Stockton
6 May 1864
Dear Sir
I was duly favored with your note, <1> and had purposed replying to it in person yesterday, but I found myself unable to do so, being obliged to return by the 2 o’clock Express –
My Co-trustees and I, however, made such arrangements as will I hope have fully met your wishes, and enabled you to enter the house temporarily today.
I am Dear Sir Yours faithfully
Josh Dodds
H. Fox Talbot Esqr
13 Great Stuart St
Edinburgh
[envelope:]
H. Fox Talbot Esq
13 Great Stuart St
Edinburgh
Notes:
1. Note has not been located.