The commonplace book of John Jones, 1774, containing extracts from religious and other books, including The Whole Duty of Man, the Bible, Byr Grynhoad Eglur o'r Grefydd Gristianogol, The Universal Magazine, The Principles of Truth, 1668, etc.; recipes: 'Y modd i wneud Methodist' and 'at wellhau y Clefyd gwaethaf'; a note of the boundary between the parishes of Llangynog and Llanrhaeadr, 1702; a Llangynog chief rent roll; a letter relating to charity schools; an assessment of farms in Llangynog; a table of the rate of duties on houses and windows, 1766; an inventory of the goods of Robert Jones of Blaen Rhiwart, Llangynog and other extracts; timber accounts and particulars of disbursements, 1801-1814, written on Militia return forms printed by Waidson, Welshpool; with printed copies of Gweddi o Ddiolchgarwch, 1810, and Gweddi i'w harfer ... hyd y parhao clefyd presennol ei Fawrhydi, 1810.

The file comprises letters by Robert Griffith, 1801-1815, to his father, mother, grandmother and brother, Edward, on schooldays at Oswestry, the headmaster, Mr Donne, as mayor of Oswestry, activities of volunteer troops, including his father's march to Caernarfon as Major in the Denbighshire Volunteers, illness of Mrs S. Price, 1804, death of [Owen] Ormsby of Porkington, 1804, and an intended marriage between his daughter and Lord Kirkwall, Oswestry races, shooting, Nelson's victory, 1805, visits to Bangor, Donnington and Bath, Lord Bulkeley's birthday celebrations, 1807, university life at Oxford, misbehaviour of Charles Wynne, effects of recent wars in Europe, 1815.