Bowood <1>
29 Nov
Dear Henry
I believe that Grate was made by Moser the best Ironmonger in London, & the man who made your Fenders, but I have written to my brother <2> to know more particularly & shall have his answer tomorrow. I am going to Laycock Abbey the end of the week & then Wright <3> shall measure the fire place or sooner if you wish it.
a Deputation came here to Lord Lansdowne <4> before he went to London & there is a requisition for a County Meeting to address the Queen <5> but in addition to congrats there is to be tacked to it an exposé <6> of the distresses of Wiltshire & of the 4000 operatives turned adrift at Bradford a formidable body of malcontents
aff yrs
EF
Notes:
1. Bowood House, nr Calne, Wiltshire, 5 mi NE of Lacock: seat of the Marquess of Lansdowne.
2. Henry Stephen Fox Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester (1787–1858).
3. James Wright, footman to the Talbots & Constable for Lacock.
4. Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780–1863), MP, WHFT’s uncle.
5. Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901), Empress of India (1876–1901).
6. Account, statement.