Chippenham ^<1>

Dec^r 24^h

Dear Sir /

I availed myself of your permission to increase the number of Loaves to Families – from 2 to 3 – which I thought, under the circumstances, you would prefer. – Phelps ^<2> readily undertook the distribution & having the former Lists by him, he was enabled to do it the easier – & I have every reason to think it was done as judiciously as on that occasion –

I beg leave to offer my sincere congratulations on the late happy Event ^<3> & remain

Dear Sir
y^r much obliged Ser^t

W. H. Awdry

W. H. F. Talbot Esq M.P.
Richmond
Surrey

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Notes:

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

2. Philip Phelps, Surveyor of Taxes & Bailiff, Lacock.

3. The Marriage of WHFT to Constance Mundy at All Souls, Langham Place, London, 20th December 1832.