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A commonplace book

  • NLW MS 1337C
  • File
  • 19 cent.

A commonplace book [?of John Jones, Ioan Triphlyg] containing Welsh poems, mainly in free metre, prose extracts, arithmetical and astronomical exercises, etc.

Jones, John, 1782-1859 Manuscript possibly in hand of (19 cent.), NLW MS 1337C

Arithmetic and memoranda book,

  • NLW MS 22896D.
  • File
  • 1809-1810.

A volume, 1809-1810, written by Joseph Meredith of the town of Carmarthen containing mainly arithmetical exercises, verses, and other memoranda including an account of the collection of money made among the workers at the Tinworks, Carmarthen, on behalf of the widow of a deceased forgeman, together with a copy of her petition, 1809 (ff. 79v-80v); inserted in the volume are two printed accounts, State of the Sunday Schools, near the Parade, Carmarthen ..., 1809 and 1810, with lists of the subscribers (ff. 77-8v). On Carmarthen Tinworks, see Francis Green, 'Carmarthen Tinworks and its founder', Transactions of the Historical Society of West Wales, 5 (1915), pp. 245-70.

Meredith, Joseph, of Carmarthen.

Arithmetic exercise book,

  • NLW MS 10815D.
  • File
  • 1857-1858 /

Arithmetic exercise book used by Benjamin Jenkins, Pant-y-caws, at Rhydwilym and Login schools, 1857-1858.

Jenkins, Benjamin, Pant-y-caws

Arithmetic exercise book,

  • NLW MS 10814C.
  • File
  • [1860x1865] /

School arithmetic exercise book of Anne Davies, Pantyrodyn, later wife of Benjamin Jenkins of Porth-y-rhyd, Pant-y-caws, parish of Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire. The volume was begun on 3 August, 1860.

Jenkins, Anne, née Davies, Pantyrodyn

Arithmetic exercise book,

  • NLW MS 23085B
  • File
  • 1858-1861, 1946 /

A volume containing arithmetical exercises and examples, used by Edward Williams (born c. 1841), Rhoswidol, Penegoes, co. Montgomery, at Rhydyfelin Parochial School, 1858-9.

Williams, Edward, b. ca. 1841

Arithmetic exercise book,

  • NLW MS 23566C.
  • File
  • 1813-1823 /

Arithmetic exercise book, 1813-1823, of Morgan Evans, Glynhenllan, ?Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, containing numeration and mensuration tables, rules and examples.

Evans, Morgan, of Glynhenllan.

Arithmetic exercise books

  • NLW MSS 6895B, 6896-6898C
  • File
  • [1761x1899]

Four arithmetic exericse books written by Rowland Richard of Esgirangell, Mallwyd and by his two sons, Evan Richards and Robert Richards, when they were at school at High Ercall, Shropshire.

Arithmetic exercises,

  • NLW MS 23192B
  • File
  • 1839-1841 /

Notebook of John Nicholas (b. ca. 1829), son of Phillip Nicholas, Pantygwyddel, Llanfyrnach, co. Pembroke, containing arithmetic exercises, 1839-41.

Nicholas, John, b. ca. 1829

Arithmetic notebook,

  • NLW MS 22082B.
  • File
  • 1741-1742.

Arithmetical exercises and problems, 1741-1742.

Arithmetical exercises,

  • NLW MS 22860C.
  • File
  • 1824-1847.

A volume containing arithmetical exercises, form letters and stories, compiled by John Lloyd (b. 1808) of Pant, parish of Llanegryn, co. Merioneth, 1824-1825, whilst a pupil at Mr Harling's Commercial School, Chester; family memoranda, including copy letters from John Lloyd's father, David Lloyd, have been added, [1820s]-1847 (ff. 344v-345, 378v-380).

Lloyd, John, b. 1808.

Arithmetical Exercises, &c.

  • NLW MS 2304D.
  • File
  • [19 cent.]

An arithmetical exercise book, with transcripts of 'cerddi' by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant') and others, transcripts of 'bidding' letters, and miscellanea.

Edwards, Thomas, 1739-1810

Arithmetical exercises, etc.

