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Autograph letters, 1896-1910, to Daniel Lleufer Thomas from R. Morgans, St Clears, and Richard Williams, Celynog, Newtown, concerning Hugh Williams, Machynlleth and the Rebecca Riots, and from T. G. Crippen, London, concerning Marmaduke Matthews, Swansea.

Letters addressed mainly to John Davies. The correspondents include Joseph K. Aston, Bounty Office, 1897; T[homas] W[illiam] Barker, Carmarthen, 1911; David D[aniel] Evans, Llandysul, 1911; T[homas] A[llen] Glenn, Prestatyn; Annie James, Rhiwgoy, near Rhoshill (concerning William Mathias, with two of his ballads entitled Can Newydd yn gosod allan Dwyll, Hoceth, ac Annghariad and Profiad Ffarmwr ar ol Gadael Ffarmwriaeth); G. Griffiths, Chepstow; A. G. C. Rice, Swansea, 1926; Mrs J. Morris, Aberystwyth, 1915; Lucy E[llen] Lloyd Theakston, Llanrhôs, 1918; Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan [1920]; Richard Williams, Newtown, 1898; and G[eorge] E[dgar] P[ropert] Williams, Haverfordwest, 1923.

Includes letters from D. Rhys Jones, J. Viriamu Jones, Henry Owen, W. A. Craigie (6), John Lloyd Warden Page (3), A. S. Green (enclosing a letter from Lord Dillon), Augusta Herbert, Llewellyn N. V. Lloyd-Mostyn (4), J. Romilly Allen (3), E. W. B. Nicholson (6), Rudolf Thurneysen, A. M. Fairbairn, Alfred G. Edwards (4), John R. Mowbray (9), John Owen (9), Francis J. Jayne (4), William Jones (2), Sidney Herbert (Earl of Pembroke) (7), Edward B. Tylor, John T. D. Llewelyn, G. O. Morgan (3), A. C. Humphreys-Owen (3), William N. Bruce, W. Tudor Howell, J. Herbert Lewis, William Abraham ('Mabon'), J. Bryn Roberts, D. Brynmor Jones (2), Edward Jenkins, Frederick York Powell, Daniel Rees (2), Betha Hills-Johnes, Watkin Williams ('Watcyn Wyn'), H. W. Williams (5), James Hamlyn Williams-Drummond, E. Sidney Hartland (2), Magnus Maclean (2), Malcolm Macfarlane, A. G. Boscawen (2), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Viscount Cranborne), John Hobson Matthews, Owen Owen, J. H. Rose, F. Victor Dickins, Frederick T. Elworthy (2), Charles Roeder (4), Lewis Morris, H. Augusta Mostyn, Edward Laws, S. A. D'Arcy, P. M. C. Kermode, John Griffiths, Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant'), Eduard Wölfflin, Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (3), R. Williams, John Williams, and C. H. Firth.

