Chippenham <1>
31 Oct. 1867
Dear Sir,
I have remitted £100 to your Sons <2> Acct at Melksham and enclose a receipt for £80Ì being half a Years Interest on Mortgage – I will tomorrow remit £800 – to Messrs Coutts & Co <3> for your Credit –
I remain Yours obliged
West Awdry
H. F. Talbot. Esq.
[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esq.
Lacock Abbey
Notes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.
2. Charles Henry Talbot (1842–1916), antiquary & WHFT’s only son.
3. Coutts & Company, bankers, London.