Genoa
16 Dec^r 1824

Sir

We have received your Letters ^<1> of 18 & 27 ultimo & in consequence of the explanations which you give us in regard to the Box of Books left by you in the Porto Franco we have succeeded in discovering it & have shipt it off to London by the Brig Viscount Exmouth as you will perceive by the bill of Lading enclosed

Trusting that you will not be much inconvenienced by the delay which has occurred in the transmission of this Package, we remain always

Sir your most obed Serv^t
Gibbs & C^o

W. H. F. Talbot Esq^re
Hotel dela Terrasse
Rue Rivoli
à Paris

W. H. F. Talbot Esq^re
Hotel dela Terrasse
Rue Rivoli
Paris

I opened this letter in case it should have required an immediate answer & am glad to see it is all right. C.F. ^<2>

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Notes:

1. Letters not located.

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