Chippenham ^<1>

Friday

Dear Sir,

You will see by M^r Michell’s ^<2> answer, that nothing definitive can be settled till to morrow morn^g but I certainly think (from Wilmot’s ^<3> Letter) that M^r Pownall ^<4> will not come – & I therefore expect you will have to canvass to morrow at all events –

I am rejoiced to hear that M^r Scrope ^<5> has called on you –

Y^r Obliged Ser^t

W. H. Awdry

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Notes:

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

2. Edward Michell, solicitor, Chippenham. His answer was probably Doc. No: 04918.

3. William Wilmot, jnr, solicitor, Chippenham.

4. Probably J. G. Henry Pownall (1792–1880), of Spring Grove, Hounslow.

5. George Julius Duncombe Poulett Scrope (1797–1876), MP & scientist.