Harriet de Salis writes to thank Hamilton for her note and writes that 'abroad has been talked of' and that she has told her husband for some time now that she wishes 'to make a temporary absence from here'. It has been decided that she will spend her winter in Hastings. She continues on the subject and on the likelihood that there will 'soon be peace on the continent [which will make it]... prudent to go there'.
She continues that her sister sends her love, on Hamilton's family and on sending Hamilton a gift that has just arrived and asking Hamilton to let her know if she wants more.