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Document number: 68
Date: Thu
Dating: prior to her marriage 6 Jul 1824
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: LANGSTON Julia Frances, née Moreton
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 6th January 2011

Dear Mr Talbot –

I have just receiv’d your letter, <1> & am happy to hear your intend us a visit – Will it suit you to come to us on the 12th we are going from home for a few days, the beginning of next week, but shall be return’d by that time & shall be very happy to see you. Lord Ducie <2> begs to be remembered to you, & pray remember me to Lady Elizabeth <3> if she is at Lacock &

Believe me to be very sincerely Yrs
J Ducie

Woodchester<4>
Thursday –

Notes:

1. Letter not located.

2. Her father, Thomas Reynolds Moreton, Baron Ducie, later 1st Earl of Ducie (1775–1840).

3. Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m Talbot (1773–1846), WHFT’s mother.

4. Woodchester House and Park, Gloucestershire, home of the Barons Lucie, later Earls of Lucie.