Dear Sir,

I have remitted the following Sums agreeably with your directions – i.e.

To Coutts & C^{o <1>} – £300.

To Hughes & C^o – 300.

To North Wilts Bk – 300.

I am glad to hear that you are likely to make some progress with the Calotype process but it is a sad reflection on the English to find their northern Brethren taking the lead.^<2>

I remain Dear Sir Your obliged Serv^t
West Awdry.

Chippenham ^<3>
2 Nov. 1842

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Notes:

1. Coutts & Company, bankers, London.

2. Awdry must have been referring to the circle around Sir David Brewster at St. Andrews, who were in fact making rapid progress that would soon lead to Robert Adamson setting up his calotype studio in Edinburgh.

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