Fifty-four holograph and ?autograph letters, 1836-1897 and undated, to or from members of the Howell family including: (a) Forty holograph letters to Abraham Howell, Welshpool, from Jane Bebb, W[elsh] Pool, 1836 (personal) (endorsed with comments by recipient), Henry T[obit] Evans (of Neuadd - Llanarth, Aberayron, co. Cardigan), London, 1887 (reminding recipient that they had met at S[amuel] R[oberts]'s funeral and discussed the possibility of obtaining a 'government annuity for Miss Roberts' [?Margaret Roberts, niece of Samuel Roberts], and suggesting that a memorial be sent to the authorities in connection therewith), David Howell [recipient's brother], Machynlleth, Aberdovey, and Wolverhampton, [?1839]-1885 and undated (21) (personal and family matters including the illness of [their brother] Samuel, legal matters, financial affairs especially in connection with [their brother] Evan, colliery shares, Llanfair Railway (1876), the Barry Dock and Railway Co[mpany] (1885), the death of Sir Watkin [Williams Wynn, 6th bart. of Wynnstay] in 1885), Edw[ar]d Howell, recipient's brother, Chertsey, 1852 (plans for building cottages, and financial arrangements in connection therewith), Evan Howell [recipient's brother], St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1874-1883 (9) (the writer's activities as a manufacturer of silk and satin in London, financial matters in connection with the business, complaints about the 'dying away of the silk trade' and the ruin of 'all Silk Manufacturers in Spitalfields', a biographical note on [?the writer's deceased brother] William extracted from 'a little book called Dryorfa [sic] for June 1828', mention of the Welsh school [in London]), [Mary Howell], recipient's wife, undated (2) (personal and family matters), Mary [Jones, later Howell, recipient's wife], undated (3) (personal), R. Owen, Gelly, [18]39 (business matters), and Samuel Roberts ['S.R.'], Llanbrynmair, 1838 (a request to recipient to send on [copies of] the Patriot to the writer and his brother John). (b) Seven holograph and autograph letters (1 draft + 6 carbon copies) from Abraham Howell from Welchpool, to Mr. Benbow, Aberhavesp, Newtown, 1848 (financial matters), Henry T[obit] Evans, J.P., Neuadd-Llanarth, Aberayron, 1887 (the writer's political opinions, conjectures as to the opinions of S[amuel] R[oberts] and J[ohn] R[oberts] had they been alive, Cardiganshire's rejection of Mr. [David] Davies [of Llandinam] [at the parliamentary election for the county seat in 1886] because he would not follow Gladstone 'however often his views changed', the writer's response to the recipient's previous letter concerning a memorial [see section (a) above]), Edward Howell [the writer's brother], officer of excise, Chertsey, Surrey, 1852 (advice in respect of investing in house property), [Elinor and William Howell], the writer's parents [Llanbryn-mair], 1836 (financial matters) (one sheet barely legible), Lewis Jones, the writer's uncle, Castle Forgate, Salop, 1836 (the acceptance by Messrs. Griffithes and Jones [solicitors of Welshpool] of the writer as an articled clerk, his need of £130 to meet the expenses in connection therewith, the writer's financial account with recipient, and a request for a loan), Tho[ma]s Penson, 1837 (acknowledging the news of the appointment of the writer's brother [Edward Howell] to a post in the Oswestry excise district, thanking the recipient for the part he had played in securing the said appointment, and requesting him to convey the writer's thanks to Sir John Conroy for his help), and Sam[ue]l Roberts ['S.R.'], 1847 (financial and legal). (c) Seven miscellaneous holograph letters: David Howell, Llanbrynmair, to Mr. [ ] Howell [?son of Abraham Howell], 1897 (an ?imagined insult to recipient's father and uncle, David Howell, in a paper read at Machynlleth on the history of the Sunday school there, a proposal to publish in book form the story of the Sunday schools in the Llanbrynmair and Glan Dyfi districts, a paper prepared by the writer on the Sunday school at Bont [dolgadfan], the absence of religious bigotry at Llanbrynmair, mention of a picture of 'old Bont Chapel' [Bethel C.M. Chapel, Bontdolgadfan], and of 'a brief outline of the history of the cause here since 1739' by the writer in the Goleuad [9 December 1896], the writer's hopes that recipient would succeed in getting 'the University [of Wales] offices located at W[elsh] pool') (enclosed with the letter is a transcript of three eight-line stanzas from an elegy to William Howell of Bont[dolgadfan], [?recipient's uncle] by his cousin Richard Williams); David Howell, Machynlleth, to [his sister-in-law] Mrs. [Abraham] Howell, Welshpool, 1844-1845 (2) (personal and family news); Edward Howell, Lawley Bank [near Wellington, co. Salop], to his father Will[ia]m Powell, Bont Dolgadfan, Llanbrynmair. To the care of [his brother] David Howell, Machynlleth, 1838 (personal and family news, the writer's movements as an officer in the excise, comments on his various lodgings, etc.) (two letters, one to the writer's parents, the other to his brother, on one sheet; this was then forwarded by the recipient, David Powell, to [his brother] Abraham Howell at W[elsh] Pool, with added comments on personal, family, and business matters); E[van] Howell [London], to [his brother] Edw[ar]d Howell, Shrewsbury, 1838 (personal); John Howell, Portsmouth [America], to his brother Abraham Howell, Welch pool, 1840 (the writer's activities in America, details of the economic possibilities of a wool and cloth factory, the possibility of borrowing money from recipient, the death of an uncle Edw[ar]d Bebb, news of [their brother] Lewis, comments on the economic situation and on prices and wages, the presidential election to be held in November, some of the differences between the political parties, the economic policy of the party in power, the opposition party's success in state elections, and the possibility of a change of administration) (the letter, though directed to the writer's brother Abraham Howell, was written to his parents [William and Elinor Howell of Llanbrynmair]; a postscript intended for Abraham Howell states that the writer's original intention was to write two separate letters); and W[illia]m Loudan, London, to David Howells, Machynelleth [sic], 1839 (legal documents) (endorsed with a copy of recipient's reply).

