Byam House Brighton
Tuesday Nov^r 3^rd 1840 –

My dear Henry

I am so sorry to have missed you in London – Suppose you come & see me here instead – It is a very small journey & will do you all the good in the world – The air is delicious – so bracing & yet so mild! I assure you when I am sitting in this warm sunny room, with the window open & the waves dashing on the beach, I fancy myself at Nice – I am sure the change of air will do you good – so as it is late I shall say no more, but expect you to accept my invite– It will give you new ideas upon Photographs –

Y^rs aff^ly
Caroline

Thursday is Val’s ^<1> Birthday come & wish jo him joy –

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Notes:

1. William Henry Edgcumbe, ‘Val’, 4^th Earl Mt Edgcumbe (1832–1917), JP & Ld Steward of the Royal Household; WHFT’s nephew ‘Bimbo’.