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Document number: 87
Date: Thu 1854
Recipient: GROVE William Robert
Author: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Collection: Royal Society, London
Last updated: 24th December 2009

Thursday

Dear Grove

Having a great deal of writing to do this evening before I leave Town, I cannot accept your kind invitation to dinner – In your letter <1> you do not advert to the fact that the patent in question was taken by me long before either Your advice to me or my own experience – The question is, whether having taken it I shall support it or not –

It should seem that the answer to that question must depend on circumstances. Is it worth supporting or not? Is it a scientific curiosity or an important new manufacture? Upon these points you shall receive information

Believe me Yours very truly
H. F. Talbot

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1. Not located.

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