W. H. F. Talbot Esq
Dear Sir
I am informed of what Messrs Johnson <1> proposed to put into their specification and it has nothing whatever to do with the matters suggested in your letter <2> I am therefore desirous to save you the fees of opposition will you be so good as to say whether under the circumstance I shall proceed with the opposition
Yours respectfully
William Carpmael
Lincolns Inn
Feby 11. 1843
W. H. F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Notes:
1. John Johnson and Alexander Simon Wolcott, U.K. patent number 9672, 18 March 1843, ‘Photography and its application to the arts’.
2. Letter not located.