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- 1858-1876, 1944 (Creation)
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iii, 49 ff. (original foliation 1-36, 1-11, with errors) ; 205 x 160 mm.
Unbound sewn sheets.
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Donated by Mr Isaac Herriman, Rhymni, 1941 and 1944, from the estate of Miss Ann John, Rhymni, who died on 16 February 1941.
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A notebook containing poetry by John Watkins (Ioan Gwent, c. 1831-1889/1890), Rhymni, including 'Pryddest ar y gwlith', which won the chair at the Tregaron and Tredegar eisteddfodau in 1876, together with related press cuttings and correspondence, 1858-1859, and biographical notes by Isaac Herriman, June 1944. This volume may have been intended for publication as the second part of John Watkins's Tlysau Awen (Rhymni, 1880).
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- Welsh
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Welsh
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Note
The story of Ioan Gwent winning his chair at Tregaron was used by J. J. Williams in his short story 'Cadair Tregaron', see Straeon y Gilfach Ddu (Aberystwyth, 1931), pp. 11-20.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 13919B
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- Eisteddfod Tregaron 1876. Poetry at, NLW MS 13919B, ff. 1-38 (Subject)
- Watkins, John, fl. 1870-1880 (1859), NLW MS 13919B, inside envelope -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Watkins, John, fl. 1870-1880 Notes on (1944), NLW MS 13919B, inside envelope (Subject)
- Herriman, Isaac, fl. 1944 Biographical notes (1944), NLW MS 13919B (Subject)