| Content Description | Apologises for the delay in replying to his and Georgiana's letter; reports that the French Minister's house has been burnt down; advises him to take care with the purchase of his new house; comments on the Blue Book about America; comments on the progress of the American Civil War, stating that the outcome is impossible to predict, but that the North seems to have the advantage; makes specific reference to several places; notes that he must find Dutch politics 'tame'; enquires about Georgiana and the collapse of O'Shea's Bank; informs him that he has received a letter from Corbett who is moving to Stockholm. |