Chippenham <1>
24 Oct. 1856
Dear Sir,
I have paid £ 100 to Mrs Talbots <2> Account with the Melksham <3> Bank and remitted £ 175 to Messrs Stilwell & Co <4> and given you credits for £ 25 ּ for a years interest of £ 500 ּ due to myself on the 16th of August last.
I am Dear Sir Your obliged Servt
West Awdry
W H. F. Talbot EsqEnvelope:
H. F. Talbot EsqLacock Abbey
Notes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.
2. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.
3. Melksham, Wiltshire: market town near Lacock, 2 miles S.
4. Stilwell & Company.