Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
June 9. 1860
Dr Sir
Allow me to ask if you are going into Spain to observe the eclipse and if you have decided on the place you mean to go to? I am going to the Pyrenees and if my health permits, I propose to cross the frontier, but not speaking the Spanish language I should probably find a difficulty in getting on, and therefore should like to know what place is to be the headquarters of the British observers –
I remain Yours very truly
H F. Talbot
The Astronomer Royal.