Matthew Henry and Thomas Pennant letters.

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Scope and Content

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).

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Acquisition Information

Mr W. Bell Jones, FSA; Hawarden; Donation; 1938-9.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 12705C.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

First letter described is mutilated.

Archivist's Note

February 2010.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

Additional Information

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