Notebook: W. Wynn Williams, Menaifron, entitled Fragmenta

NOTEBOOK: W. Wynn Williams, Menaifron, entitled Fragmenta and containing handwritten entries including an account of the observance of the day of the Duke of Wellington's funeral in Congleton, Cheshire; a detailed account of a surgical operation and "the almost fatal effects of chloroform", witnessed by the writer at Congleton; a list of subjects suitable for pictorial illustration; an account of an operation for removing part of a diseased jaw of a female, witnessed by the writer; notes on the town of Segontium; notes re a ship called the Onward stranded off the west coast of Anglesea 26 - 27 December 1853; notes on [? A woman called] Fanny Beade; a slight sketch of what the writer saw at the pottery works of Mr. Minter at Stoke, Staffordshire; genealogical tales of the Christians and Curwens of Workington, Cumberland, notes on the Culdees extracted from Bishop Nicholson's Historical Library; a story and poem on "The doom of Soulis" who lived at Hermitage Castle, Hawick and was a sorcerer extracted from Wilson's Tales of the Borders, Vol I, no. 18; notes on vessels ashore or wrecked on the coast of Anglesey and in Caernarvon Bay; and extract from an article on Mr. Gladstone contained in the Edinburgh Review, July 1860; a note explaining the origin of the word "sycophant"; an account of the removal and a detailed description of a Roman tessellated pavement discovered on the excise office, Old Broad Street, Bishopsgate, London to the Crystal Palace copied from the London news, 1 April 1854; the numismatic alphabets; examples of archaic legends on early Greek coins; examples of ligature or braced letters on consular coins; notes on the Greek and roman alphabets, copied from the Penny Cyclopaedia vol. I; notes on numerals on Greek and Roman coins; notes on abbreviations in the exergue [of Roman] coins; notes of the form and style of letters on early Greek coins; a list of the more common abbreviations on Greek coins of cities and princes, a list of rivers and fountains, the names of which are found on Greek coins; a list of the principle abbreviations on Roman coins; a list of the abbreviations on [Greek] colonial coins; the Celtiberian alphabet; a list of books relating to Wales; notes and drawings of hieroglyphics; names of those who have been sovereigns in Egypt; a list of the 15 tribes of North Wales, copied from the pedigree at Madryn; notes on the descendants of Gwladus Ddu claiming that Queen Elizabeth was among these, an extract from Bulmer's Athens its rise and fall, Vol. I., concerning the Olympic games; notes on the geological division of strata; extracts from Disraeli's Curiosities of literature; calculations on the amount of time it would take to read through the field of history; an anecdote told by Prince Henry, son of James I; a poem The Echo; a discussion piece as to whether a mind of great capacity will be reduced to mediocrity for the ill choice of a profession; notes on the origins of some street names; a list of authorities for early British history; a table of historical dates; notes on the life of Robert Price, attorney general f Glamorgan under Charles II; notes on the derivation of the words "Silhouette2, "tories" and "whiggs"; a note concerning Clarendon house; notes on the art of divination; a quotation on democracy; an account f the trick played by George Stevens on the antiquary Gough; poem The Fly, extracts from Wilson's Bampton lectures, Euphues, Quarterly Review, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Buckland's Curiosities of Natural History; Cornhill Magazine, June issue 1862, article on " Paint, Patches and Powder" concerning the vanity of women; notes on the effect of competitive examinations, trawling, snails, slugs, insects and salmon; extracts from "Leisure hours in town; notes on fashion, extracts from "the race for wealth " in Once a Week, June 1866; extracts from Cornhill Magazine, August 1866 on the subject of sleep; a recipe for oxalis incarnate wine; a list of numbers of bushes and plants [bought]; a newspaper cutting on "Tea brands and their meanings" and a few miscellaneous notes.

Rev. William Wynn Williams was rector of Llangeinwen, Llangaffo and Dean of Menai Bridge.

By deposit

Dim cyfyngiadau/ No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit.

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Cyflwr da /Good condition

Compiled by Amanda Sweet Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

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Ni ddisgwylir croniadau/Accruals are not expected

WM/865 and for a newspaper cutting see WM/1523