London
15 Decem 1826

Sir,

We are favored with your letter of 7^th Ins^t and agreeably to your desire have the pleasure to enclose five Circular Notes of £20 each N^os 9229/33 and a Letter of Credit for £300 addressed to the places mentioned.

By the debit of your account we have paid £19Ì12Ì1– for 25 hours at 25•50 – to Mess^s Hoare^<1> on acc^t of Hon: M^r Strangways;^<2> also 13^s/4^d to Mess^s Bingham Richards & Co^y.^<3> Should any letters to be returned to us from Corfu, we shall take charge of them. We called upon M^r Fraser to make the enquiry you desired, but did not meet with him at home, as soon as we can obtain an answer it shall be communicated to you. In the meantime we are

Sir, Your most ob^t Servants
Hammersley & Co.

W.H.F. Talbot Esq

We have just received a note from M^r Fraser of which the following is a copy

M^r Fraser begs to inform M^r Talbot that in a letter received from the Hon: M^r Strangways at Florence, there is no mention made of a picture for M^r Talbot. the Ship is not yet arrived. on arrival M^r Fraser will acquaint M^r Talbot on leaving his address

H & Co

Monsieur
W. H. F. Talbot
Poste restante
a Paris

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Notes:

1. Hoare & Co., Bankers.

2. William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, 4^th Earl of Ilchester (1795–1865), botanist, art collector & diplomat. [See Doc. No: 01495].

3. Bingham Richards & Company, London.