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A composite volume containing day and memoranda books of Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') and of his children James E[benezer] Thomas and Catherine Thomas. They include a few diary entries of Catherine Thomas, 1846-9; parish relief accounts of Catherine Thomas and others, 1847-56; Old Testament annals; a catechism; biographical notes (dates and times of births, etc.) on members of the family of 'Eben Fardd'; poetry by James E. Thomas entitled 'Englynion Iago Fardd' and 'Cynnygion at Farddoniaeth gan Iago Fardd pan yn 16 oed'; log entries relating to Bangor British School, 1850, and particulars of qualifications required of pupil teachers, etc.; particulars of qualifications required of candidates for admission to Bala [CM] College, extracted from a letter from the Principal, L[ewis] Edwards to 'Eben Fardd', 1842; questions and answers on Scripture history and on English history; essays on 'Perseverance', 'Liberty', 'Wonders of Creation', 'The Memory', and 'Peace of Conscience' by James E. Thomas, September - October, 1858; an essay by 'Austin' [J. E. Thomas] on 'Perygl a drwg gwrthgiliad ynghyd a'r pethau sydd yn arwain iddo'; post office memoranda (delivery of registered letters, etc.), 1856-8; etc. The volume is lettered 'Iago Fardd's MSS'.

A volume of seventy-three holograph letters of David Williams ('Dewi Heli'; 1799-1869), Castell Deudraeth, Penrhyndeudraeth. They comprise: (A) Thirty-six letters from Bronhaulog [parish of Ceidio, Caernarvonshire], Llanfyllin, Pwllheli, etc. to John Thomas ['Sion Wyn o Eifion'], Chwilog, 1816-46 (books read by the writer and the addressee; critical observations on poetry mutually exchanged by the writer and the addressee; an opinion on contemporary English poets; the writer's illness; the writer's opinion of 'Mr Williams Werne' and of 'witty Preachers'; references to Welsh books and periodicals, e.g. Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru, Seren Gomer, etc.; the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act; observations on the dictionary of [William] Owen [-Pughe] and an appreciation of his works; the writer's love of music and of musical instruments, with special references to the flute; an appreciation of [David Thomas] 'Dafydd Ddu [Eryri]'; the writer's study of globes; French books from Plashen for the writer; the writer's desire to improve his mastery of Welsh; an opinion on the administering of the Sacrament to the addressee; numerous references to the addressee's health; a report of the Lleyn-Eifionydd Bible Society written by the writer; an appreciation of Miss Higginbottom, 'a female literary character' well known to the addressee, and the writer's meeting with her; copies of the compositions of 'Pedrog Penfoul alias T. Williams' [i.e. Thomas Williams ('Twm Pedrog'), see Cwrtmawr MS 559 p. 214]; critical observations on Richard Edwards [recte Richard Robert Jones], 'commonly called Dic Aberdaron'; references to the writer's schooling at Chester; the writer's removal to his brother at Llanfyllin and his impressions of the 'literary advantages' of the town; urges the addressee to publish some of his writings; competitions at the Brecon eisteddfod (1822); a request on behalf of 'a literary female character' in Liverpool for manuscript entries by the addressee, David Owen ['Dewi Wyn o Eifion'] and R[ober]t Williams ['Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'] in a volume of 'Scrapiana'; reflections on the writer's electioneering activities; the writer's marriage (1842) and his change of residence and offices; a gift of a sovereign to the addressee from charities distributed by Lady Parry, Madryn; an opinion on 'the old woman's will'; the writer's estate agency and the payment of the addressee's rent; etc.); (B) Thirty seven letters from Pwllheli, Bron Eryri (afterwards Castell Deudraeth), etc. to Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), Clynnog, 1830-60 (an opinion on a notice to quit on 'the person with whom you lodge'; the completion of a lease by the writer for the addressee; an offer to the addressee of the post of Relieving Officer; the addressee's application for the post of master of Troedyrallt Free School, Pwllheli; an offer to the addressee of the management of the writer's office in Pwllheli; the rent required for a property in Llangybi; offers to secure employment for the recipient's son in a solicitor's office; the writer's retirement; the writer's reason for changing the name of his residence from Bron Eryri to Castell Deudraeth; the writer's fortune and his purchase of property; the writer's 'contemptible opinion' of the proposed Llangollen eisteddfod (1858); the compilation of the Saethon pedigree with the assistance of materials from the addressee; a request for information on the antiquities of Ardudwy; writer considers 'that the age of Eisteddfodau, for all useful purposes, is gone by' and that this age is 'the age of Progress and scientific discoveries ... One Railway is worth ten thousand Eisteddfodau', the Welsh translation by the addressee of a speech by the writer; criticism of 'Ab Ithel' for his attack on addressee; the writer's opinion that 'literary and social service meetings' are gaining in popularity as a form of modern eisteddfodau, 'in lieu of the antiquated tomfoolery advocated by Ab Ithel'; pressure on the writer to contest the [Merioneth] county parliamentary seat; the addressee's 'domestic bereavements'; materials collected by the writer towards a history of Merioneth; the proclamation of Porthmadog eisteddfod; etc.).

