Sermon notes, 1822-c. 1841; notebooks containing mainly scriptural notes and notes of researches on religious history, 1831-1845; a series of notebooks, c. 1833-1845, numbered I to IX and containing mathematical notes, notes on grammar and syntax, notes on comparative alphabets, a series of notebooks, 1837-1844, containing scriptural notes, poems, a 'journal' of 'Mr D' beginning in 1841 and containing notes of preaching engagements, a 'journal' kept by Samuel Cotton, beginning in 1844, containing notes of preaching engagements and other commitments, and an address book; four 'books of miscellanies', 1831-1834, containing scriptural notes, religious verse, some notes on grammar, lists of French and English vocabulary, mathematical equations, lists of proverbs and old sayings, notes on the animal kingdom, and notes on geometry and land measurements; and material, 1835-1855, on education, including copies of a prospectus for the Froodvale Academy conducted by the Rev. Dr William Davies, copies of examination papers, lists of essays and class exercises set at the Froodvale Academy, notes on Latin grammar, and notes on the various branches of mathematics.