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Document number: 227
Date: 01 Jan 1871
Dating: New Years Day/year from Franco Prussian War 1870-71
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: TRAHERNE Charlotte Louisa, née Talbot
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 11th February 2011

New years day
Margam <1>

My dear Henry

I believe I never answered your last letter which is very condemnable but I hope you will behave better to me than I to you & let me know how you all are I conclude you all to be at Lacock as the continent is not an agreeable place this winter & Mrs Talbot <2> would be more comfortable by her own fireside than the other side of the straits of Calais – how sad all this war is & what pleasure can it be to the king of Prussia <3> (late) to deserve the name of William the destroyer –

I came home yesterday & found Bertha & Mr Fletcher <4> & the children all vy flourishing my brother looking very well indeed & enjoying his shooting with Mr F – wild geese in hundreds besides strange birds on the moors – six of the wild geese they shot yesterday – and one day a week ago 365 hares were shot but I dont know how many guns did that, I think four – Is Charles <5> at home now? We have a sketching club which I think Rosamund <6> ought to join – four drawings in a year only are required – whereas most of the sketching societies require one every month – we are about 22 members – Ellinor Llewelyn <7> has got more than one prize – I wish you were coming here – I mean to stay till the ninth or tenth when I expect some young visitors at home With love to you both

believe me yrs affy
C L Traherne

Notes:

1. Margam Park, Glamorgan: home of Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot.

2. Constance Talbot, n้e Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.

3. Probably a reference to Wilhelm I (1797–1888), King of Prussia (1861–1888). In December 1870, Bismarck had arranged for Wilhelm to accept the title of Kaiser of Germany, and the founding ceremony of the German Empire took place on 18th January 1871.

4. Bertha Isabella Talbot (1841-1911), 2nd daughter of Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, and her husband John Fletcher (1827-1903), of Saltoun, JP.

5. Charles Henry Talbot (1842–1916), antiquary & WHFT’s only son.

6. Misspelling of Rosamond Constance ‘Monie’ Talbot (1837–1906), artist & WHFT’s 2nd daughter.

7. Ellinor Amy Llewelyn (1844–1887).

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