One of six volumes containing autograph letters, 1888-1924, mainly to Haines of to his wife, with some to or from Sir John Ballinger [1860-1933], and including copies of letters sent by Haines. Among this volume's correspondents are included Conyers Kirby (Newport), James Mathews (Newport), C. B. Morgan, Gwenllian E[lizabeth] F[anny] Morgan, [Charles] Octavius [Swinnerton] Morgan, Egerton G[renville] B[agot] Phillimore, W[illiam] P[hillimore] W[atts] Phillimore, D. Rhys Phillips, Edwin Poole, Leslie E. Pym, Llywarch Reynolds, Sir A[braham] Garrod Thomas, David Thomas (Cheshunt), Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, T. H. Thomas ('Arlunydd Penygarn'), John Warner, Albert Addams[-]Williams, E. I. Williams (Pontypridd), Richard Williams (Celynog, Newtown) and E. Woodall (Oswestry).

Ten letters, 1869-94, to D. Silvan Evans from R[ichard] Williams, Welshpool and Celynog, Newtown (the 'Topographicon', some names of streams in Montgomeryshire, efforts to obtain a pension for the addressee, gifts of books).

Letters, 1876-1923, mainly to D. C. Lloyd-Owen, most of them concerned with pedigrees, extracts from parish registers, etc. The correspondents include the incumbents of certain Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire parishes, as well as E. Anwyl, Ty Mawr, Towyn; Charles Ashton, Dinas Mawddwy; John Davies, Aberystwyth; John Humphreys Davies, Aberystwyth; Lewis J. Davies, Llanuwchllyn; D[avid] Howell, Machynlleth; J. M. Howell, Aberdyfi; [the Rev.] R. W. Jones, Aberangell; and Edward Rees, Caersws. Also included is a copy of a letter from Richard Williams, Celynog, Newtown, to Morris Charles Jones, Welshpool.

Letters, 1868-1891, mainly to D. C. Lloyd-Owen, from several North Wales clergymen as well as Edward Davies, Dolcaradog, Machynlleth; Morris Davies, Bangor; Catherine Gilbertson, Ceniarth, Machynlleth; W. R. Hall, Aberystwyth; David Howell, Machynlleth; [the Rev.] Josiah Jones, Machynlleth; Morris Charles Jones, Welshpool; Edouard Leblanc; J. Y. W. Lloyd; Owen A. Nares, Kerry; Absalom Prys, Penllwyn; E. G. Salusbury; Richard Williams, Celynog, Newtown; and Owen Slaney Wynne.

