20 London S^t Fitzroy Sq^r
Ap^l 14

Sir

I am much obliged to you for your kind note ^<1> of the 12^th at present I do not anticipate any difficulty but have not it is true yet had an opportunity of making any experiments in the Calotype I am having a room at the Western Establishment fitted up for the purpose and the necessary apparatus &c made and in a few days hope to be doing something with it ^<2>

I am Sir Yours respectfully
Jn^o F. Goddard

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Notes:

1. Letter not located.

2. Goddard had visited Lacock Abbey on 8 April and had worked with WHFT and Nicolaas Henneman. See Larry J. Schaaf, Sun Pictures Catalogue 9: William Henry Fox Talbot, Friends & Relations (New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc., 1999), pp. 22-29.