Begins in a tenor that reflects continuing unease about his mode of departure from Plymouth, "I am indeed sorry I did not show you Mr. Mudge's letter to
Sir Joshua"; he talks of prints he has purchased on Drury Lane from a man found when he was returning from Sandys the colourman, and those of brids he has coloured; Sir Joshua has said little to him since his last letter, he appears "continualy full of thought";
Miss Reynolds has thinks it sad that her brother has had to forsake society and the church in order to succeed in his art; he now lodges with the Reynoldses; Sir Joshua has set out to Paris; Miss went out last night, she sent the maids to Vauxhall and left the keys to the Library with Northcote and Clark, Sir Joshua's other pupil.