Chippenham <1>
30 Jan: 1860
Dear Sir,
I have paid £100ּ to Mrs Talbots <2> Account at the Melksham Bank – I have not yet been able to see Mr Bailey but hope to do so tomorrow – I hear that Mr Brotherhood has been obliged to give up his Contract for want of sufficient Securities!
I am Dear Sir – Yours obliged
West Awdry
[envelope:]
Henry Fox Talbot Esq
&c.
Lacock Abbey
[illegible monogram?]
Notes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.
2. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.