MANUSCRIPT. [A hand-written series of letters by the Rev. Samuel Cooper. N.p: n.d. but circa 1770.] 53pp. manuscript, 8vo (163 x 95mm.) Unnumbered pages relating to the fictional life story of a sailor in a series of letters to an unknown correspondent, followed by a series of extracts on religious matters in the same hand, several blank leaves to rear. (Damp-staining throughout, hand-written notes in Latin to front-free endpaper.) Contemporary morocco-backed paper-covered boards (front cover detached, loss to spine). Note: a series of letters forming a parable of religious salvation as the author explains how after being miraculously saved at sea, he embraced God and his 'wicked life' was redeemed. In a similar vein of overcoming trials and tribulations, he finally marries the woman who would provide him everlasting happiness. Provenance: Oswald Greenway Knapp (bookplate to the front pastedown).