A copy of resolutions passed at a meeting held at Holywell, 1816, under the chairmanship of David Pennant, Downing to consider the distressed state of lead miners and others in the locality as a result of the duties payable on the exportation of lead to the Continent; together with a holograph letter, 1816, from R. Lushington at the Treasury Chambers to Sir Thomas Mostyn of Mostyn, stating that the export duty on lead had been suspended for a period of three years.