| Description | the popularity of History of Englandand the possibility of a second edition, his worries that Macpherson may take issue with certain passages, his expectations of criticism and his attempts not to offend Protestants, the response of Gibson to Gradwell's letter, Brown happy with his congregation but upsetting the bishops with his wish to remove Gibson, seeking information from the letters of Henry VIII and Queen Mary, the transformation of Billington into a gentleman, the health of various friends, the building of a new chapel at Shields, John Dalton's death, Sir John Hippesley's attack on the Stonyhurst Jesuits, and Milner's letter in the Orthodox |