Autograph letter signed : Be[a]consfield, to Walker King, [1775 Aug. 29?].

Reiterating his doubts about King's employment in the Duke of Richmond's family; remarking that the Duke's "Ideas of Education are not those that are current in the world"; advising him not to take any money from the Duke and to quit and return to Oxford "as soon as politeness and the proper attentions, will give [him] leave"; explaining why he should not accept any money: "If the sum offerd is considerable, it will look like a sort of compensation for not having employed you; and this sort of smart money is not very reputable. If it be small, small payment indicates slight service; even in the Estimate of him who accepts such reward. He rates himself. To give one[']s Labour or time is generous. But small payment is degradation -- for the smallest pecuniary recompense is payment, as well as the greatest. So, if you are paid, take care to be amply paid."