Autograph letter signed : Grasmere, Kendal, to Lady Beaumont, 1810 January 21.

Telling Lady Beaumont that he has not been insensible of her kind remembrances of him in her letters to Miss Wordsworth and that there has not been a letter from her that impacted him or made him think of Sir George; adding that he will not attribute the lack of time to his lack of response, but rather the need for tranquility; detailing information about the recommencement of The Friend and the difficulties he faces with subscribers, payments, and work; saying that he is unsure if he will be able to continue the publication and that his hopes are low since he has lost 2/3 of his subscribers; telling a story about how he was given a list saying the Earl of Cork was a subscriber, but later heard from him that this is untrue and that he didn't want to pay for the issues he received, but also did not send them back; adding that the success of The Friend is due to the original subscribers who are too ashamed to say no, so they keep subscribing; stating that he owes Mr. Clarkson since he gave him 60-70 names for subscriptions; comparing The Friend to Cobbett's publication which is sold at the same price, but contains mostly reprints, whereas his is all original work, but still admiring Cobbett as a man; mentioning that Wordsworth has calculated that each issue of The Friend contains the quantity of five of Cobbett's Spectator and his demands more work; concluding on the subject that the subscribers he gained were terrible and canceled their subscriptions without any warning; sharing his belief that he believes The Friend has done some good and that he has delight in knowing that he has half a dozen deep readers, including her sister; discussing his principles on fame and saying "Individuality is essential to the exercise of moral freedom: and if the latter be a most sacred duty, it must likewise be our duty to secure for it it's best and most natural sphere of action"; sharing his thoughts on evil and the development of parties and that good men who shy away should think about the examples of Dr. Bell and Mr. Clarkson; adding that Miss W. hopefully informed Lady Beaumont of his interest in publishing The Hermit in The Friend with remarks; comparing his desire on remarks to Jacob Behmen's work on logic and the laws of imagination, which he did not grasp; saying that he will publish a supplement to the first volume of The Friend entitled The Mysteries of Religion grounded in or relative to the Mysteries of Human Nature: or the foundations of morality laid in the primary Faculties of Man; telling her that he will give her the character of Jacob Behmen and compare him to George Fox and both with Giordano Bruno; giving an observation that concerns him about the plan & style of The Friend in answer to Sir George concerning Addison, whom he loves and admires, but he believes he is beyond the change since The Friend has done its work and "produced a passion for the unconnected in the minds of Englishmen"; adding that many can write better than him, but it is also awful times; (postscript) concluding that Miss W. has received the one half of the 10£ note.