Her letters and suggestions to Samuel Richardson influenced his novel The History of Sir Charles Grandison.

[1] Her father's family home had been Levens Hall in Westmoreland until this was sold in 1688 as a result of the over spending by her paternal uncle, Alan.

Her initial two letters requested a happy ending for the serialised work and Samuel replied to her by placing an advert in the Whitehall Evening Post.

[1] She and Samuel Richardson exchanged more letters and he shared drafts of his next novel, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, with her.

Richardson valued her opinions and he planned to reissue his earlier novels Pamela and Clarissa based on her comments.