Genoa
16 Decr 1824
Sir
We have received your Letters <1> of 18 & 27 ultimo & in consequence of the explanations which you give us in regard to the Box of Books left by you in the Porto Franco we have succeeded in discovering it & have shipt it off to London by the Brig Viscount Exmouth as you will perceive by the bill of Lading enclosed
Trusting that you will not be much inconvenienced by the delay which has occurred in the transmission of this Package, we remain always
Sir your most obed Servt
Gibbs & Co
W. H. F. Talbot Esqre
Hotel dela Terrasse
Rue Rivoli
à Paris
W. H. F. Talbot Esqre
Hotel dela Terrasse
Rue Rivoli
Paris
Notes:
1. Letters not located.
2. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.