The author writes to the 3rd Duke, in his capacity as Secretary to the Duke of Newcastle and in the Duke's capacity as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and then Lord Steward, largely concerning political affairs.
Topics include: a description of the illnesses and eventual deaths of Mr Pelham's children; the Duke's dispatches; Lord Cateret's journey into Yarmouth; Bishop Maddox's decline of the archbishopric of Dublin; a warrant for Archbishop Hoadley; meeting of Parliament; Duke of d'Aremberg's arrival in England to move troops into Winter quarters; armies of Bohemia; a favourable account from Scotland concerning the outbreak of the [Jacobite] rebellion (1745); expectation of the Dutch troops and orders for them to proceed directly to Leith; the Channel being well-guarded; Prince of Orange's election as stadtholder of the province of Holland; unrest among the populace and the pensionary staying in Mr Bentick's house.