My dear Henry,
Papa<1> desires me to write & tell you how happy he should be to see you here, but he has been laid up for this last fortnight, with a Rheumatic fever,<2> and he does not like fixing anything, for though he is getting better, I am afraid it will be some time, before he will be quite well again.
I am very glad to hear such a good account of all at Nice – Horatia <3> promised to write to me but she has never done so.
Believe me Your affecte cousin
Theresa F. Strangways
Melbury <4>
Friday
H. Talbot Esqr
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Notes:
1. Henry Stephen Fox Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester (1787–1858).
2. See Doc. No: 03444.
3. Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding(1810- 9 Aug 1851), WHFT's half-sister.
4. Melbury, Dorset: one of the Fox Strangways family homes; WHFT was born there.