Chippenham
10 Nov. 1862

Dear Sir,

I have remitted the further Sum of £500 to Coutts & C^{o <1>} for your credit – M^r Blomfield ^<2> has applied to me for your Ann^l School Subscription, and also mentions that there is a deficiency of £13·17·8½ principally on acc^t of the Infant School towards which he has received £11· in sums of £2– each from Mess^rs Gladstone Caldwell, Merewether, Sir J. Awdry, H^y Awdry ^<3>. & £1·from M^r Paley ^<4>. The prevalence of Measles amongst the children seems to have contributed to this deficiency by keeping back their pence – With regard to the piece of Land on Nash Hill, if you will write to Lord Shelburne ^<5> and state your wish to become the purchaser of the strip in question, I will apply to M^r Clarkson who I presume is acting for him and endeavor to get it reserved out of his conveyance, in the first instance, rather than apply to other parties hereafter –

I remain dear Sir yours obliged
West Awdry.

H. F. Talbot Esq

[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esq
Millburn
Edinburgh

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Notes:

1. Coutts & Company, bankers, London.

2. Arthur Blomfield (b. 1827), curate of Lacock.

3. Captain John Neilson Gladstone (1807–1863), MP; Henry Berney Caldwell (b. 1805), magistrate; probably Henry Alworth Merewether, snr (1780–1864), author, barrister, Town Clerk of London & Sergeant-at-Law; probably John Awdry (1766–1844), solicitor, Reybridge; Henry Goddard Awdry (1804–1881), solicitor, Chippenham.

4. Rev James Paley (1790–1863), Vicar at Lacock.

5. Henry Fitzmaurice, Lord Shelburne, 4^th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816–1866), MP.