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A copy of L. J. Roberts: Owen Glyndwr: Darlith (Gwrecsam, c. 1904), with manuscript notes by Lewis Davies Jones (Llew Tegid) (1851-1928).

Deeds, 1632-1798, relating to properties in the townships of Dyffrydan and Dolgledr, Dolgellau, and the Cefn yr Owen estate in the parish of Dolgellau, Merionethshire.

An overseers' book of receipts and payments for the parish of St Nicholas, Haverfordwest Union, 1848-1868. The name of Gwynne Vaughan Bowen, overseer, occurs in 1849, 1868, etc.

For xerox copies of original material donated at the same time, see NLW Facs 396-404.

A telegram from the P[ress] A[ssociation] to the Cambrian News, Aberystwyth, [ ] September [19]39, quoting unconfirmed Associated Press reports of fighting at Danzig and the bombing of Polish towns, a Reuter statement relating to a broadcast by Hitler and the proclamation by Danzig of itself as a part of Germany, and unconfirmed reports from Paris of the beginning of the German offensive.

Photocopies of an article by W. N. Davis, Dinuba, California, relating to Stephen S. Jones and family who emigrated in 1878 from Cardiganshire to Jackson County, Ohio, together with copies of letters from America and from relations in Wales and poetry entered in a literary meeting in Oak Hill, 1893, together with a copy of an undated photoghraph of Stephen and Anna (Morgan) Jones taken in Jackson.

A volume containing humorous prose (ff. 4-16 verso) and poetry (ff. 19-33), [1867], by a young woman identifying herself as 'Angelina Workington' (f. 9), for her uncle, 'Slatey Hughes Esquire', as a memento of their visit to Llandudno and the surrounding area in July 1867.
The volume consists of a fanciful prologue (ff. 4-6), followed by equally fanciful accounts of excursions to the Great Orme (ff. 9-10 verso, 12-13 verso) and Capel Curig (ff. 14 recto-verso, 16 recto-verso), and poems entitled 'Ffos Noddyn' (ff. 19-20), 'A Growl from Gelert's Ghost' (ff. 22-25), 'The Streamlet's Song' (ff. 27-29) and 'Excelsior' (ff. 31-33). The manuscript is written mainly in black ink, with some words in red, blue, green and gold paint. In addition there is an illuminated title page (f. 2) and dedication (f. 3), with further illuminations or decorative initials on ff. 4, 8, 9, 16, 19, 22, 31; together with five pen drawings (ff. 7, 11, 15, 17, 22) and a photograph of the Great Orme, Llandudno (pasted in on f. 8). The name 'Angelina Workington' is presumed to be a pseudonym, possibly for Isabella Slater to whom the volume was gifted in 1862 (see f. 1).

Papers, 1747-1948, of the Ottley family, including several pedigrees, one traced back to Arthur Ottley (c.1649-1705) of the island of St Christopher; two wash drawings, both panoramas of Antigua, apparently in the 1770s; miscellaneous family papers, 1747-1948, including a copy of proceedings in causes in the courts of common pleas and errors, island of St Vincent, 1768, probate records, records of the military careers of family members around the world, photographs and copies of portraits; and material of genealogical interest concerning the history of the Ottley and other related families.

Oskosh Welsh Centennial, 1947 (typescriptby Howell D. Davies). English. Green cloth, Donated by Howell D. Davies, Oak Park, Illinois, February 1954.

Estate and family records of the family of Walsh (also Benn, Benn-Walsh), later barons Ormathwaite, of Radnorshire, including rentals and surveys, 1865-1939; deeds relating to premises purchased in Radnorshire, 1558-1912, and deeds relating to mortgages and sales of parts of the same estate, 1875-1947; estate papers, 1844-1943; family papers, [late 1690s]-1920, including diaries of Sir John Benn Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite (1798-1881), politician, 1811-1877, diaries of his mother, Lady Margaret Walsh, 1788-1828, and diaries of Arthur John Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite, 1848-1917. -- The BRA deposit relates mainly to the marriage settlement, mortgages, bankruptcy, receivership and executorship of Arthur Henry John Walsh (1859-1937), 3rd Baron Ormathwaite, 1841-1951.

A further three boxes of papers relating to the family was received, together with a portrait of Jane Walsh and a collection of photographs. This deposit remains uncatalogued.

A copy of Orin David Gensler's PhD thesis 'A Typological Evaluation of Celtic/Hamito-Semitic Syntactic Parallels', University of California at Berkeley, 1993.

Original typescript of 'Y plentyn wrthododd ran Iesu', a translation into Welsh by Gwenan Creunant Davies of the play 'The boy who wouldn't play Jesus' by Bernard Kops, for performance at Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig, Christmas 1982.

Original typescript of a list, compiled by the late Professor William Rees, Cardiff, of the contents of the Bute collection of records, papers and maps, upon which the NLW Preliminary Schedule of the Marquess of Bute Collection is based.

Two sheets of accounts made with Thomas Warburton, Chamberlain and Chancellor of North Wales, and Dorothy Wynne [mother of William Wynne, serjeant at law] of the profits of the original seal of cos. Caernarvon, Anglesey, and Merioneth, together with the fines, prefines, and recoveries levied at the Great Sessions of cos. Merioneth, Caernarvon, and Anglesey, 1718.

A volume of transcripts of leases, grants, charters, etc., 1704-1755, relating to the issues and profits of the origianl seal for cos. Caernarvon, Anglesey, and Merioneth, and of sums of money payable for fines and recoveries levied in the said counties, compiled for reference by William Wynne, serjeant at law, who was granted a lease of the original seal in 1729. The volume is indexed.

Original MS of The Self and Immortality by Professor Hywel D. Lewis, M.A., B. Lit. English. Between boards. Donated by Professor Hywel D. Lewis, Normandy, Guildford, July 1973.

Original MS (incomplete) of The Atonement and Intercession of Christ by D. Charles Davies (edited and translated by D. E. Jenkins); original MS of the preface to Dysgeidiaeth Iesu Grist by J. Cynddylan Jones; MS of the bibliography to Thomas Charles of Bala by Thomas Shankland. Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Caernarfon, December 1947.

Original manuscripts of The Wooden Spoon (3 volumes) by Ll. Wyn Griffith. English. Boards. Donated by Ll. Wyn Griffith, Berkhamsted, December 1942.

Original manuscript of Spring of Youth; and a story, 'The Grey Rider', by Ll. Wyn Griffith. English. Boards. Donated by Ll. Wyn Griffith, Berkhamsted, December 1942.

Original manuscript of Derwyn Jones, 'Dyfed', Y Traethodydd, Hydref 1987, pp 190-199 (a review of Dyfed: bywyd a gwaith Evan Rees (1850-1923) by Beti Rhys).