Letter from Uvedale Price, Foxley, to Sir George Beaumont, 1796 September 30 : autograph manuscript signed.

Describing an accident that befell him while he was playing blind-man's bluff with a group of young people at Downton Castle; saying that he suffered a deep gash above the eye, but he is now recovering, though "I have very odd nervous sensations about my head, one side of which was quite numbed for the first ten days, so that I had no sensation in it; & I almost wish I had none now, for I feel as if a number of insects were crawling over my head & often take off my glass to see whether there are any"; saying that Lord Abercorn, who was also staying at Downton, then accompanied him back to Foxley and they had a very pleasant time together, including "a good deal of music" and "long discussions about improvements & landscape in general"; describing Abercorn's high spirits and saying how much he likes his two daughters, as different as they are from each other; saying that Lady Catherine (presumably referring to Abercorn's daughter Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton) "began to find herself quite at home the latter part of the time at Foxley, & was excessively diverting. She mimicked Fitz-Patrick's manner of laughing before him, to his great amusement, & also mimicked Lord Somers, & looked so lovely & so pretty, her eyes glistened & had so much archness in them, that we were all quite delighted with her"; saying Abercorn's visit was followed by one from Richard Payne Knight and a Frenchman named La Borde; writing of the latter: "We really liked him very much: he is very natural & cheerful & unassuming"; describing this letter as "a fine long Gossip" and asking for one in return; asking also whether Beaumont has ordered his port wine and when he may expect it.