Florence

Dec^r 7^th

My dear Henry,

Three letters ^<1> have already been sent directed to you at the Poste Restante & which I conclude by this time you have received. – We are much obliged for your offer of getting the Lascia passare ^<2> but M^r Nicholl ^<3> has already given that commission to a friend of his – it certainly is some consolation that the Dogana ^<4> is an ancient Temple but I have no idea of being carried in that way to see sights. – We are quite tired of the rain it has determined us upon returning here in the Spring, for we can have very little idea of what Florence is like in Sunshine – We shall see you on the 21^st & mind to let us know where we are to go to, in time, we shall leave this the 17^th or 18^th –

Yours aff^ly

Jane H Nicholl

Letters have been very irregular in coming lately owing to the floods I believe –

À Mon^s
Monsieur W. H. Talbot

Palazzo Ceva
Via Magnanapoli
Roma

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Notes:

1. One was probably Doc. No: 01024.

2. Permit.

3. Dr John Nicholl (1797–1853), MP.

4. Pope, Innocenzo XII, made the site of the ancient ‘Temple of Hadrian’ (built in 145) the ‘Dogana di Terra’ (custom house).