Chippenham ^<1>
Monday Morn^g

Dear Sir,

M^r Grosett ^<2> allowed me to arrange with the Surveyor for either of the Days you mentioned at twelve oClock – I have seen M^r Darley ^<3> this morning & he has fixed upon Wednesday which I will communicate to M^r Grosett –

I am going from home on Business tomorrow, but will make a point of returning to meet you at the Abbey on Wednesday, if you or Captⁿ Feilding ^<4> wish me to do so – & if it will of [sic] any convenience I could call at Bowood ^<5> in my way to offer a seat in my Poney Carriage either to yourself or Captⁿ Feilding now that the Roads are become so wet –

Will you be so good as to give me a Line by the Bearer in answer to this & I will do whatever is most agreeable to you –

I am Dear Sir Y^r Obliged Ser^t
W. H. Awdry

Should you not wish me to meet you on Wednesday, have the goodness to mention where I shall write to you when I receive the estimate from M^r Darley –

W. H. F. Talbot Esq^r
Bowood

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Notes:

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

2. John Rock Grosett (1783-1866), MP; Jamaican Parliament; occupant of Lacock Abbey until summer 1827.

3. John Darley, architect & surveyor, Chippenham.

4. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.

5. Bowood House, nr Calne, Wiltshire, 5 mi NE of Lacock: seat of the Marquess of Lansdowne.