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Letters and miscellaneous writings of William Arthur (1819-1901), Wesleyan Methodist minister, missionary to India (1839-1841), President of the Conference (1866), and prolific author. Among many other interests, Arthur vigorously supported the temperance movement and opposed slavery and Roman Catholicism. Correspondents include Jabez Bunting, George Osborn, and Morley Punshon.

Letters and miscellaneous papers of John Barnard (fl. 1630s). Little is known about Barnard other than the brief information in the dealer's description, in Folder 1. He appears to have been a merchant in Hull; he also traveled to York and London, from where some of his letters to his wife are written. Letters are arranged in two folders of letters to his wife and a third folder of other documents.