Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Sarah Smith, 1813 May 12.

Relating news of her experiences in Philadelphia & Boston since her arrival in America and news of mutual friends; discussing her arrival in Philadelphia saying "...to my great astonishment the manager informed me they had no occasion for my services - that the times had changed since they first invited me & they had written to say so - only I could not have had time to receive the Letter - judge my disappointment! - after being at such an expence & suffering a most disagreeable voyage with all its attendant [illegible], however they thought good to offer me a six nights Engagement & I thought good under the then existing circumstances to accept it & it prov'd better than my hopes. I then proceeded to Boston New England where we now are under an Engagement of six nights also - it has proved equally successful but journeying about takes almost as much as ones profits therefore I determined to accept five & twenty Dollars a week next winter in Philadelphia which is exactly half what I received when in this country before - but I am here & the Managers know it - I believe Mr. and Miss Holman have been serv'd pretty much in the same manner - they [torn away] followed my course but I fancy not quite as successfully - I tell you all this that you may form a proper judgment of American managers;" saying that her husband has been ill and wants to return to England; relating news of Mrs. Melmoth saying she is "...still living & resides at Philadelphia keeping a little school - she has been cheated poor Woman out of all most all of her Property but preserves a pious resigned spirit which perhaps surpasses wealth - at least she thinks so;" asking her to write with any news she has no matter how trivial it may seem; asking if she has married and asking her to tell her about the "...Fashion of the Ladies Dress to the minutest trifle for that's of great consequence to an Actress in this country;" adding, in a postscript, a request for her to direct her reply to the theatre in Philadelphia "...for by the time this arrives in England I shall be there."