Transcribes a letter from Samuel Rogers to John Dyer Collier congratulating him on his marriage and the birth of his child. Includes a poem by Rogers which begins: "With the new year you have a daughter born:"

In Collier's hand. Relates an anecdote about Thomas Moore, who sang for the Prince Regent at Carlton House and disappointed him.

Transcription in the hand of John Payne Collier. Legal document endorsed by Lord Ellesmere and signed by J. Donne and John Phillips. Including tracing of Phillips' signature.

Transcription in hand of [John Payne Collier] of a passage from John Florio's edition of Montaigne (1603), p. 447. Concerning the Babylonians and illness.

Autograph note by John Payne Collier. Relates to the introduction of cabbage into England and the English language. Mentions Querno, Ben Johnson.

Collier's note: "From my destroyed diary." Anecdotes about Coleridge's late life and death. Mentions Montaigne, Hazlitt, Burney, Lamb, Henry Crabbe Robinson.

In John Payne Collier's hand. Relates an anecdote about a beloved edition of Robinson Crusoe that Collier lost and then regained.

Collier's note: "A charming old man. Author of 'Columbus,' 'School of Reform,' 'Town & Country,' &c. He often called at our house and once or twice dined within." Morton presents his son Thomas who would like to begin a career in foreign correspondence.

Tells of the death of his father, Thomas Morton, the dramatist.

Thanks Collier for the return of some autographs. Agrees to help Collier gather information about his father's history, quotes his father on [John] Edwin. Would like to meet Sheridan Knowles.