Letters addressed to B. Williams ('Gwynionydd'), including by Daniel Silvan Evans, Llangian, Llanymawddwy, Llanwrin, etc., 1856-1884; David T. Evans, Pittsburgh, 1876-1878; T. Prichard Evans ('Mabon'), Ystrad Mynach, 1872; W. Evans George, Solicitor, Newcastle Emlyn, 1882; Richard P. Hill, Worcester, 1882; George Howell, Llangattock Rectory, Crickhowell, 1870; J. P. Howell, Cardigan, 1877; James Hughes, The Rectory, Crumlin, 1882; [Joseph Hughes] 'Carn Ingli', Meltham, 1863; [W. Hughes] 'Gwilym Clydach', Gwernogle, 1868; [D. Lloyd Isaac] 'Llwyd' (undated); [Thomas James] 'Llallawg', Netherthong, Huddersfield, 1868-1878; Jean Margaret, House of Mercy, Clewer, Windsor, 1880; H. Jenkins, Stanway, near Colchester, 1856; Evan Jones, The Rectory, Newport, Pembrokeshire, 1880-1881; Evan Jones, Swyddffynnon, 1882; [John Jones, 'Ioan] Emlyn', Merthyr (undated); [John Jones] 'Talhaiarn', Llanfair Tal[haiarn], 1869; J. M. Jones, Machynlleth, 1869; [J. M. Jones, 'Ioan] Cunllo', Rhydlewis (undated); J. P. Jones, Newcastle Emlyn, 1877; R. I. Jones ['Alltud Eifion'], Brython Office, Tremadoc, ?1869; T. Tudno Jones, editor of Llais y Wlad, Bangor (undated); and Joseph Joseph, Brecon, 1870-1875. Twenty-six letters (with some fragments) are in the hand of Thomas James ('Llallawg'), and refer to the whereabouts of one or two volumes of sermons of Griffith Jones, Llanddowror; 'Y Droefa' on the river Teifi near Llechryd; 'Y Weddfa' in Manordeifi; the etymology of Cilfowyr, Llanybydder, Silian, Clynfyw, Parc-y-Pratt, etc.; Teifi-side pedigrees (Dr Philipps, rector of Llangoedmore, Lewis of Clynfyw, Propert of Blaenpistyll, Jones of Neuadd, Tredefed, John Lewes of Melinau, etc.); the publication of J. R. Philipps, 'Memoirs of the civil war in Wales' with a reference to the 'hasty, careless, and slovenly way in which ... [the history of Cilgerran] was brought out'; rubbings of tablets at Cilrhedyn and Llangan churches; the type of ink recommended for manuscript sermons and other documents intended for preservation; the prospects of the recipient's eldest son in New Zealand; proposals by 'Gwynionydd' for histories of Cenarth and of the church and parish of Clydey; the writer's offer of a prize for a history of the topography, archaeology and history of Llandysul; the inscribed stone at Gellidywell; a proposed essay by the recipient's son on 'Hynafiaethau Dyffryn Taf' for an eisteddfod at Crymych Arms; the death of the recipient's wife; requests for an elegy by the recipient to Morgan Jones, Cilwendeg, and for entries from the Llandygwydd registers relating to the family of Makaig; the Cwmcoednarth legend; the line of 'Hen Ffordd Hwlffordd' through Abercuch and Manordeifi; family health matters, etc. The remaining letters in NLW MSS 15772, 15774-1575 discuss the following subjects: the Cardiganshire election, 1868; Welsh place-names; Welsh religious communities in the United States of America, a proposed Welsh eisteddfod at Philadelphia, descendants of Goronwy Owen in USA and the destruction of his MSS by Southern forces during the Civil War, temperance revival at Pittsburgh, the centennial exhibition at Philadelphia, and the tendency of Welsh settlers in USA to divide into small groups and thus to imperil their survival; request to 'Gwynionydd' for an essay on 'Ioan Emlyn'; repairs to Tyr Abbot Church, 1882; the pedigrees of Howell of Conwil Elvet, Llangeler, and Llanpumpsaint, Lewes of Llwynderw, Price of Pigeonsford, etc., Evans of Nantyreglwys, etc.; inscribed stones at Dyffryn Bern, Gellidywell, and Devynock, and the remains of a Roman camp at Penbryn; the decline of county families; invitations to 'Gwynionydd' to contribute to Yr Haul, Y Geninen and Llais y Wlad; the publication and sale of Enwogion Ceredigion and Briallen Glan Ceri; a paper by 'Gwynionydd' on Lampeter place-names; the payment of a life pension to 'Gwynionydd' by the trustees of Madam Bevan's Charity; applications by 'Gwynionydd' for ordination and for preferment; family and health matters (e.g. death of his wife, 1877); the election of 'Gwynionydd' to the 'free list' of the Cambrian Archaeological Association; etc. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 154.
