Sloperton <1>
July 8h 1837
My dear Talbot –
I have but just returned from my trip, and am most anxious to hear something about Feilding, <2> as, in addition to what I myself witnessed in London, the accounts given me by Mrs Moore <3> of his present state fill me with alarm, and a word from you on the subject would at least be most welcome to me – So, do let me have a line as soon as possible.
Of Mrs Talbot and her new beauty <4> I have heard every thing that is delightful.
Yours most truly
Thomas Moore
H., F. Talbot Esqr
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham–
Notes:
1. Sloperton Cottage, Wiltshire, 1 mi E of Lacock: home of Thomas Moore, the Irish poet.
2. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780 – 2 September 1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.
3. Elizabeth (Bessie) Moore, née Dyke (1783–1865), wife of the poet Thomas Moore.
4. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife, and Rosamond Constance ‘Monie’ Talbot (16 March 1837 – 1906), artist & WHFT’s 2nd daughter.