Holograph letters addressed to Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'). The writers include Owen Jones, Carnarvon, 1829 (a payment due from Owen Hughes, encloses 30/-); [Rev.] D[avid] Williams, Llandwrog Rectory and Bodelwyddan Rectory, 1843-62 (32) (information concerning Miss Lloyd, an appointment with Mr Simpson, the application of Thomas Owen for admission to the Training College, the success of pupils recommended by the writer, William Price's complaints, the death of the recipient's child and of the writer's brother-in-law, requests for Welsh translations, a visit from one of the writer's venerated uncle's old schoolmasters, the illness of the recipient's son, the relationship between the writer and the recipient, the writer's visit to Hengwrtuchaf in Merioneth, the writer's pedigree, an explanation of the writer's wearing of an academic hood and a stole, a request to the recipient to bring his medals to an exhibition, lectures by the writer, the recipient's secession from 'our venerable Church', the death of the recipient's wife, the writer's removal to Bodelwyddan, the marriage of the writer's daughter, instructions to present tea to 'Dafydd the Clochydd' and his wife and to Nelly 'our old servant', a discourteous act by a tenant, the writer's possession of a bell, a gift for the recipient's son, the writer's proposed visit to the 'Poetess Meinwen Elwy', correspondence between the recipient and the writer's daughter, the death of the recipient's son), Margt. A Williams (daughter of D. Williams), Llandwrog Rectory and Bôd Elwyddan Parsonage, 1860-2 (5) (the acceptance by the writer's father of the incumbency of Bodelwyddan, the illness of the recipient's son, the writer's visit to Llandwrog, the writer's marriage to Mr [Edmund Thomas] Watts, incumbent of Dyserth, personal), Dan Vawdrey, Clynog and Plasgwynant, Beddgelert, 1843 (4) (a gift of a number of The Protestant and the offer of a loan of other numbers at Plasgwynant, a request for a loan of a book, the engagement of a servant woman, the rescue of a vessel off the coast), J[ames] H[enry] Cotton, Deanery, Bangor, 1845 (recommending the character of the Reverend E. L. Davies), Edwd. Edwards, Penrhos [Holyhead], 1844-52 (14) (the payment of arrears of rent and other matters arising from the writer's agency of the Penrhos estate, Clynnog tithe apportionment, a request for an 'englyn' in return for a gift of an address on 'Draining', the publication of Y Traethodydd, regret on account of the 'Welsh Missionaries' and the possible disruption of the 'Calvinistic Body', the recipient's wish that sectarianism be renounced, a new Sunday School method adopted by the recipient, the industrial development of the Holyhead district, the writer's wish to see the separation of Church and State, preparations for the Madog Eisteddfod, the writer's wish to see E[llis] Owen [of Cefnymeusydd], the forthcoming parliamentary election), M. Hughes [of Clynnog Vicarage] from Gogarth, 1848 (4) (the illness of the writer's husband and his consequent absence from his parish), [Rev.] Lewis Hughes, Gogarth, 1848 (the writer's illness and his consequent departure from Clynnog, the writer's visit to Aberystwyth, thanks for hymns, the writer's rather gracious reception by the Bishop, visits to the writer by 'Bob y Garn', a request to the writer from the Dean [J. H. Cotton] for a contribution towards the repair of St Beuno's Chapel, unfavourable comments on the writer's successor [Robert Williams] at