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Letters, poems, and other documents by and about James Montgomery (1771-1854), Methodist layman and supporter of missions, editor of the radical newspaper Sheffield Iris, and writer of over 400 hymns. The collection includes receipts, hymns and poems (including three in memory of William Goodier, of the Rev. William Threlfall [Wesleyan missionary murdered in South Africa], and John Given), mundane correspondence, instructions for his funeral procession, and a broadside about the dedication of a monument to Montgomery, on which James Everett has written a letter stating his plans to attend.

Letters to and from Henry Moore (1751-1844), Wesleyan Minister. He became an itinerant in 1779 and later served as John Wesley's traveling companion and amanuensis (1784-86). Moore was one of three preachers ordained by Wesley for work in England, and he was present at Wesley's death. He served as president of the conference in 1804 and 1823. The letters here are brief notes, but the broadsheet is a copy of the 1794 resolution from the Bristol trustees barring Moore from preaching at the New Room and Guinea Street Chapel in response to his celebration of Holy Communion there. This copy is addressed by Moore to Benson (in Manchester).