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[boxed off at top left:] Freeman ^<1>

29 Dec^r/43

to Awdry ¨C

I sh^d be glad to meet M^r F¡¯s views to any reas^ble extent

& ¡à propose y^e foll^g ¨C

M^r F to have L^se to take C.^type

views & port^s within y^e C^ty of S^set ¨C _^^But In order that y^e Art _^[illegible superscript] ^{may not be deprected he to agree} not to sell any C^types (of whatever kind) below y^e price of 5^s each

To put his initials & a number, on each Calotype sold, in order to prevent unlicensed persons from making & selling imitat^ns of [illegible deletion] thereof.

The M^r F. not to publish any work containing C^type plates, at least for y^e present. I sh^d be h^py to see M^r F. wh y^e prelim^s are sett^d but th^k that until that is y^e case it w^d be a waste of time.

[expanded version:]

[re: James] Freeman
29 December 1843

to [West] Adwry

I should be glad to meet Mr. Freeman's views to any reasonable extent and therefore propose the following-

Mr. Freeman to have License to take Calotype views and portraits within the County of Somerset - But in order that the art may not be depreciated he is to agree not to sell any Calotypes (of whatever kind) below the price of 5 shillings each; to put his initials and a number, on each Calotype sold, in order to prevent unlicensed persons from making and seeling imitations thereof.

Mr. Freeman is not to publish any work containing Calotype plates, at least for the present. I should be happy to see Mr. Freeman when the preliminaries are settled but think that until that is the case it would be a waste of time.

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Notes:

1. On 17 December 1843 James Freeman of Brock St., Bath, wrote to West Awdry (1807–1892), solicitor, Chippenham, requesting a license for Somerset. Lacock Abbey Collection, Wilts Record Office. Freeman (1814-1870), Daguerreotypist for Richard Beard in Bath; possible calotypist in Bath and later claimed to have worked for WHFT; from 1853, partner in Freeman Studios in Sydney, Australia; died during a visit to Wales.