Clynnog, personal), [Rev.] Hugh Owen, secretary, Eisteddfod Aberffraw (1849), from Trefeilir, Aberffraw, 1848-50 (12) (the Aberffraw eisteddfod and the controversy arising from the adjudications in the 'awdl' competition), [Rev.] R[obert] Phillips, Bettws [yn Rhos] Vicarage, near Abergele, 1836-50 (9) (requests for hymns for harvest and Sunday School services and for publication in the writer's anthology, the writer's health), J. Williams, Tynewydd, undated (the writer's ancestry), Robert Simpson, Plas Bodewryd, near Amlwch, [18]52 (requesting the recipient to arrange appointments at Aber and Clynnog), [Joseph Charles Edwards] ('Iorwerth Ddu o Von'), Keyingham Parsonage, near Hull, 1852 (thanks for 'englynion', the writer's lecture in London, the writer's Welsh servant), 'Thistle' (pseud.), 4 St. Andrews Place, Regents Park [London], 1853 (7) (subscriptions and contributions to The Bouquet edited by the writer), [Sir] Hugh Owen, Whitehall, 1853-8 (8) (the necessity of introducing some supplement to the public preaching of the Gospel in Wales', the appointment of the recipient to the Provisional Committee of the Normal College for North Wales, the recipient's tribute to the memory of John Jones of Talsarn, attempts to secure a situation for the recipient's boy) (together with a copy of a letter, 1859 [recte 1858], from S[amuel] Prout Newcombe to H. Owen, regretting his inability to provide an opening for the son of 'Eben Fardd'), Lady [Augusta] Hall of Llanover, 1854 (the Ffestiniog meeting was not an Eisteddfod, money should not be asked nominally for one object when it is really for another), Peter Maurice, New College [Oxford], and South Grove, Highgate, 1857-9 (14) (the publication of the writer's Choral Harmony and Supplement and the recipient's assistance with the Welsh portions), John Owen, Thrussington, Loughborough, 1858-61 and undated (10) (the writer's selection of hymns published under the title of Emynau ..., condolence, a subscription to a testimonial to the Reverend William Rees ['Gwilym Hiraethog'] of Liverpool), Ed. Morgan, Syston Vicarage, near Leicester, etc., 1841-60 and undated (21) (the writer's memoirs of Howel Harris, of John Elias, and of William Williams of Pantycelyn, the possibility of the recipient's ordination in the Church of England, a present to the recipient of the Welsh works of Griffith Jones of Llanddowror, a subscription for the recipient's portrait, personal), Tho. Cambria Jones, St Asaph, 1859 (thanks for the recipient's 'happy translations' for publication, the writer's health, the recipient's appearance), W[illiam] Bulkeley Hughes [MP], London, 1857 (the vacant postmastership of Caernarvon), Georgiana Trower, Redbill, Reigate, and Bideford, [1859 and] undated (4) (an enclosed ballad, the writer's health, a contribution by the writer to the Cambrian Journal, condolence, news of friends, the writer's impressions of North Devon, the recipient's appreciation of the writer's letters, a gift of a 'little book' by the writer), [Sir] Llewelyn Turner, Parkia, Carnarvon, 1861 (2) (meetings of the [Caernarvon, 1862, National] Eisteddfod and the writer's views on the function of the eisteddfod), J[ohn] Williams Ellis ('Druid'), Glasfryn [Llangybi], [18]61 (the recipient's plan of a turnpike gate, a gift of a book), and [?] Hughes, undated (books borrowed from the recipient, the Nanhoron pedigree). On one of the fly-leaves is an incomplete list of scribes in the hand of J. H. Davies. The volume is lettered 'MSS Eminent Letters'.

