Lynwood Bournemouth
Jany 7
My Dear Sir,
I have drawn up a short paper on the Cypriote inscriptions which with the sanction of the Council I propose to lay before the Society of B. Archy <1>
I have the pleasure of sending you a copy by todays post.
I am only the interpreter of the German scholars Moriz Schmidt, Deeke and Siegismund, <2> but I have carefully examined their writings and verified their Statements and conclusions or else sometimes Endeavoured to correct them –
I wrote to Mr Cooper <3> our Secretary, but have received no answer which makes me think he may be gone abroad for his health, if so he has probably left a deputy to transact the business but I do not know his name –
Hoping this paper may interest you, & believing that these German researches will be new to many members of the Society
I remain Yours faithfully
H. Fox Talbot
PS. from list of subscribers received I think that the George Smith <4> Fund is now over £600?Dr Birch, B MusmNotes:
1. Society of Biblical Archaeology.
2. Moritz Schmidt (1823–1888); Wilhelm Deecke and Justus Siegismund. [See Doc. No: 06427].
3. William Ricketts Cooper (1843–1878) Secretary, Society of Biblical Archaeology, London. He had not replied to WHFT because he had been ill. [See Doc. No: 01506].
4. George Smith (1840–1876), Assyriologist. Smith died in August 1876, and his Fund reached the figure of £600,00 by January 1877, which is the date of this letter.