Dear Sir

I have talked the matter of your Patent over with M^r Beard ^<1> and I hand you the result which M^r Beard considers <illegible deletion> a fair proposition on his side If you approve of the arrangement suggested you will be so good as to hand My letter to your Solicitor that he may draw up a proper agreement for your and M^r Beards signatures. You will also give such powers to your Solicitor as will enable him to grant licenses in Your absence from England

I am your obd^t S^t

William Carpmael

Lincoln’s Inn

Mar 26/42

W. H. F. Talbot Esq

W H F Talbot Esq^r
Sackville S^trt

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Notes:

1. Richard Beard (1801–1885), coal merchant & daguerreotypist, London.