A composite volume containing pedigrees in the autograph of Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd; 1802-1863). There are two main sections, both indexed: (A) 'Llyfr Achau amryw Deuluoedd yn Neheubarth a Gwynedd. Adysgrifiwyd genyf fi Ebenezer Thomas 1843'; (B) 'Several of the Carnarfonshire Pedigrees with some others. Copied by Ebenezer Thomas from accredited Authorities 1846', with some later additions by 'Eben Fardd' and one or two loose papers, not all in his hand. Inserted between pp. 74 and 75 in the first section are verses 'On the proposed Restoration of Clynnog Church by the "Archeological Association", 1847 ...' by 'Ebenezer Thomas, Bard; Clynnog Vawr'. At the end of the volume preceding some blank leaves are seven folios, the first of which is headed 'A Next of Kin Investigation' (concerning Erasmus Lloyd). These contain a pedigree of the descendants of Allan Lloyd of Freystrop, Pembrokeshire, exhibited by (?)Erasmus Thomas, Penygelli near Carnarvon and copied by E[benezer Thomas], 29 May 1843, at the Crown & Anchor, Carnarvon, genealogical notes concerning the Lloyds of Penamser, [Ynyscynhaearn], extracts relating to legal actions, 1843, involving the Tremadoc Estate, 'The Family Register of Ebenezer Thomas of Clynnog', lines entitled 'On the Death of my Mother' composed by Ebenezer Thomas 'after his beloved mother who died March 12: 1821', and a pedigree chart, with notes, showing the descent of Ebenezer Thomas through his maternal grandmother from the Lloyds of Penamser. The volume has been annotated here and there by John Jones (Myrddin Fardd).

Letters addressed to Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), together with copies and/or drafts of replies and of letters by 'Eben Fardd' to other correspondents, and a few miscellaneous documents. The letters addressed to 'Eben Fardd' are written by Owen Jones, Carnarvon, 1828-36 (6) (the forms of addresses by the writer and the boys [of Clynnog school] to Dr [Henry] Foulkes and [David] Williams [vicar of Clynnog], the payment of [Clynnog] poor rates, the receipt of [Clynnog] tithe rents) (with a copy of a letter from Owen Jones, 1843, relating to the discharge of a bond), David Williams, Pwllheli, Bron Eryri (aft. Castell Deudraeth), etc., 1830-59 (29) (opinion on a notice to quit, an additional clause in a lease, a proposed annuity for John Thomas ['Siôn Wyn o Eifion'], an offer to the recipient of the post of relieving officer, the recipient's application for the district auditorship, thanks for a present, an appointment for the recipient at Troed-yr-Allt Free School in Pwllheli, an offer to the recipient of the management of the writer's [solicitor's] office in Pwllheli, the rent of a property at Llangybi, the appointment of the recipient's successor as schoolmaster and postmaster at Clynnog, relief for Laury Williams, the writer's charges for drawing leases, an occupation for the recipient's son, the recipient's Welsh translation of the writer's 'feeble display of public speaking', the progress in Wales of literary and social science meetings in lieu of 'the antiquated tomfoolery' advocated by 'Ab Ithel' and 'men of his class', the possibility of the writer's candidature at a parliamentary election) (transcripts) (with four letters from 'Eben Fardd' to D. Williams, [18]44-52, two relating to the writer's appointment to Pwllheli School, and one to his request to resign his appointment to Portmadoc School), D[avid] Williams, Bottwnog Rectory, Clynnog Vicarage, Llandwrog Rectory, etc., 1830-58 and undated (16) (an appreciation of a sermon by the writer, the recipient's shopkeeping venture, illnesses in the writer's family, the post of acting overseer at Llandwrog, observations on a letter in Y Gwyliedydd, a message to the recipient from Lord Newborough, answers to queries from the Church Building Society, the sale of potatoes to the recipient, the loan of Mona Antiqua [Restaurata], an appreciation of lines by the recipient, requests for appointments, an inquiry concerning a Meredith family of Clynnog, the presentation of a medal to the recipient at [Beaumaris] Eisteddfod, the