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Claudet
22 Jan^y / 44

Not hav^y heard from you since I wrote last, I presume & suppose that you expected me to write again, before you replied. However this may be, I beg to inform you say that I am perfectly ready to perfect y^e agreem^ts respecting y^e C^type whenever you wish it & I think it had better be done soon, because ye next season is now coming in.

In your last letter you asked me what charge w^d be made by my last assist^t for comm^g to you ye necess^y instruction in ye art?

I am now able to assume that question

I find that it In your last l^r you asked me ab^t ye expense of procuring ye necess^y ins^ns

I am now able to inform your that M^r Henneman (late my assist) has establ^d himself at R^g as a C^pst. My late assist M^r H has now est^d himself at R as a C^pst - He is willing for a moderate reasonable renumerⁿ to undertake to give full instruct^ns in ye art. He is very skilful. & has now had a v^y cons^ble & exper^ced in ye process in all its branches - 3 or 4 days w^d suffice to learn the art, or with perhaps an add^l lesson or two afterwards at intervals, if any difficulties sh^d occur in practice.

He would give the instruction at Reading and not in London for two reasons, in ye 1^st place that he w^d not like to quit his business there, and second^y because in order to These instr^ns he w^d is ready to give at his residence in R. His He cannot leave his own business w^d prevent him coming to come to Town for that purpose, nor nor if he could do so w^d it be desireable, because he says that he could not cannot explain & teach it the art in a satisf^y manner, except when he is working at home with his own apparatus & materials

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To: Antoine Claudet
22 January 1844

Not having heard from you since I wrote last, I presume & suppose that you expected me to write again, before you replied. However this may be, I beg to inform you say that I am perfectly ready to perfect the agreements respecting the Calotype whenever you wish it & I think it had better be done soon, because the next season is now coming in.

In your last letter you asked me what charge would be made by my last assistant for coomunicating to you the necessary instruction in the art?

I am now able to assume that question

I find that it In your last letter you asked me about the expense of procuring the necessary instructions

I am now able to inform your that M^r Henneman (late my assistant) has established himself at Reading as a Calotypist. My late assistant M^r Henneman has now established himself at Reading as a Calotypist - He is willing for a moderate reasonable renumeration to undertake to give full instructions in the art. He is very skilful. & has now had a very considerable & experienced in the process in all its branches - 3 or 4 days would suffice to learn the art, or with perhaps an additional lesson or two afterwards at intervals, if any difficulties should occur in practice.

He would give the instruction at Reading and not in London for two reasons, in the first place that he would not like to quit his business there, and secondly because in order to These instructions he woould is ready to give at his residence in Reading. His He cannot leave his own business would prevent him coming to come to Town for that purpose, nor nor if he could do so would it be desireable, because he says that he could not cannot explain & teach it the art in a satisfactory manner, except when he is working at home with his own apparatus & materials