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Accounts,

Accounts, 1766-1778, including an account book recording Bedford's receipts and disbursements from 1766 (the time he was based at Trostrey); some fragmentary accounts that have been annotated by Iolo Morganwg; and a workman's account for labour at one of Bedford's collieries in 1778.

Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826

Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir): Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards ..., &c.

  • NLW MS 4582C.
  • File
  • 1764-[late 18 cent.]

A copy of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards translated into English ... (London, 1764, ESTC T145881), bound with Rhys Jones, Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru ... (Shrewsbury, 1773, ESTC T116041). On blank leaves added to the volume and on the margins of printed pages David Samwell (1751-1798) has transcribed poems by himself and by other writers and there are also obituary notices of Welsh poets and others by Samwell, as well as press cuttings and a printed copy of Ode for the First of March, 1791, St. David's Day. Inscribed to the Gwyneddigion Society of London, by Dafydd Ddu Feddyg ([?London], 1791, ESTC T231564). Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) (1747-1826) has added some notes on Glamorgan bards.

Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826

Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo manuscripts and papers

  • GB 0210 IOLNWG
  • Fonds
  • [16 cent.]-[20 cent., first ¼]

Manuscripts and papers of Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo, [16 cent.]-[20 cent., first ¼], comprising correspondence of Iolo Morganwg, 1676-1826; manuscripts and other papers, [16 cent.]-1900, mostly collected or written by Iolo Morganwg, including Welsh and English poetry and prose, pedigrees, grammars, and other literary and personal papers; correspondence, 1809-1864, and other papers, 1761-[1840s], of Taliesin ab Iolo; and family correspondence of Taliesin's grandson, Aneurin Williams, [?1868]-1908.

Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826

Iolo Morganwg papers

Papers, [16 cent., second ½]-[1830s], of Iolo Morganwg, including manuscript music, [18 cent., last ¼]-[19 cent., first ¼], and printed sheet music, [17 cent., second ½]-[late 18 cent.]; hymns, [19 cent., first ¼]; travel journals, 1796-1815; Welsh and English poetry, 1776-[1826]; notes and notebooks, [18 cent., last ¼]-[1830s]; financial papers, 1782-1826; old covers, [18 cent., last ¼]-[19 cent., first ¼]; financial papers of Iolo's grandfather Edward Matthew, 1705-1736; and miscellaneous collected deeds and documents, [16 cent., second ½]-1824.

Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826

John Bedford Papers,

  • GB 0210 BEDFORD
  • Fonds
  • 1762-1791

Papers of John Bedford, 1762-1791, largely relating to his time in South Wales, and deal with iron-making techniques, his interests in experimenting with and improving these techniques, and the state of his own business ventures in forging and quarrying. The papers include notes on iron-making techniques, 1763-1788; management and business papers, 1766-1791; correspondence, petitions and miscellaneous notes, 1766-1789; and quarry notes, 1762-1789.

Bedford, John, ca. 1725-1791

Letters, &c.

  • NLW MS 3294E
  • File
  • [17 cent.]-[19 cent.]

Miscellaneous letters, the correspondents including Thomas Charles (1755-1814), Thomas Coke (1747-1814), Wesleyan minister and missionary, John Jones (regicide) (1597?-1660), Michael D. Jones (1822-1898), etc.; two original Rebecca letters; papers relating to William Davies, Froodvale, Carmarthenshire; a note in the hand of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) (1747-1826).

Charles, Thomas, 1755-1814

Llanover Manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSLLANOV
  • Fonds
  • [16 cent.]-1885