writer's preferment to [Llandwrog] and a report of a bonfire at Llandwrog on the death of the last rector, the appointment of a schoolmaster for Llandwrog, etc.) (with a copy of a letter from 'Eben Fardd' to David Williams, 1843, requesting information from Miss Lloyd at Dinas, near Bontnewydd, respecting her family pedigree), [the Reverend] Daniel Jones, Liverpool, 1840 ([Liverpool] Eisteddfod), Isaac Heathcote Pring, Llanfrothen Rectory, 1842 (the death of the writer's father), John Owen, Pwllheli, [18]43 (3) (the property of 'Samol' [Samuel] Lloyd and his relationship to Erasmus Lloyd, harper to George III) (with a copy of one reply from 'Eben Fardd'), Richd. James, Plas Hen [Pwllheli], 1844 (Pwllheli Free School), [the Reverend] David Jones, Caernarvon, 1837 (2) (the conflicting views of the writer and the recipient on temperance) (with copies of two replies from 'Eben Fardd'), Edwd. Parry, Chester, etc., 1838-42 (5) (contributions by the recipient for publication [in Y Gwladgarwr], Abergavenny Eisteddfod, the publication of Blodau Arfon) (with a copy of a letter from Ed. Parry to J[ohn] Thomas ['Sion Wyn o Eifion'], 1842, relating to the recipient's contribution on 'Dewi Wyn o Eifion' to Blodau Arfon), Thos. Parry, Bangor, 1841 (a request for a couple of jackdaws, the recipient's recent attempts at English poetry, etc.), Lewis Hughes [vicar of Clynnog] from Gogarth [Machynlleth], 1844 (personal, an unpaid letter, the purchase of black livery cloth), R. Edwards, New York City, [18]60 (the writer's debt to the recipient, a request for an exchange of 'Banner Cymru' for an American newspaper, the writer's ill luck in America, [R. W.] Morgan's History of Wales), R[obert] Phillips, Bettws Abergele Vicarage, [18]43-6 (3) (hymns by the writer, a glorious harvest), E[dward] Morgan, [vicar of] Syston, near Leicester, 1845 (the writer's intended memoir of Williams [of Pantycelyn], the whereabouts of letters of [John] Elias), H[ugh] Humphreys [Caernarvon], 1844 (the distribution of circulars), Robert Jones, rector of Llaniestyn, 1848 (a request for an opinion on a candidate for Llaniestyn School) (with a copy of a reply from 'Eben Fardd'), Robt. Jones, Robert Isaac Jones ['Alltud Eifion'], etc., Portmadoc, 1851-2 (2) (an invitation to the mastership of Pontynysgalch School), Ro[ber]t Jones, Portmadoc, 1859 (a boarder for the recipient's school, Llangollen Eisteddfod), Thomas Gee, Denbigh, 1853 (a request for a contribution for children), (with a letter from 'Eben Fardd', 1853 relating to payment for 'Fewythr Tomos'), Isaac Clarke, Ruthin, [18]59 (the publication of recipient's 'awdl', a request for support for Taliesin), John Thomas, Old Vicarage, Carnarvon, 1862 (2) (Carnarvon National Eisteddfod compositions), Robert Williams, Bottwnog Rectory and Clynnog Vicarage, 1847-59 (11) (Welsh translations by the recipient for the writer of stanzas on the Book of Common Prayer and the Parish Church, the recipient's withdrawal from Church of England communion and his exclusion from the mastership of the new Clynnog School by reason of his Dissent, a debt due by Mr Jenkins, curate of Clynnog, the non-delivery of a letter, condolence) (with three replies from 'Eben Fardd', and another letter, 1847, relating to the writer's translations for the recipient), John Thomas and John Evans, Honorary Secretaries, Carnarvon National Eisteddfod, 1862 (2) (the recipient's adjudication) (with one reply from 'Eben Fardd'), Robt. Roberts, Liverpool, 1862 (a monetary contribution by the writer to Carnarvon National Eisteddfod), Hu[gh] Pugh, Bank, Pwllheli, 1860 (an interview regarding the recipient's removal to Pwllheli) (with a memorandum of the interview, and with a letter from 'Eben Fardd' relating to the same), Robert Thomas, Cwm Bach, near Aberdare, [18]61 (the writer's blood relationship with the recipient, a request for a lecture or an appearance at a competitive meeting in aid of the Calvinistic Methodist Church at Aberdare), James [E. Thomas], Pwllheli [son of 'Eben Fardd'], 1852 and undated (2) (the writer's lodgings, personal), E[van] Williams, 1851 (the inscription for