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Cowderoy/
Jan 19 / 47
I dissent entirely fm ye 1st part of yr letter, (wch is a repetitn of subjs you said befo but I will not dwell upon th em^at subject because I can consent to ye proposal ^for a Licence contained in ye latter part of it, your letter namely that the first 100 £ shall be exempted from the pymnt of Patent with this exception ^however that the as provn, that the license shall not include Windsor & Eton, in case anyone should permanently ^if they are within yr distce but that I shall be at liberty, in case anyone requires an exclusive license for those towns, to give it – Oxford of course is beyond the distce of 20 miles.
P.S. Henn. & H. write send word that they want money, I have desired them to apply to you, as you have a large sum to receive from Ackerman the proceeds of some thousand pictures: –
. . . 20 miles. The terms of ye license will then be 10 pr Ct on the gross receipts – after the first 100 £; and a covenant to purchase ye i paper from my establt, and not to sell ye portraits below a certain price, (wch ought now to be settled – shall I say 3/– for per portrait and 1/ ^per copy of ditto) This license to sell ye products of ye art wd not give you a right to sell the apparatus, such as cameras & chemical chests; if you wish the license to include that, I shall dispose am willing to do so on similar terms –
P.S.
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Cowderoy
January 19, 1847
I dissent entirely from the first part of your letter, (which is a repetition of subjects you said before but I will not dwell upon them at subject because I can consent to the proposal for a Licence contained in the latter part of it, your letter namely that the first hundred pounds shall be exempted from the payment of Patent with this exception however that the, provision that the license shall not include Windsor and Eton, in case anyone should permanently if they are within your district but that I shall be at liberty, in case anyone requires an exclusive license for those towns, to give it – Oxford of course is beyond the distance of twenty miles. The terms of the license will then be ten percent on the gross receipts – after the first hundred pounds; and a covenant to purchase the iodized paper from my establishment, and not to sell the portraits below a certain price, (which ought now to be settled – shall I say three shillings for per portrait and one shilling per copy of ditto) This license to sell the products of the art would not give you a right to sell the apparatus, such as cameras and chemical chests; if you wish the license to include that, I shall dispose am willing to do so on similar terms –
P.S. Henneman and Harrison <1> write send word that they want money, I have desired them to apply to you, as you have a large sum to receive from Ackerman <2> the proceeds of some thousand pictures: –
Notes:
1. Nicolaas Henneman (1813–1898), Dutch, active in England; WHFT’s valet, then assistant; photographer, and another employee of the calotype works at Reading.
2. Ackerman & Co., bookseller and printer in London.