File C/171. - From John Powell,

The elegance of recipient's manners and the instructive agreeableness of his conversation make writer heartily regret his absence; he has robbed recipient's library of eight specified vols; he encloses half a dozen covers for recipient's stamp; he wishes recipient success in trying the grand question; recipient will still have one great battle to fight, which will depend on his attention to the borough; writer suggests that recipient should, instead of giving beef at Xmas, give to every friendly burgess who will accept of it so much grey Kington cloth that will make them a coat, and a hat of the same quality [as] the common soldiers wear; if one hundred will gladly receive recipient's bounty, the expense will be no more than £46.14.2; recipient stands high in favour with the county and still higher with his uncle, who has left Harpton for 'Town'.