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Document number: 10089
Date: 06 Jun 1840
Recipient: BRITTON John
Author: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Collection: Wiltshire Museum, Devizes
Collection number historic: MSS2602.185.1
Last updated: 22nd January 2020

Lacock Abbey,
June 6 1840

Dear Sir

I belong to so many societies that I beg to decline being a member of the Wiltshire Topographical Society. but perhaps I may be able to contribute, thro' you, a few trifling communications.

I beg your acceptance of the enclosed photogenic drawings of Bowood & Lacock Abbey.<1>

Yours very truly
H.F. Talbot

Your letter is dated April 6. but bears the postmark June 5 & came today. <1>

[letter was folded in quarters, probably for an envelope]

[on verso, in Britton's hand]
Talbot
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Notes:

1. The museum holds five original Talbot photographs, most likely including the two conveyed with this letter: http://www.wiltshireheritagecollections.org.uk/index.asp?page=resultb&mwsQueryTemplate=%5B%7Bcontrol%3Dsearch1Prefix%7D%7Bindex%3DPhrase+search%7D%7Brelation%3D%3D%7D%5D&mwsquery=&search1Prefix=framed+under+glass&submitButton=Search+within+results

2. Letter not located.

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