  • NLW MS 23135B
  • File
  • 1811-1830

A volume compiled, 1811-1830, by Thomas Llewellyn of the parishes of Cardigan and Ferwig, Cardiganshire, chiefly containing arithmetical exercises but also miscellaneous notes and memoranda in English and Welsh, perhaps partly composed by him and partly derived from printed sources. These include a bidding letter for the marriage of Mary Owen and John Williams, both of the parish of St Dogmaels, Cardiganshire, 1816; draft documents relating to property in Cardigan and Ferwig; love letters and verse in English, including a number of Valentine rhymes; prognostications in Welsh and English on the weather and on lucky and unlucky days, together with astrological notes; two apparently unpublished ballads in Welsh, one of them, perhaps by Thomas Llewellyn, recounting a case of alleged slander by Sara Evans, a Methodist, against the Rev. John Herring (1789-1832), Baptist minister at Cardigan; and a transcript of the title-page of The [Supposititious] Works of Aristotle (Arbroath, 1801) (not recorded in the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue).

Llewellyn, Thomas, of Cardigan and Ferwig

Cerddi,

  • NLW MS 23243C
  • File
  • 1887-1914 /

Notebook of William Jones ('Gwilym Brynaman', 1867-1915), of Brynaman, co. Carmarthen, and Los Angeles, California, containing mathematical exercises, 1887 (pp. 1-36), and fair copies of poems, mostly in Welsh, composed by him, 1902-14, and including poems entered for competition at eisteddfodau in North America and Wales.

Jones, William, Gwilym Brynaman, 1867-1915

Exercise book of William Saunders Davies, Felin-fach,

  • NLW MS 12351E.
  • File
  • 1826 /

A volume of exercises in commercial arithmetic and precedents of invoices compiled in 1826 by William Saunders Davies, a native of Brynhafod and afterwards shopkeeper of Felin-fach, co. Cardigan.

Davies, William Saunders, 1815-1883

Haverfordwest school board,

  • NLW MS 11552D.
  • File
  • 1871-1876.

A scrapbook containing press cuttings of reports of meetings of the Haverfordwest School Board, 1871-1876. The volume was originally an arithmetic exercise book.

Kidwelly & Llanelly Canal Company: Letter-book,

  • NLW MS 22092B.
  • File
  • 1831-1840 /

Letter-book of Thomas Bowen of Pen-bre, co. Carmarthen, superintendent of the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Railway Co., comprising an inventory of the company's records, 1831 (ff. 1-4), copy and draft letters, 1838-1840 (ff. 5-136 verso), a humorous poem on the failures of an anonymous colliery proprietor (ff. 151-5) and an arithmetical problem in Welsh, English and Latin (ff. 155 verso-6).

Bowen, Thomas, Company superintendent

Lledrod school exercise book ,

  • NLW MS 23147B
  • File
  • 1884 /

Exercise book, 1884, of Elizabeth Herbert (b. ca. 1869), Pen-lan, Lledrod, co. Cardigan, later the wife of Peter Davies, Belle Vue Farm, Llanilar, co. Cardigan, written while she was a pupil at Lledrod Board School, containing exercises in arithmetic, English composition and grammar, geography, history, letter-writing, and music.

Herbert, Elizabeth, b. ca. 1869

Mathematical exercises, &c.,

  • NLW MS 22093A.
  • File
  • 1842-1853 /

Notebook, 1842-1853, of Thomas Williams, Felin-fach, Pumsaint, afterwards of Talley, co. Carmarthen, surveyor, and schoolmaster at Cwmdwr (Llanwrda), and Gwynfe, containing memoranda relating to rates, etc. in the parish of Talley; mathematical exercises; accounts, with names of pupils, relating to schools at ?Salem (Llandeilo) and Llan-crwys (inverted text ff. 72, 75 verso-6); and miscellaneous notes.

Williams, Thomas, surveyor and schoolmaster

Mathematics notebook,

  • NLW MS 22079D.
  • File
  • 1836 /

Mathematical notes and problems copied by John Owens, Rhippinllwyd, parish of Llandygwydd, co. Cardigan, 1836, including a plan of the solar system (f. 156) and calligraphic decoration.

Owens, John, Rhippinllwyd

Miscellanea,

  • NLW MS 10983F.
  • File
  • [1865x1901].

A holograph letter, 1865, from J. H. Preece, for the Great Western Railway New Swindon Mechanics Institution, to Mr. Hanty (thanks to Mr. [Harry H.] Davies for the gift of a drawing); 'half-yearly report of conduct; or, lady's school register' of Miss F[lorence] M[ary] Davies, 1870; the return of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Rumney, Monmouthshire, 1901; a short pedigree of the family of Edmunds of Rumney, and of the family of Davies of Rompney Castle, with whom they intermarried; and two school arithmetic books, one of which belonged to Miss Hannah Edmunds and contains in addition some copies of her accounts, etc., 1879-1886 and undated.

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