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Quotations relating to Twm o'r Nant by G. M. Ashton. Welsh, English. In boards. Donated by Glyn Mills Ashton, Cardiff, July 1954.

Questionnaire giving an account of the history of Port Dinorwic; and 'Taith Ysgol Trawsfynydd, 1956'. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, 1959-1960.

An extract from the proceedings of the Epiphany Quarter Sessions for Cardiganshire, 1826, signed by the Clerk of the Peace, presenting Rees Jones, Nantremenin, Llandysul 'as a fit person to serve the office of chief constable for the lower Division of the Hundred of Moyddyn for the year ensuing in the Room of John David Jones ...'.

Quarry stores account book. (Formerly Borth-y-gest MS 131.) English. Boards. Purchased from the library of Mr R. E. Jones, Borth-y-gest, 1959-1961.

A journal of John Griffith (1713-1776) of co. Radnor and Pennsylvania, Quaker, recording his voyage from America to England, 1747-1748 (ff. 2-13, 67v); his itinerary of England and Wales, visiting Quaker meetings and including a visit to his mother in co. Radnor, 1748-1750 (ff. 14-35); his return voyage to America, 1750 (ff. 55-62v, 35v-7v); his second voyage to England, 1750 (ff. 38-54); and personal memoranda (ff. 63v-7, 68r-v). The writer describes his detention at Bayonne (f. 7r-v) and Dax in France in December 1747, his ship having been seized by a French privateer off San Sebastian, and comments upon the superstitions and religious customs of the inhabitants (ff. 7v-11v). Much of the contents of the manuscript was later used in his autobiography, A journal of the life, travels, and labours ... of John Griffith (London, 1779).

An album of miscellanies, compiled [c. 1825]-[1869] (watermark 1823), including transcripts of epistles from the Yearly Meeting of Women Friends in New York to the Yearly Meeting of Women Friends in London, 1808, and from the Yearly Meeting of Women Friends in London to the Quarterly Meetings ... of Women Friends in Great Britain, 1810, 1812, 1813; a letter from Lady Rachel Russell to her son, the Duke of Bedford, 1706; testimonies concerning Sarah Hustler, Bradford, 1817, and Elizabeth Nicholson, Cockermouth, 1835; extracts of pieces of prose and verse, mainly of Quaker interest; three holograph letters and an album entry by Elihu Burritt, 1847-1869; and miscellaneous autographs, and signatures cut from correspondence.

Pwyllgor Cadwraeth Diwylliant Cymreig (Cangen De Ceredigion): cofnodion Undeb Cymru Fydd. Byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan yr Henadur Edward Lewis, O.B.E., J.P., Llandysul, Chwefror 1960.

A minute book, 1823-1938 and undated, of the Lleyn and Eifionydd Auxiliary Bible Society, afterwards the Pwllheli Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Copies prepared for The Monmouthshire Merlin, 15-22 March, 1851, of adjudications by the Reverend Chancellor Hugh Williams, Bassaleg Vicarage, 26 February, 1851, and William Jones ('Gwilym Ilid'), Machen, together with other material relating to an essay on 'Pwcca'r Trwyn', the celebrated Mynyddyslwyn Sprite' by David Rhys Stephen ('Gwyddonwyson'), which was awarded the prize at the Newport Athenaeum eisteddfod [11 March, 1851].

Printed catalogue of Welsh and English books sold by public auction by John Lloyd, Bangor, on behalf of T. Davies ('Dewi Meirion'), with marginal notes and suggested top limit prices in the hand of Bob Owen, Croesor.

Pump Pwngc a Drinwyd yn Assoc. Rhythyn, 1795 gan Richard Jones o'r Werna 'Hanes dechreuad yr achos ym Mrynengan' gan Robert Roberts, Hendre Cennin. Rhwng byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Miss N. Thomas, Conwy, Medi 1959.