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£51 .. 5 .. 0
London 12th October 1826
Sir
Mr Awdry<1> informs me that your charge for making a map of my property at Lacock without embellishments or any extra expenses will be 40£ and 10£ for a map of the village on an enlarged scale –<2> I am willing to go to the above expense, & wish you to set about it as soon as you conveniently can. You had better leave till the last, some fields which I am going to exchange with Mr Montagu & others; which Mr Awdry will point out.
I am yours &c
W. H. F. Talbot
Albany, Piccadilly.
Be so good as to inform Mr Awdry I am going to Paris, & that my direction is Poste Restante, Paris –
[address panel:]
Mr Darley
Surveyor
Chippenham
Wilts
[added above address panel, apparently in Darley's hand, in the same style as his handwriting in Doc. No: 02067:]
12th October 1826
W.H.F. Talbot Esqre
Notes:
1. WHFT had a long association with various members of the Awdry firm, but in this period was probably referring to William Henry Awdry (1778–1847), solicitor, Chippenham.
2. This is possibly the map Darley wanted to be paid for in 1830 - see Doc. No: 02067. There is a manuscript map in a private collection derived from Lacock Abbey, titled A Survey of the Abbey with the Manor of Lacock – in the County of Wilts – the Estate of – William Henry Fox Talbot Esqr. – 1827; it is bound in marbled paper, with sheets measuring 33 x 22 cm.