Coedriglan
Feb 25 <1>
My dear Henry
You must think me very dilatory in furnishing you with the welsh etymologies you desired, but I did not think myself sufficiently au fait <2> in the language as yet to send you any conjectures of my own – indeed I had found none – so I consulted my once master on the subject & now send you what he says – it has been in my possession some days but I was poorly & did not feel equal to writing even a few lines – I am almost well again now – I have done nothing satisfactory on the glass I think the black, lamp black & isinglass, is apt to scale off or is too thin and this lets the light through – would gum arabic & lamp black be better? Pray remember me to Mrs Talbot <3> –
Your affectionate cousin
Charlotte Traherne
H. Fox Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts
prepaid
Notes:
1. 1840. Although the postmark is indistinct, this follows Doc. No: 06610 of 25 January 1840 and is related to undated Doc. No: 00200.
2. Aware.
3. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.
4. Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m Talbot (1773–1846), WHFT’s mother, and Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding (1810–1851), WHFT’s half-sister.