Original, unsigned.

Concerning Godwin's silence and sarcasm; [Alderson's] play; Mrs Imlay; news of acquaintances

Also includes note initialled M.J.G [Mary Jane Godwin]

Mentions [Mary] Imlay [Mary Wollstonecraft]; R[ichard] Twiss; B[asil] Montague [Montagu]; [John Horne] Tooke; [Robert] Merry; [Ann] Merry; Miss Hayes probably Mary Hays

Incipit: What a sweet tempered creature...