Lincolns Inn ^<1>
7 May 1849

My dear Sir

I enclose You the proposed agreement wh M^r Langenheim ^<2> & M^r Kreeft ^<3> for the sale of y^r American Patent ^<4> which has been sealed with the 2 latter Gentlemen –

I learn from M^r Carpmael ^<5> that he forwarded the Assignment to You on Saturday with the necessary instructions regarding Your execution – as the latter requires some care so as to make the Assignment valid in America. I should suggest the that if not already executed it would be [illegible deletion] desirable to perform that ceremony here – As M^r Langenheim is very desirous to leave for Germany the moment the business is compleated perhaps You will be good enough to expedite the matter so that he may be detained as little as possible –

You will see that the guarantee to be given by M^r Kreeft required a separate instrument

I remain Dear Sir Yours very truly
J.H Bolton

W.H. Fox Talbot Esq^r

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Envelope:

W^m H^y Fox Talbot Esq^re
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham

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Notes:

1. One of the four Inns of Court, the ‘colleges’ of barristers at the English Bar. Bolton had his chambers [lawyer’s offices and, at the time, living-quarters also] there.

2. Frederick Langenheim (1809–1897), German photographer, active in Philadelphia. See Doc. No: 06221.

3. John Christopher Tobias Kreeft, Christopher Kreeft (1787-1850), merchant & Mecklenburg Consulate General, London.

4. For the Calotype process.

5. William Carpmael (1804–1867), patent agent & engineer, London.