Tuesday
My dear Henry
We shall be very glad to see you whenever you come & if I am not at home insist upon seeing Jane, <1> she is pretty well but does not go out. I suppose you have heard of poor Lady Nicholl’s death. <2> You had better only leave your name in Bruton Street as they do not wish to see any body but their very particular friends.
I only got your note this morning at my breakfast. The Dowr Lady Sheffield <3> is in Town but I think Mr & Mrs Frankland <4> are gone to Dover I do not know of any more of our acquaintances who are in town now. –
Your affate coz
Mary
W. H. Fox Talbot Esqre
31 Sackville St
Notes:
1. Jane Harriot Nicholl, née Talbot (1796–1874).
2. Judy Nicholl, née Birt, mother of John Nicholl, died on 2 December 1829.
3. Sophia Charlotte, née Digby, sister of Lady Julia Brigida Sheffield, née Newbolt (d. 1875).
4. Probably Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet Russell of Thirkleby (1784-1849), and his wife Lady Louisa Anne Frankland, née Murray (d. 1871), sister of WHFT’s aunt the Countess of Ilchester, of Chequers, Buckinghamshire. [See Doc. No: 00156, Doc. No: 02012].