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Document number: 580
Date: 26 Oct 1812
Recipient: FEILDING Elisabeth Theresa, née Fox Strangways
Author: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Collection number historic: LA12-19
Last updated: 21st February 2012

Harrow <1>
Octobre 26th 1812.

Ma chère Maman,

Il y a long tems que je ne vous ai pas écrit en Français, et je crois que j'y ai beaucoup perdu - Dites moi, quand vous irez à Melbury <2> - Est-ce que je passerai là mes vacances? J'ai pris une resolution de ne pas dêjeuner, s'il fait beau tems, sans me promener, dans les vacances - J'espere que je n'oublierai pas cette resolution* - Mardi dernier M. Horsley avec un de ses amis M. Harness, vînt me voir, il m'invita à dîner avec F. Gambier un de mes compagnons, qui se prepare à entrer avec moi dans la classe cinquième - Estce que vous ayez trouvè la solution des anagrammes 'no more stars' et 'best in prayer' que je vous ai envoyé? <3> - Je n'ai jamais vu la reponse de M. Horsley au poëme de M. Hailes - De ces vint quatre maisons que vous avez vues, je n'ai vu que cinq - Laquelle fût la plus belle s de toutes? L. Denbigh <4> n'est il pas à present avec un ecclésiastique, avec L. Anson <5> et quelques autres jeunes hommes? - Notre examen pour la classe cinquieme consiste dans six examens plus petits, - La Grecque et la Latine langue, Les Thémes, les vers es, Les vers es + lyriques, et la Géographie - Nous [illegible deletion] avons été examinés dans les + és - Je joue ici quelquefois à football, mais comme ce jeu depende des forces des joueurs j'y joue mal - Dites moi toutes les fautes de cette lettre ci, afin que j'en puisse profiter -

Votre fils Affectionné
WHF Talbot

* Mais je l'ai oublié <6>

Lady E Feilding
Malvern Links <7>
Worcester
Worcestershire


Translation:

Harrow
26th October 1812.

My dear Mama,

I have not written to you in French for a long time and I think that I have forgotten a lot of it - Please tell me when you go to Melbury - Am I going to spend my holidays there? I have made a resolution not to have lunch, if the weather is good, without going for a walk in the holidays - I hope that I shall not forget this resolution* - Last Tuesday, Mr Horsley came to see me with one of his friends, Mr Harness. He has invited me to dine with him, along with one of my companions, F. Gambier, who is preparing to go into second year with me. - Have you found the solution to the anagrams 'no more stars' and 'best in prayer' which I sent you? - I have never seen Mr Horsley's reply to Mr Hailes' poem - I have only seen five of the twenty four houses which you have seen - Which one was the most beautiful? Is L. Denbigh not with a clergyman at present, along with L. Anson and several other young men? - Our exam for the second year consists of six smaller exams, - Greek and Latin language, Prose, poetry, Lyric poetry and Geography - We were examined in the + es - I sometimes play football here but since this game depends on the strength of the players, I play it badly - Please tell me all the mistakes in this letter, so that I can benefit from it -

Your affectionate son
WHF Talbot

*But I have forgotten it

Lady Elisabeth Feilding
Malvern Links
Worcester
Worcestershire


Notes:

1. Harrow School: WHFT attended from 1811-1815 and his son Charles from 1855-1859.

2. Melbury, Dorset: one of the Fox Strangways family homes; WHFT was born there.

3. 'No more stars' is an anagram for astronomers. 'Best in prayer' is prebendary, ie, an anagram of prayer enclosing bend, genuflection being what ones does when praying.

4. Probably William Basil Percy Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh (1796-1865).

5. Probably Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield (1795-1854).

6. Written in another hand.

7. Malvern, or Great Malvern, 9 mi SW of Worcestershire.

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