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Document number: 523
Date: 25 Nov 1810
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: FEILDING Elisabeth Theresa, née Fox Strangways
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Collection number historic: LA10-013
Last updated: 1st September 2003

Rottingdean <1>

le 25 de Novembre 1810

Ma très chere Maman,

Je vous assure que je ferai désormais plus d’attention au genre des mots. Quand viendrez vous à Brighton afin que je vous revoie bientôt? Il faut que je finie <sic>, parce que voilà le diner, Bon soir

Votre fils affectionné

H Talbot

Lady E. Feilding
31 Sackville Street
London

Translation:

Rottingdean

25 November 1810

My very dear Mama,

I assure you that from now on I will pay more attention to the gender of words. When will you come to Brighton so that I can see you soon? I must finish, because dinner is served, Goodnight

Your affectionate son

H Talbot

Lady E. Feilding
31 Sackville Street
London

Notes:

1. Rottingdean, East Sussex, 4 mi SE of Brighton: WHFT attended school there from 1808–1811.

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