M^t Edgcumbe ^<1>

Sunday Sept^r 7^th

My dear Henry

I shall be delighted to have you here, & pray bring M^r C. Jones ^<2> too, & Nicole, ^<3> & all the apparatus – I think L^d M^t E. ^<4> will be just gone – at least he means to go Thursday or Friday – it depends on a letter from the Doctor who is to accompany him – as he is anxious to be off as soon as possible to Aix la Chapelle.

He was not the worse for the fête – w^h everybody says was the prettiest thing ever seen –

Y^r aff^te Sister

Caroline

Ly. J. ^<5> goes tomorrow. Val ^<6> – goes to Harrow – but is to stay I believe 3 weeks first with M^r. A. on a visit at Maisemore.

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Notes:

1. Mt Edgecumbe, near Plymouth: seat of the Earl of Mt Edgcumbe.

2. Rev Calvert Richard Jones (1802–1877), Welsh painter & photographer.

3. Nicolaas Henneman (1813–1898), Dutch, active in England; WHFT’s valet, then assistant; photographer.

4. Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, Lord Valletort, 3rd Earl of Mt Edgcumbe (1797–1861), WHFT’s brother-in-law.

5. Probably Sarah Sophia Villiers, née Fane, Lady Jersey (1785–1867).

6. William Henry Edgcumbe, ‘Val’, 4th Earl Mt Edgcumbe (1832–1917), JP & Ld Steward of the Royal Household; WHFT’s nephew ‘Bimbo’.