Arundel Street Strand, London.
12 January 1870.
My dear Sir,
Many thanks for your truly kind and obliging reply to my late Letter, addressed to you on behalf of my young Friend Capt Hugh McN<T?>yer.
I have some hope of his success, and I am not without a little confidence (should it be so) that he will prove himself a faithful servant to those who may have honored him with their support.
Ever dear Sir, Yours sincerely obliged
John G Stilwell
W H F. Talbot Esqre