Chippenham

1 June 1869

Dear Sir,

I remitted £800- to Mess^rs Coutts ^<1> – £125· to your Son ^<2> and £80 for half Years Interest immediately after your last Audit – I am glad to hear you are intending to return home so soon

With best Comp^ts to M^rs Talbot ^<3> –

I remainYrs obliged

West Awdry

H.F. Talbot Esq.

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Notes:

1. Coutts & Company, bankers, London.

2. Charles Henry Talbot (1842–1916), antiquary & WHFT’s only son.

3. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.