Letter from Matthew Henry, Chester, to Francis Tallents, 1696 September 30 : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

Asking that he postpone the publication of his "...good affectionate Sermon, which I hope did me good, and for which I repeat my thanks I would oblige if you [illegible] that you would forbear the publishing of it at present. My project is to put the Collections concerning my dear Father (which I have now finished, out of my own knowledge and his Diary) into the hands of my Friend, Mr. Tong, who you know hath a very great felicity of expression, and will (I hope) put it into an agreeable shape such as many recommend it to those who otherwise would be apt to disguise it;" continuing to discuss Tallent's sermon and its publication.