Chippenham <1>
7 Nov: 1859
Dear Sir,
I have paid £450ּ to your Acct at Coutts’ <2> and a further Sum of £450 to Mrs Talbots <3> credit at the Melksham Bank agreeably with your directions – We had a Capitol Meeting here last Friday for establishing a Rifle Corps – I will do myself the pleasure of calling on you very shortly, when I will give you the details – Your Offer of Assistance was duly appreciated.
Yours obliged
West Awdry
H. F. Talbot EsqNotes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.
2. Coutts & Company, bankers, London.
3. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.