M^t Edgcumbe ^<1>
Tuesday 3^rd May 1836

My dear Henry

I rejoice much in the prospect of seeing you so soon – write again & tell me exactly when we may expect you, & if Constance & Ela ^<2> are coming too – I hope you will not fail to come immediately, as now Mamma ^<3> is coming home you will be wanting to go & meet her – I heard yesterday from Paris, 27^th April, their then intentions were to be in Sackville S^{t <4>} 6^th May, but that I think wholly improbable, having such millions of things to do & people to see – & as Papa ^<5> was in bed with a pain in his foot – which I am in hopes was not of much consequence – Besides I should not think they would set off while these gales last, as even the land journey would be very disagreeable, let alone the passage to Dover – Let me know if you hear anything more from them – All the seeds arrived in safety – When I enclose anything to Uncle W^{m <6>} ought I to direct Burlington S^{t <7>} or F.O.? ^<8> & should I put “private”?

Addio fratello mio caro ^<9> – Y^r aff^te Sister
Caroline

Another of Lady Shelley’s ^<10> sons is just married – by name Adolphus – to a Miss Hinchcliffe – rich & many years older than himself –
Love to Constance & Ela

W. Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r
J. Frampton’s Esq ^<11>
Bellevue House
Moreton ^<12>
Southampton.
Dorchester

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Notes:

1. Mt Edgecumbe, near Plymouth: seat of the Earl of Mt Edgcumbe.

2. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife, Ela Theresa Talbot (1835–1893), WHFT’s 1^st daughter.

3. Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m Talbot (1773–1846), WHFT’s mother.

4. 31 Sackville Street, London residence of the Feildings, often used as a London base by WHFT.

5. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.

6. William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, 4^th Earl of Ilchester (1795–1865), botanist, art collector & diplomat.

7. 31 Burlington Street, London home of William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways.

8. Foreign Office, where William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, 4^th Earl of Ilchester (1795–1865), botanist, art collector & diplomat was employed.

9. Goodbye my dear brother.

10. Possibly Sir John Shelley, father of Fanny Lucy Edgcumbe.

11. James Frampton (1769–1855), High Sheriff. [Readdressed in another hand].

12. Moreton, Dorset: home of the Frampton family.