Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to [William Johnson] Temple, 1791 Apr. 2-6.

Discussing the prospects in life of Mr. Powlett, suitor to Temple's daughter; writing, "I fear that my constitutional melancholy, which returns in such dismal fits, and is now aggravated by the loss of my valuable wife, must prevent me from any permanent felicity in this life"; describing his efforts to make himself less melancholy by attending a play and calling on "old [Charles] Macklin, the comedian"; reporting that his "'Life of Johnson' is at last drawing to a close"; mentioning on a young lady named Miss Bagnal he is going to meet at a party and musing about her as a possible marriage prospect; commenting on the rumors that Great Britain will go to war with Russia to assist the Turks.