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Document number: 7693
Date: Tue 14 Sep 1858
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: TALBOT Charles Henry
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Collection number historic: Acc no 21028 (envelope only)
Last updated: 7th February 2015

Harrow <1>
Tuesday

My dear Father

I received the 5£ Post office order quite safe & am very much obliged to you for it. I have been given my remove into the lower Sixth Form. We go to Dr Vaughan <2> in private reading on Tuesday & do the Plutus of Aristophanes Mr Bagwell <3> kindly gave me a lot of specimens of ferns with their names in case they might be useful to engrave.

Your Affect. son
Charles H Talbot

[envelope:]
H F Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts

Notes:

1. Harrow School: WHFT attended from 1811–1815 and his son Charles from 1855-1859.

2. Dr Charles John Vaughan (1816–1897), Head Master of Harrow 1845–1859.

3. John Bagwell (b.1811), of Marlfield, Ireland.

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