Troyes,
Monday 4 P.M. 13^th March 1826

My Dear Mother

The weather is superb. Today I crossed La Champagne Pouilleuse from Châlons sur Marne to Arcis sur Aube it is the most dismal tract of 33 miles I ever beheld – Roads are better; – I now get into the great Lyons Road

Your aff^te
H.Talbot

I wrote a line yesterday from Rheims^<1>

[address panel:]
Lady E. Feilding
31 Sackville Street
London
Angleterre

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Notes:

1. See Doc. No: 01400.