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Document number: 1542
Date: 27 Feb 1827
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: EDGCUMBE Caroline Augusta, née Feilding
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Collection number historic: Acc 26065 (envelope)
Last updated: 8th November 2012

Brighton
February 27th 1827 –

My dear Henry

I am very sorry indeed you should have given up the idea of going to Dresden, but I assure you it is not our fault, for we have written several letters, particularly one which Papa <1> wrote immediately on our arrival in London & which I suppose must have been lost. Horatia <2> has written since, from here, & I am afraid her letter will just get to Berlin the day you leave it. If you do not set off early, it might arrive in time to change your plans, but that would be too lucky. We had a very prosperous passage of only 3 hours & a half, though rather rough. Pray do not be in a hurry to cross over, for the sea has been excessively rough these few days on account of the strong south-west winds that we have had lately, & it would be wrong in you to give us the same cause for uneasiness which we gave you unintentionally.

Addio, carissimo fratello, <3> I hope this letter will escape the fate of the others & arrive safely at Brussels before you.

Believe me always your affectionate sister
Caroline Augusta Feilding

[envelope:]
Monsieur
Monsieur W. H. F. Talbot
Poste Restante
Bruxelles
Pays-Bas

Notes:

1. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.

2. Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding (1810–1851), WHFT’s half-sister.

3. Goodbye, dearest brother.

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