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An imperfect collection of English poems by Iolo Morganwg, with an index to the contents. The entire collection contained 55 or more pages, and those preserved here are numbered 7-22, ?27-28, 33-40, and 43-48. The contents include early versions of some of the poems printed in Poems Lyric and Pastoral (1794).

Three small notebooks marked 'Miscellanies', 'Lyric Pastorals', and 'Songs' respectively. The contents include early versions of some of the poems printed in Poems Lyric and Pastoral (1794).

Eight songs or poems mainly of a political nature, several of which are marked 'Copied 1803' (Probably copied into No. 47 [i.e. NLW MS 21335B).

A copy of The Daily Journal for 1780, with some manuscript entries by Iolo Morganwg.

(a) A copy of a diary or journal for 1786, with manuscript entries (including English and Welsh verse, etc.) by Iolo Morganwg. At the beginning is 'A Song in praise of Glamorgan' attributed to Sir John Stradling of St Donats; 'From a MS of the late Wm Roberts of Lancarvan, who told me that he had it from one Mr Bassett of Bonvilston, Grandfather of the present Mr Bassett'. (b) Part of another diary, year not given.

A copy of Dagrau yr Awen neu Farwnad Lewis Hopcin Fardd, o Landyfodwg, Iorwerth Gwilim o Dre-fflemin ym Morganwg [i.e. Iolo Morganwg] a'i Cant (Pony-y-fon: R. Tomas, 1772), with some manuscript emendations by the author.

A copy, in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, of 'Cyfrinach Beirdd Ynys Prydain ', correspondending to the text published in 1829. The first 150 folios (NLW MS 21320B), corresponding to pp. 1-171 in the printed copy, are more carefully written than the remainder (NLW MS 21321B), which have now been numbered in pencil (1-85) and arranged to follow as in the printed copy.

'Castles in the Air, By a Journey-man Mason', being a collection of English verse by Iolo Morganwg, in two volumes. The poems are not in their final form, and alternatives are often given above or below the original words. The pages in the first volume are numbered 1-140; the second volume is a continuation to p. 191, followed by 59 unnumbered pages. The first volume contains an index as far as p. 169.

Papers, mainly in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, relating to the case of the Rev. Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), who was imprisoned in 1801 for sedition (16 items). Some of these papers have been described by Prof. G. J. Williams in Llên Cymru, 3 (1954-6), 120-122.

'Proposals for printing by subscription a new and improved edition, with aditions [sic], of Poems Lyric and Pastoral By Edward Williams,' followed by seventeen poems, including a few shorter items (epitaphs).

An account-book, [c. 1783], in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, [?possibly to do with the lime-burning business mentioned among his loose papers].