Dear Mr Talbot,
It will give me much pleasure to avail myself of your kind invitation for Wednesday next at 9 o'clock.
Lady Brewster <1> regrets that she is not able to accompany me.
I am, Ever Truly yrs
D Brewster
Duncliffe <2>
Jany 18th 1861
Notes:
1. Brewster’s second wife, Jane Kirk Purnell, whom he married in 1857. She was in the last stages of pregnancy and gave birth to their daughter on 27 January 1861.
2. In the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh [see Doc. No: 08276]. The Talbots were at 11 Moray Place.