Chippenham

16 Aug. 1855

Dear Sir,

I have paid £250 – to M^rs Talbots ^<1> Account at the Melksham Bank and remitted £250ּ to your Acc^t at Mess^rs Coutts ^<2> – as you requested – I enclose a Note for the £500ּ for your Signature –

I am much obliged by your permission to take my friends to the Abbey on the 12^th Sept^r.

Your obliged S^t

West Awdry

W.H. F. Talbot Esq

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Notes:

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

2. Coutts & Company, bankers, London.