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'Saturday morning', 11 Grey Coat Street, Westminster. - Is in depths of poverty; his book has been held back; he is owned £9 by a newspaper; needs £2 to take up offer to edit a paper in Somerset; could not meet Milnes or Freiligrath owing to seedy attire; bearer of letter is his landlord who demands two weeks' rent; can Milnes help?

'Three o'clock Monday morning'. - Sent a letter on Saturday; now on the brink of ruin: 'I... resemble the petrel which lives out at sea and fights the storm'.

11 St James's Buildings, Rosoman Street, Clerkenwell. - Fears last letter did not reach Milnes; is ill and distressed but still working; wrote piece after Wordsworth's death but cannot get it accepted. Requests return of enclosed compositions. Made a mistake in supposing he could be an author; will Milnes assist him? Often ponders the fate of his subject Chatterton. Mr Taylor's money has gone on rent.