[crest]
Dear Talbot,
Will you let your name appear as one of the patrons of the Archæological Institute <1> meeting to be held at Bath in July next? It is a mere form – neither attendance nor money required. Lords Lansdowne & Shelburne – Lords Broughton & Suffolk – Walter Long – Scrope – EstCourt <2> &c have consented
Yrs sincly
C. E. Long
Grosvr Square
or Athenæum
Saturday
Notes:
1. The Archeaological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland held their annual meeting at Bath, starting 20 July 1858.
2. Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780–1863), MP, WHFT’s uncle, Henry Fitzmaurice, Lord Shelburne, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816–1866), MP – Sir Henry Delves Broughton, 9th Baronet of Broughton (1808–1899) & , Walter Long (1793–1867), MP – George Julius Duncombe Poulett Scrope (1797–1876), MP & scientist – Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Bucknall Estcourt (1801–1876), MP.