a plate on the writer's portrait of the recipient), J[oseph] C[harles] Edwards, Parsonage House, British Chaplaincy, Amsterdam, 1851 (publications by the writer, personal), Mary Jones, Bryn y gwynt [Llanarmon, Caernarvonshire], 1825 and undated (5) (love letters), and [? O. E.] Hughes, Bryn Afon, [18]58 (the loan of books). Letters from 'Eben Fardd' to James E. Thomas, his son, at Holyhead, 1860 and undated (4) (the recipient's health and his return from Holyhead School) (two of the letters also contain letters from Ellen Thomas to her brother James E. Thomas). Copies and/or drafts of letters by 'Eben Fardd' addressed to D. Williams, Strand, London, 1843 (a request for information regarding the estate of Erasmus Lloyd), Mr Jones, ?Bodewryd, 1853 (bail for a farmer in respect of rent), William Williams ['Caledfryn'], minister of the Independent Church, Carnarvon, [18]37 (a refusal to permit the publication of correspondence on the subject of total abstinence), Mrs [Owen] Roberts, Dinas, 1853 (the writer's clerkage accounts with the recipient's late husband), John Davies, 1854 (legal opinion), Wm. Davies ('Gwilym Teilo'), Morriston, 1854 (claims in connection with Treforys Eisteddfod), Morris Williams ['Nicander'], curate of Bangor, [18]40 (the recipient's marriage, poetry by the recipient in Y Gwladgarwr, a proposal of the recipient's name by the writer to Abergavenny Cymreigyddion), the Reverend Thomas Thomas, Vicarage, Carnarvon, 1840 (the undoing of 'the late affair'), the Reverend Lewis Edwards, Bala Academy, 1840 (the recipient's offer [of tuition]), John Thomas ['Siôn Wyn o Eifion'], undated (thanks for a present), Mrs Jones, Post Mistress, Pwllheli, 1850 (the exchange of bags with Pwllheli), [ ], undated (the copyright of a portrait of the writer), and [ ], 1861 (a debt due by Mr Jenkins, curate of Clynnog). The miscellaneous material comprises copies of the press announcement of the appointment of 'Eben Fardd' to the mastership of Pwllheli Free School, 1844; a memorandum of a presentation to 'Eben Fardd' by Clynnog Sunday Schools Union, 1861; reminiscences and memoranda [by James E. Thomas] entitled 'Adgofion am fy Mam' and 'Cynhebrwng fy Mam. Anrhegion';

press cuttings (support by 'Eben Fardd' for the introduction of some English into Welsh Literary Societies, the proposed Port Madoc and Carnarvon Line, Liverpool Welsh Literary Society, etc.); a holograph letter from (William Henry Roberts] 'Iseifion' to J. H. Davies, 1921 (the love letters of Mary Jones and 'Eben Fardd'); etc. On one of the fly-leaves is a list of scribes in the hand of J. H. Davies.

Forty holograph letters from W[illiam] Rees ['Gwilym Hiraethog'], Liverpool, etc. to [Ebenezer Thomas] 'Eben Fardd', 1848-60 (the proposed Welsh translation of Chambers's Information for the People; the writer's review of 'awdlau' in Yr Amserau; the forthcoming publication of Telyn [Egryn; neu Gyfansoddiadau Awenyddol Miss Ellin Evans ('Elen Egryn)']; reviews by [Evan Jones] 'Ieuan Gwynedd'; observations on adjudications by the writer and others on chair and other competitions at eisteddfodau, with particular reference to Rhuddlan eisteddfod, 1850; appreciation of [John Jones] 'Talhaiarn'; the writer's family tree; criticism of Y Traethodydd; published and unpublished poetry by the writer; a girls' school to be opened at Porthmadog by two of the writer's daughters and the schooling there of one of the recipient's daughters; lectures and lecture tours by the writer; the fiftieth anniversary of the Welsh Congregational cause in Liverpool; the recipient's lecture to a men's society in the writer's church; criticism of [William Williams] 'Caledfryn'; the ingratitude of John Lloyd; an attack upon the writer by [Lewis William Lewis] 'Llew Llwyfo'; an anonymous attack in Y Cronicl by [John Ceiriog Hughes] 'Ceiriog'; decline in taste in current Welsh literature; an action for libel against Yr Amserau; the writer's visit to Lady Hall [at Llanover]; personal, including references to the death of the writer's son, David, and to the recipient's bereavements; etc.). The spine is lettered 'Llythyrau Hiraethog. MS'.