From Jane Porter in Gerrard Street, London, to Sally Wesley, thanking her for the letter of introduction to Mrs Doddridge. She spent an entire day trying to find Doddridge but was unsuccessful.
She would no doubt have been a welcome change from company which Porter did not find agreeable. Porter liked Bath in Somerset, not so much because of the social life, but for its beauty and its connection with people who she greatly respects. The air was also beneficial to her health, and was such a change from London. Indeed mother has decided to abandon the capital entirely fora house at Thames Ditton in Surrey, which is close enough to London for friends to visit but not too close. Sally would of course be always welcome to stay.
She was very sad to hear of the death of Sally's friend Mr Smith of Dover [the father of the Naval hero Sir William Sydney Smith].