Chippenham ^<1>
21 March 1862

Dear Sir,

I have remitted £100· to your Account at the Bank of Scotland Edinburgh – I paid £2· 10/- for the paper used for your Library and will ask Fortune what is his charge, and then make a Claim for any thing you think reasonable of the Insurance C^o for the damage caused by the fire –

I have just received Notice of an Action to be tried next Week at our Assizes (by a Special Jury,) in which M^r Locke is Plaintiff and Mess^rs Sarl & C^{o <2>} are Defendants – I do not know the Course of Action – but will give you full particulars if it comes to a trial,

I am Dear Sir yours obliged
West Awdry.

H F Talbot Esq^r

[envelope:]
H.F. Talbot Esq^r
Millburn
Edinburgh
[inserted in another hand:]
try Corstorphine

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Notes:

1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.

2. Sarl & Company, London.