John Davies Manuscripts

A collection comprising correspondence, essays, pedigrees, medical recipes, hymns, and transcripts of hymns and poems, together with sermons and miscellaneous extracts and notes. Also included are papers relating to James Owen, Presbyterian minister; account books belonging to John Thomas of Penddol, Llanllwni and to David Davies ('Dafydd y Gof') of Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire; a manuscript in the hand of the Reverend David James ('Dewi o Ddyfed'); and sermons in the hand of the Reverend John Owen, Thrussington.

John Davies (1860-1939), bibliographer and genealogist, was born in Llandysul, Cardiganshire. He was largely self-taught and worked for a number of years at the National Library of Wales, where many of his manuscripts are now stored.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 702-713, 8705-8732.

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From the library of John Davies, Lampeter, later of Aberystwyth, 1939 (1-12), 1934 (13-40).

John Davies (1860-1939), bibliographer and genealogist, was born in Llandysul, Cardiganshire. He was largely self-taught and worked for a number of years at the National Library of Wales, where many of his manuscripts are now stored.

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961).

June 2005.

This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

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