St Philips Plain
Bristol
May 3th
Dear Sir
I received your kind Letter <1> I shall bee very happy to serve you by the first of June it please God to gives [sic] me leave but I hope I shall see you before then as I must com [sic] to London this month Dear Sir I shall bee very happy to oblige you in anything laid in my power but I wish to tell you I am not very strong I hope Mama & Mr Feilding & young Ladies <2> are all quite well & I hope I shall see you soon
I remind [sic] your most humble obey servat
Elizabeth Vickery
Mr Talbot
Sackville Street
London
31
Notes:
1. Letter not located.
2. Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m Talbot (1773–1846), WHFT’s mother; Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father; Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, née Feilding, Lady Mt Edgcumbe (1808–1881); WHFT’s half-sister; Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding (1810–1851), WHFT’s half-sister.