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A holograph letter from Mat[thew] Henry [Presbyterian minister and author], from Chester, to [ ], 1694 (the illness and death of recipient's son, who appears to have been resident in the writer's home, and his burial in the chancel of St. Bridget's church [Chester], a visit paid by the writer's father [Philip Henry, Presbyterian minister and diarist], 'an aged min[ister] in the Country some miles off', to the writer's home, during the deceased's illness, and a sermon preached by him prior to the funeral) (mutilated); and a holograph letter from T[homas] Pennant [naturalist and author], from Bychton [co. Flint], to the Rev[eren]d Mr. [William] Borlase [rector of] Ludgvan, Cornwal, 1763 (points of ornithological interest, the preservation of birds, a request for information about seals).

Notes of sermons preached by the Reverend Mathew Henry (1662-1714) and others at Chester, Salop and Broad Oak from 3 March 1697 (p. 34) and also sermons by Dr Benion at Broad Oak (p. 89); at the end of the book is a sermon by Mr Berry, 15 July 1722 'at the funeral of my dear child', the funeral sermon of Mr John Gray (p. 28) and 'Mr. Lochs funeral sermon by Dr. Bennion' (p. 37). An index to the sermons has been compiled by the Reverend John Davies, Llansamlet (1740-1821).