Chippenham

4 May 1855

Dear Sir,

I have paid £750 – to M^rs Talbots ^<1> Account at the Melksham Bank and remitted Mess^rs Price & C^o £48 ּ ^s14 / ּ for the Rev^d. J. A. Williams ^<2> –

On finding the old Lease in the Tower I took possession of the piece of Land in question, and have hitherto heard of no opposition to your Claim. I shall be happy to forward your views in Endeavoring to procure a better Bell for your new Chapel – I have written to the Builder of a little new Church lately erected in this Neighbourhood, to know the Cost of the Bell there, and where it was procured – I will let you know the result as soon as I get an Answer. I should think if you were to Commence a Subscription there wo^d be no difficulty in raising a sum sufficient for the purpose of replacing the present Bell by a better one

I remain Dear SirYours obliged

West Awdry

H F Talbot Esq

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Notes:

1. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.

2. Rev James Augustus Williams.