William Hole opens the letter with a discussion on Mr Heath’s response to Harris’ views on Euripides’ Medea, before turning to Glover’s Medea. He then comments on a faulty translation of Voltaire, before discussing De Guignes’ essay in which he argues that China was an Egyptian colony. Hole then notes that an obelisk with old Coptic characters on it has recently been dug up in Turin, before discussing Floyer Sydenham’s works and health. The letter ends with an account of the fire at the Duke of Norfolk’s palace in Worksop and of the death of Lord Hardwicke’s wife, and a discussion of politics.