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Document number: 2521
Date: Sat 15 Dec 1832
Postmark: 18 Dec 1832
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: TALBOT Mary Thereza
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 27th October 2013

Penrice <1>
Saturday

My dear Henry

Thank you for your kind letter I am quite sorry franking<2> does not begin directly as formerly; I should have begged (not for your first frank!) but for one of your first I have no doubt you are very glad all your troubles are over & you will be glad to hear that Mr Nicholls <3> are too, he is member for Cardiff Kit <4> has left us to prepare for his Election and we are all alone again. I see Kerry <5> is returned for Calne <6> which is quite news to me. – I hope Horatia <7> will not fail to send me word when I may offer my hearty congratulations to you and my new cousin <8> I have her to depend upon on that occasion & I wish you would teach her to follow your example and not forget her absent friends. she answers ones letter but does not volunteer one to tell any good news when she might do so & give much pleasure to those who love you all sincerely. – I was glad to hear from Jane <9> how well Caroline <10> was when she was in Town. –

Pray give our kind love to all relations at Laycock &

believe me to be your affate coz
Mary T. T.

Your Aunt Mary <11> is pretty well we have not had much fine weather since we returned but it suits me very well I can garden in spite of it all as we have no frosts –

Henry Fox Talbot Esqre
Laycock Abbey
Chippenham
31 Sackville Street
Piccadilly London

Notes:

1. Penrice Castle and Penrice House, Gower, Glamorgan, 10 mi SW of Swansea: home of Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot.

2. As an MP, WHFT had franking privileges and was entitled to free postage. Members commonly gave signed covers or envelopes to friends. At the time, the recipient paid for postage (to ensure that the letter was delivered). This arrangement was withdrawn in January 1840 with the introduction of the Penny Post, which instituted uniform costs and pre-paid stamps. For the delay in the start of this privilege, see Doc. No: 02510.

3. Dr John Nicholl (1797–1853), MP.

4. Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (1803–1890), immensely wealthy landowner, mathematician & politician; WHFT’s Welsh cousin.

5. William Thomas Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry (1811–1836), MP.

6. Calne, Wiltshire, 5 mi NE of Lacock.

7. Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding (1810–1851), WHFT’s half-sister.

8. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.

9. Jane Harriot Nicholl, née Talbot (1796–1874).

10. Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, née Feilding, Lady Mt Edgcumbe (1808–1881); WHFT’s half-sister.

11. Lady Mary Lucy Cole, née Strangways, first m. Talbot (1776–1855), WHFT’s aunt.

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