A wedding; bride and bridegroom send thanks for Smith's congratulations. Directions for Smith to send his present, including drawings and books. Instructions for Smith to obtain a copy of his "London" ["An account of London" (1790)]. The moss he meant is a 'Tillandria'.

Pleasure at reading Smith's "Tour of the Continent", agrees with Smith's disparaging comments on the French, comments that the French Revolution would be happy if "the proud waves of correction" could be controlled, "but the cruel inundation has made havoc indiscriminate". Sorrow at execution of the "merciful" Louis XVI but rejoices at executions of [Jacques Pierre] Brissot [(1754-1793)] and other regicides. Recommends Smith reads the "private life of Louis XV".

[Hugh] Davies gravely ill, has urged him to go to Bath, [Somerset], but he is now better. Pennant revising old works but cannot manage anything new, has half finished his account of the United States for his "Introduction to the Arctic Zoology".