Extensive material relating to Welsh bibliography accumulated by, and mainly in the hand of, D. Silvan Evans. It includes a volume entitled 'Bibliotheca Cambrensis. Llyfrofyddiaeth Cymru' ('A[u]ctore Dan. Silvano Evans, Cereticense') (pasted on to the inside lower cover is a holograph letter from the Reverend David Williams, Llanedy Rectory, 1868, giving the entry of baptism of John, son of John Walter, cleric and lexicographer, on 22 August 1721); a home-made notebook entitled 'Llyvryddiaeth Gymreig' (pasted on to the inside lower cover is a note in the hand of Benjamin Williams, ('Gwynionydd')); another home-made notebook entitled 'Emynau detholedig at Wasanaeth yr Eglwys. Rhag. 29, 1862', being a bibliography of Welsh hymnals and relevant source material; copious unbound leaves containing book titles (one of the titles is written on the dorse of a letter from M. A. Lewis, Tredegar Post Office, 1868, requesting the return of the writer's copy of 'Dr. J. D. Rees's Old Grammar'); and letters from John Peter ('Ioan Pedr'), Bala to [Henri] Gaidoz, 1870 (publications not contained in Rowland's work [Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry]), to D. Silvan Evans from W[illia]m Price, Llanffwyst, Abergavenny, 1869 (an addition to Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry), [Robert John Pryse] 'Gweirydd ap Rhys', Bangor, [18]78 (the title of Llyfer Plygain, 1618, transcribed by the writer from a volume examined at the Pengwern [Mostyn] sale in 1874), W[illiam] Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn'), Machynlleth, 1862-4 (4) (additions and corrections to [Llyfryddiaeth y Cymru], with references to Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), to [Jane] Davies, Penmaen, to W. F. Skene, etc., a request by a local printer to be allowed to print the recipient's edition of the works of [Walter Davies] Gwallter Mechain', the writer's removal from the manse to another house in Machynlleth and subsequently to Oswestry, the reported cataloguing of 'Llyfrfa Coleg Dewi' [the library of St. David's College, Lampeter], the illness and voyage to Australia of the writer's son), and from W[illiam] Spurrell, Carmarthen to [William] Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn') at Brynmawr, 1851-2 (2) (the writer's copy of Sion Dafydd Rhys's Welsh Grammar, biography of John Daniel, printer of Carmarthen). Some of the unbound titles are in the hand of Richard Williams (1835-1906), Celynog, Newtown and there is some later and additional material in the hand of J. H. Davies.

The original manuscript of 'Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry', 1546-1800, in the autograph of the Reverend William Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn'), with additions and corrections by D. Silvan Evans, including a few contributions in the autograph of Richard Williams [then of Welshpool, afterwards of Celynog, Newtown], etc. A note in pencil indicates that pp. 10 and 333 are wanting; other pages have been cut into two or more pieces.

An agreement, 23 February, 1846, for the lease by Griffith Howell Vaughan, esq., of Rug, Merioneth, to Griffith Owen, of Vaner, parish of Llanelltyd; an indenture, 1 May, 1848, of apprenticeship for five years of Joseph Roberts of Rose Street, Ruthin, as master in Ruthin British School (Edward Jones of Brynhyfryd, esq., James Maurice of Well Street, esq., and John Jones of Market Place, Ruthin, managers, and John Edmunds of Ruthin, master) (a printed appendix contains extracts from minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, 21 December, 1846, and endorsed is an assignment of the original indenture to James Cromwell, successor to John Edmunds, 27 November, 1850); an unexecuted agreement for the lease from Hugh John Ellis Nanney of Gwynfryn, parish of Llanstymddwy, Caernarvonshire, esq., to David Evans of Cae Einion, Dolgelley, Merioneth, from year to year, commencing 25 March, 1887, of the farm called Cae Einion; a declaration signed by thirty-two students of Trevecca College, 11 November, 1889, denying statements made in Yr Haul 'concerning the intended secession of any student to the Church of England'; a galley proof of an article entitled 'Mr. Lloyd George, M.P., and the Goleuad', relating to Disestablishment and the bearing of Mr. Lloyd George's political action on Welsh Liberal policy, together with manuscript observations by Sir E. J. Reed, M.P. for Cardiff; a pedigree of the family of Jones of Llanio, Cardiganshire; miscelaneous poetry of Dolgelley interest (e.g. verses on the occasion of the marriage of Joseph Roberts, C.M., British School, and Miss Annie Jones, Penbryn, Dolgellau, 1860); a receipt for poor rate for the parish of Dolgelley, 1846; press cuttings, 1888, relating to the case of H. J. Ellis Nanney and his Merioneth tenants; Morris Charles Jones: Valle Crucis Abbey ... (London, 1866), bearing the name of R[ichard] Williams [Celynog, Newtown], 20 October, 1866; and 'Etholiad Cyffredinol 1900. Miss Meirion: Hanes ei Charwriaeth, ei Gwaeledd, ei Thranc, a'i Chynhebrwng. Gan Tudur Llwyd' (3rd edition).

