| Description | Includes references to the whereabouts of Col[onel] Legard; having been to Heden near Barham Downes with Mr Turner and having asked about Col[onel] Grey; Heden being a pretty place and a good Old House and Barham Downes a delightful spot; Margate being a sorry fishing Town but with pleasant country about, very fertile, good air, pure sea-water and the conveniences for Bathing exceeding those at Scarb[o]ro[ugh] but dearer; the Company being such as High-Holborm, Smithfield, Thames Street and Morefields afford, described as Tallow-chandlers, soap boilers, Cheesemongers, Fishmongers, Ale-wives from Billingsgate and Old-Cloaths Brokers from Rag-Fair; there being a new-built long Room and an Assembly once a week; the Directress being real[l]y [Une Revendour] from Old Bedlam, as fat as a Bawd and as bold as a Bully; meeting Mr Turner every ten days at Margate or Heden; Turner having furnished him with books; having brought Mrs Harcourt and Servants and Horses with him; having left Mrs Payler much out of order; Miss Ringer being with Lady Harcourt at Cockthrop; Mrs Payler being relaps[e]d by fretting, caused by Kitchen-cares and the Death of Mr W[illia]m Corbett; Mr Turner going to visit his Bairnes in Hampshire and Miss going to school in London in Autumn, which will trouble Mrs Payler |