The collection consists of four groups, namely: a collection of manuscripts, [late 16 cent.]-[18 cent.], containing transcripts of Welsh poems and prose items being largely volumes of Glamorgan origin acquired by Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) and forming part of his library (NLW MSS 13061-86); miscellaneous notebooks, papers, etc., of Iolo Morganwg, bound into eighty volumes (NLW MSS 13087-162); miscellaneous papers and correspondence of Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion y Fenni ('The Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Society'), 1836-1848 (NLW MSS 13182-5E); and miscellaneous other manuscripts (NLW MSS 13163-81). The second group (NLW MSS 13087-162) contains a mass of notes on matters of Welsh literary, historical, and antiquarian interest, transcripts of historical documents, transcripts of Welsh poems, series of triads, and prose compositions, and copies of original poems, essays, and reports by Iolo himself, etc. Amongst the historical and antiquarian material are items which Welsh scholars do not accept as authentic but which they regard as being spurious and the fruit of Iolo Morganwg's inventive mind. The literary material too has its quota of items regarded as forgeries, including Welsh poems written by Iolo Morganwg in imitation of the style of earlier poets and attributed by him to such poets. The accounts given of the contents of the manuscripts which belong to this second group are intended to be descriptive and not analytical and, except in the case of major 'forgeries' such as the chronicle 'Brut Aberpergwm' and the poems attributed to Dafydd ap Gwilym, and a few other items such as letters attributed to the Rev. Edward Gamage, no attempt is made to include comments on the authenticity or spuriousness of the items noted. Many of the Welsh items contained in the volumes belonging to the second group were published with English translations and notes in Iolo Manuscripts: A Selection of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts in Prose and Verse from the Collection made by the late Edward Williams, ed. by Taliesin Williams (Llandovery, 1848) and Barddas; or, a Collection of Original Documents illustrative of the Theology, Wisdom, and Usages of the Bardo-Druidic System of the Isle of Britain, ed. by John Williams (Ab Ithel), 2 vols (Llandovery and London, 1862-1874).

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Mysevin manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSMYSEVIN
  • Fonds
  • [1540x1927]

Papers and manuscripts, [1540x1927], from the library of Dr William Owen-Pughe of Mysevin, relating primarily to Welsh literature and culture and to antiquarian subjects. The material includes correspondence addressed mainly to William Owen-Pughe, with a smaller number addressed to his son, Aneurin Owen, from prominent contemporary antiquarian and literary figures, including Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), Owen Jones ('Owain Myfyr'), Theophilus Jones, Richard Llwyd, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Richard Fenton, Thomas Pennant and Edward ('Celtic') Davies; volumes and papers in the hand of William Owen-Pughe, 'Iolo Morganwg' and others; manuscripts and printed papers relating to the Gwyneddigion Society, the Cymreigyddion Society and the Cymmrodorion; diary entries of William Owen-Pughe, 1811-1835; and transcripts of unpublished letters and papers, 1792-1820, of the writer and prophet Joanna Southcott. NLW MS 13263 is a supplementary volume of letters which was presented separately to NLW (see 'Source of Acquisition' note).

Pughe, W. Owen (William Owen), 1759-1835

Poems and letters

Poems by Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg), Benjamin Simon, Deio Bach y Cantwr, William Thomas (Aberdare), David W. Jones (Dafydd Morganwg), etc.; letters from T. C. Evans (Catrawd), Henry Richard, and Thomas Harries; a certificate, signed by several Miniters of the Independent Denomination of Dissenters, relating to the ordination of Josiah Jones at Caernarvon, 1828; etc.

Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826

Cerddi Saesneg

Llyfr nodiadau yn cynnwys copïau o gerddi Saesneg, ynghyd â cherdd gan, ac yn llaw, Iolo Morganwg, yn dwyn y teitl 'The Line of Beauty', ac yn cychwyn gyda'r geiriau 'To view dull fashion's boasted feats'.

Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826

Iolo Morganwg

Cyhoeddiadau a phapurau ymchwil G. J. Williams, [1916x1963], ar fywyd a gwaith Iolo Morganwg, gan gynnwys drafftiau o'r gyfrol Iolo Morganwg (Caerdydd, 1956); darlithoedd, [1916x1963]; nodiadau helaeth, [1916x1963]; adysgrifau o lawysgrifau Iolo, [1916x1963]; a llawysgrif yr erthygl 'Cywyddau'r Ychwanegiad at Waith Dafydd ap Gwilym' (Y Beirniad, VIII, 1919).

Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826