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AwdryJany 2 / 44
Please send ^to Mr Freeman for his perusal, the draft of a Licse accordg to ye terms mentioned ^ (but not drawn up in legal language) & we shall then see if there is a perfect understg on ye subjt –
Yrs
H F. T.
[expanded version:]
Awdry
January 2, 1844
Please send to Mr Freeman <1> for his perusal, the draft of a License according to the terms mentioned (but not drawn up in legal language) and we shall then see if there is a perfect understanding on the subject –
Yours
H F. T.
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.