Item 364. - W. Owen, London, to Mr Edw. Williams, Flimston, near Cowbridge,

It is painful to him that on such an occasion he is not rich enough to furnish the addressee with any money, but he thinks means might be contrived, as he understands that EW's papers on the agriculture of S. W. are in considerable forwardness. What to do. He wants EW to do this not as putting himself under an obligation to Myvyr but as having a claim upon him for what he (EW) has done. He thinks Myvyr considers so too, but the fulfilment of which he keeps back, owing to W. Davies's affair, and in a great measure attributes all to the dilatoriness of EW's nature. He remembers receiving a letter from the Dr Hodgson the addressee mentions. Mr Britton desired to be remembered to him - he is now preparing his 3 [i. e. third?] vol. of Wiltshire and seems in a grand puzzle as to the stone monuments. Joanna [Southcott]. Endorsed: 'Wm Owen, March 6th 1805. Admitting my Claim'.