Autograph letter signed : [London], to William Hayley, 1804 March 16.

Concerning engravings for Hayley's Life of Cowper: informing Hayley that, as requested, he is sending him proofs of the plates, "especially the Plate of the Monument which I have drawn from Mr [John] Flaxman's Model with all the fidelity I could & will finish with equal care"; discussing the inscriptions for the plates; reflecting on the biography of George Romney that Hayley was writing and on interactions with Romney's son John: "That Mr John Romney is so honest as to expose to you his whole absurd prejudice gives hopes that he may prove worthy of his father & that he should tell such inconsistent surmizes proves that they will soon be eradicated & forgotten. You who was his fathers best friend will I hope become the most respected objection of his love & admiration"; mentioning that he had called on Prince Hoare; writing that Samuel Rose's health is improving, and that he hopes to hear the same of Harriet Poole; telling Hayley that Daniel Braithwaite had called on him and bought two prints, which he is sending to Hayley (via Blake) with his compliments: "one is a copy from that Miniature; you kindly suffered me to make, from the Picture of Romney which I am now Engraving: & which was lent by Mr. [William] Long for the purpose of being Engraved for the European Mag[azi]ne. The other is Mrs [Sarah] Siddons from the Picture by Romney in Mr Braithwaites possession but as much unlike the original as possible"; adding in a postscript that he encloses "No 23 of the Shakespeare."