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30 Torrington Square. - Believes Milnes' Shaw manuscript to be autograph; would like to understand more about the Earl of Strafford's marriage. Asks the provenance of Milnes' collection; some letters were once in the Museum of Thoresby of Leeds and have been published in the Biographica Britannica; gives further biographical details of the Countess; autograph buyers should beware counterfeits; his 'enlarged account of Scrooby' [Collections Concerning the Church or Congregation of Protestant Separatists formed at Scrooby, the Founders of New Plymouth...] now ready for printing.

30 Torrington Square. - Sends notes on the Will of Lady Margaret Wentworth of Hooton Roberts, Yorkshire, daughter of the Earl of Strafford and his third wife Elizabeth, née Rodes.

Farm Lodge, Petersham, Surrey. - Lord Houghton's previous assistance in securing access to private MSS of Lady Arabella Stuart [see HOUG/D/F/1/39-41]; now seeks papers of the Earl of Strafford for a biography; would like to consult those at Wentworth Wodehose, which should fill gaps in present material; offers to catalogue them in return for access.

Farm Lodge, Petersham, Surrey. - Requests permission to reprint Strafford letters in a biography; seeks literary employment or a teaching post; worn out by caring for her insane brother; has had two grants from the Literary Fund and medical treatment from David Gray's friend Dr. Lane of Sudbrook Park; now needs work to finance research.

British Museum. - Miss Cooper seeks a letter written by the Earl of Strafford shortly before his execution, mentioned by Houghton in a letter of 20 January as having being acquired by the British Museum; requests more details as he cannot locate it.

(Declaimed 18 Nov. 1801.)