International Exhibition
Nov. 10th 1862
No/807
W H. Fox Talbot Esq
Millburn Tower<1>
Edinburgh
Sir
– Class 4317 –
Yours of 7th inst. We will pack the Goods named in your letter at 1/6 pr Foot Cube of Case packed in – The Case will Cost 7d pr [illegible] foot and we will deliver to Railway Co in Good Condition –
The Card sent you by Royal Commission is required to be sent us sign’d by yourself – and the matter shall have our best attention
Your obed Serts
Morgan Brothers
[illegible]
[envelope:]
[rear flap blind embossed:] Morgan Brothers, 21, Bow Lane, London E.C.
W. H. Fox Talbot Esq
Millburn Tower
Edinburgh
Notes:
1. Millburn Tower, Gogar, just west of Edinburgh; the Talbot family made it their northern home from June 1861 to November 1863. It is particularly important because WHFT conducted many of his photoglyphic engraving experiments there. The house had a rich history. Built for Sir Robert Liston (1742-1836), an 1805 design by Benjamin Latrobe for a round building was contemplated but in 1806 a small house was built to the design of William Atkinson (1773-1839), best known for Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford. The distinctive Gothic exterior was raised in 1815 and an additional extension built in 1821. Liston had been ambassador to the United States and maintained a warm Anglo-American relationship in the years 1796-1800. His wife, the botanist Henrietta Liston, née Marchant (1751-1828) designed a lavish American garden, sadly largely gone by the time the Talbots rented the house .