Miscellaneous prose and verse submitted for publication in The Rhyl Advertiser and other papers, adjudications, etc., the contributors including Meredith J. Hughes, Robert Parry ('Robin Ddu Eryri'), John Williams ('Glanmor'), Richard Williams, (Celynog, Newtown), Morris Williams ('Nicander'), Samuel Roberts ('S.R.'), etc.

Transcripts of marriages, 1780-1808, and of burials, 1813-1844, from the parish registers of Llanbrynmair, taken from copies made by R[ichard] Williams ['Celynog'], F.R.H[ist.]S. [of Newtown]; extracts from the register of Old Chapel Congregational Church, Llanbrynmair, being an account of children baptised during the ministry of the Reverend Rich[ar]d Tibbott, 1762-1796; lists and abstracts of Montgomeryshire wills (partly from the papers of D. C. Ll[oyd-] Owen [of Birmingham]); transcripts of marriages from the parish register of Llanbrynmair, 1809-1812; transcripts from the parish register of Machynlleth, 1782-1812; and notes on the ancestors of Mr. J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth] ('From his writings. D.C.D.', i.e., David Charles Davies, Director of The Field Natural History Museum, Chicago).

Letters, mainly to John Roberts and Samuel Roberts from Mary Davies, Kerry School, 1834; Evan Evans, Aberrhiw, 1822 (with a 'cywydd' entitled 'Sylwadau y Bardd pan glywodd farw y Parchedig George Lewis, D.D.'); Henry Tobit Evans, Aberystwyth (Michael D. Jones testimonial), 1881; James Griffiths, Lanveran, 1816; Thomas J. Griffith, Utica, 1877; William Hughes, Dolgelley, 1870; Morris C. Jones, Welshpool, 1875; Tomos D. Jones ('Rhodwy'); Jenkin Lewis, Newport, 1819; D. Richards, South Petherton, 1828, Evan and Betty Roberts, Tan-y-ffordd, 1812, with a draft letter by John Roberts, Diosc; George and Jane Roberts, Ebensburg, 1844-1845; John Roberts, Llanbrynmair (to Jenkin Lewis, Newport), 1815; (to Mr. James of Abergavenny, 1824, (to David Richards, South Petherton), 1831-1834; Samuel Roberts (to Edward Davies, Newtown), 1829, (to Mrs. Yallowley), 1829, (to Lord Aberdare), 1875; John Turner Stannard, Huddersfield, 1884; Richard Tibbott, Llanfyllin, 1834; R. D. Thomas ('Iorthryn Gwynedd'), Knoxville, 1875; Richard Williams, Celynog, 1875; and Sarah Yallowley, Bryn-y-gyn; 'Gogan-gerdd Ynys Prydain' and an incomplete account of Tennessee by 'Gruffydd Rhisiart'.