh and Welsh-American interest, from Welsh, English and American newspapers and journals, 1885-1892.
Papers, 1871-1884, of D[avid] Griffith Davies, Castle Green, mainly relating to the Cardigan and River Tivy Improvement Scheme; official reports on the alleged pollution of the river Tivy by lead mines, etc.; an official letter written from Whitehall by Henry Fitzroy on behalf of Viscount Palmerston, 1853, relating to the withdrawal of troops stationed at Cardigan.
A statement signed by Ebenezer Richard on behalf of the Cardiganshire Calvinistic Methodist monthly meeting, held at Ponterwyd, 19 September 1833, certifying that Phillips was 'an Accredited Preacher in the Welch Calvinistic Connexion'; a letter, 5 December 1839, from Lewis Edwards, Bala, to Phillips; an account of 'The Bangor Controversy - 'Dadl Bangor'' occasioned by a lecture given by Phillips at the Tabernacle Chapel, Bangor on 19 November 1850 on 'Romanism, the Church and Dissent'; a copy of John Phillips: Dadl Bangor, yn cynnwys Sylwadau a draddodwyd mewn Darlith Gyhoeddus ... (Caernarfon, 1852).
Rent book for Tyddyn Pendre and Tir y Dre, parish of Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, being part of the estate of the Vaughan family of Golden Grove, containing details of rent paid by the successive tenants, William Melcher and Griffith Thomas, to Charles [Powlett], 3rd duke of Bolton, to John Vaughan of Shenfield, Essex, who inherited the estate in 1752, and to his son Richard Vaughan.
Sermons preached at Efenechtyd and Llangynhafal, Denbighshire, 1810-1830, by John Jones of Plasynllan, Llangynhafal, rector of Efenechtyd, 1799-1817, and of Llangynhafal, 1817-1830, and brother of Robert Jones, the friend of William Wordsworth; and a copy of Mawr werth enaid dyn (Caernarvon, 1805).
Tune book containing anthems and traditional tunes, mainly composed or arranged by Henry Williams, [c. 1863]-1873, including 'Glan Ogwen', later known as the carol tune 'Wele gwawriodd' (ff. 44-5; see letter and notes, 1985, relating to its authorship, NLW MS 22074D, ff. i-ii).
Miscellaneous papers including 'Hanes dechreuad y Genhadaeth yn Penybont yn 1826' by Ebenezer Williams 'Penillion ar Ymadawiad John Lewis ... a'i deulu i Patagonia', notes of a sermon delivered by William Evans (Tonyrefail) at Jerusalem, Ton, August 11, 1878, and circular letters and leaflets relating to various religious and political activities mainly in the Rhondda district of Glamorgan.
Journals, 1860-1861, kept by William Davies, Pumpsaint, Carmarthenshire, midshipman, during voyages to Buenos Aires, Melbourne and Point de Galle, Ceylon.
