65 Harley S^{t <1>}

Tuesday April 4^th

My Dear M^r F.

I was very much surprized and gratified by your affectionate letter, ^<2> but I hope that you find yourself altogether able to spare this money, because I assure you that I am in no want of it at the present time, having lived very economically for a year or two. Constance ^<3> has fortunately no expensive tastes whatever, so that a large income is less necessary to us.

She has prospered exceedingly this time, ^<4> to make up for the last, so that I have not had a minute’s uneasiness about her for the last fortnight. In two days she will be allowed to come down to the drawingroom – We are so near the Regent’s Park that Ela ^<5> walks there every day We do not allow her to cross Oxford Street. –

Lady Ilchester ^<6> has taken the house 18 Clifford S^t corner of Burlington Street, for 4 months –

Yours aff^ly

Henry

There is an invitation come for you from the Thatched House, ^<7> to dine with the Navy Club next week. I think I have seen something of the same sort on your table before.

The Admiral

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Notes:

1. Harley Street, London.

2. See Doc. No: 03493.

3. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.

4. The birth of their second child, Rosamond Constance born 16 March 1837.

5. Ela Theresa Talbot (1835–1893), WHFT’s 1st daughter.

6. Juliana Maria Strangways, née Digby (d. 1842).

7. Thatched House Tavern, St James’s Street.