Chippenham ^<1>

26^h June 1832

Dear Sir/

In case you have taken your Election Papers to Town – I think you may like to fill them up with the Answers of the three Persons mentioned in your last Letter –

Farmer Butcher, has no objection to vote for you, provided his Landlord (D^r Harkes) approves it – I therefore hope you may reckon upon his vote –

The Man near the 2 Mile House on the Calne ^<2> Road, Collar (not Cole) will consider of it, but declines to promise so early –

The Man now renting the George Inn at Sandy Lane – did not absolutely promise, but his Answer leaves very little doubt that he will vote for you –

I was at Lacock yesterday – the Hay was nearly finished & some of the best that I have seen for a long time – this is a great satisfaction to me, as there will now be a large stock of good old Hay & the Field may be fed entirely the next year w^ch will be profitable in every way –

I am Dear Sir
Y^r obliged Serv^t

W. H. Awdry

W. H. F. Talbot Esq
31 Sackville Street
Piccadilly
London

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Notes:

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

2. Calne, Wiltshire, 5 mi NE of Lacock.