Autograph letter signed : London, to Henry Thompson, 1856 January 16.

Regretting that Thompson has been troubled by the "waywardness" of someone referred to by Croly as "Francis"; and expressing his opinion that the person in question will find it impossible to support himself in England and should therefore be persuaded to go to India ("It is absolutely necessary for him to acquiesce if he would not be a beggar for life. Of course, I am anxious that he should be settled.").