Walker begins by apologising for his delayed reply, explaining that his father died in a fire that destroyed the upper stories of their house at Eccles Street, and that Lord Charlemont also died, resulting in him being unwell from a cold and mental suffering. He then turns to literary matters, mentioning Sheridan’s Pizarro, Malone, Pope Agris, and Voltaire’s Merope.

Walker begins by noting that he is sending Caldwell a copy of Mrs Smith’s Emigrants as the poetry is of the first order. He then questions whether or not Caldwell has ‘searched Voltaire for M. Lindelle’s Letter on the Merope’ before turning to other literary works.

Walker opens by noting that he has passed on Caldwell’s enquiry concerning Voltaire to Mr Hayley. He then goes on to discuss a passage from the ‘Life of Milton’ that puzzled him, before thanking Caldwell for his letter of introduction to Mr Malone which has since been forwarded to Mr Irwin. Walker next discusses several artists, before turning to an accident involving Lord Meath and his hopes that the ‘ball’ can be safely removed.

Beman thanks Caldwell for going to the trouble of sourcing books from him. He discusses various editions that he has printed, including:

• A volume of Voltaire’s works
• Morany’s Dictionary
• Boyle’s Dictionary
• Works by Vallance
• Buffon’s Historia Naturello das Orseaux
• Works by Abbe Winckelman

Beman opens with a list of twenty books that he sent via Captain John Haslope of the ‘Charming Sally’ to Mr Dally at the Customs House in Dublin. He adds that the total value of the books was £509 5s. Featured amongst these books is a volume of Voltaire’s works for Lord Charlemont.

Beman opens by saying that he is enclosing a bill for £50 16s for books that he has already sent to Caldwell. He adds that he has recently published two new editions ‘under his own Eye’. The first if an edition of Voltaire’s complete works. the second is the Dictionnaire Encyclopédique

Stewart opens by noting that he has read reports concerning the death of Mr Cockburn before discussing a recent catalogue of books. He remarks upon items that he would not purchase unless they were cheap (i.e. ‘3 volumes of the Herculaneum’) and asks for Caldwells opinion of Voltaire.