Marble & Stone Works,
Gt Smith Street,
Westminster, S.W.>br>Augt 18th 1865
Sir
We beg to inform you that the cost of the Monument as designed – including the packing – and the cost of one man to help fix the whole will be £28.
My absence from London has prevented an earlier reply
We have the honour to be Sir Your mo obedt Serv
Henry Poole & Son
H. F. Talbot Esq
[envelope, blindstamped: Poole & Son Masons, Gt Smith St Westminster]
Chippenham