London
18 Jan^y 1845

My Dear Mother

The cap was very comfortable, only a little too large, it kept me warm enough. I went by a sadly slow train, it was 4 hours 20 minutes getting to Town. The coburg to Chippenham also was very slow and jolty and tedious. It is an inelegant conveyance.

Montgomerie ^<1> arrived safe this morning.

I find the Binder has got N^o 2 ^<2> almost ready; he did not tell me so because he had lost my direction, the simpleton!

Your aff^te
Henry

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Notes:

1. Rev George Stephen Molyneux Montgomerie(1790-1850), close friend of Talbot family, artist, Rector of Garboldisham, near Thetford, Norfolk.

2. The Pencil of Nature - no. 2 would be publicly issued 29 Jan 1845.