Includes letters from various friends and acquaintances to HLP and Henry Thrale, including letters from:
- Henry Bright (nos 1-3);
- Sir Philip Jennings Clerke (nos 4-5);
- Dr E. Crane [probably Edward Crane (d. 1777), Prebendary of Westminster] (nos 6-8);
- Thomas Davies (c.1712-1785), bookseller and actor, reporting Dr Johnson's stoke, 18 June 1783 (no. 9);
- Richard Garth (nos 10-11);
- John [Hinchliffe (1731-1794), Bishop of] Peterborough (no. 12);
- James Merrick (1720-1769), biblical and classical scholar (nos 15-18);
- Henry Michell (1713/14-1789), classical scholar (nos 19-22, of which nos 19-21 are in Latin);
- W. Parker [probably William Parker (1714-1802), chaplain in ordinary to George II and George III] (no. 23);
- Sir William Weller Pepys (1740-1825), 1st baronet, writer and literary scholar (no. 24);
- Sir Lucas Pepys (1742-1830), 1st baronet, physician (nos 25-30);
- Francesco Sastres (no. 31);
- William Seward (1747-1790), Church of England clergyman (nos 32-36);
- Sophia Streatfield (bap. 1755, d. 1835), beauty (nos 38-39);
- E. Surman (nos 40-42);
- Dr Nathan Wetherell, dean of Hereford and master of University College, Oxford (no. 43).