58 Oxford Street
July 20th 44.
H. F. Talbot Esq
Sir
I have to acknowledge the recept [sic] of yours, & beg to say in reply, that Mr Theyer whom I have seen this Morning, will leave London for the Continent, on Wednesday Morning next, and will feel a particular pleasure of being the Bearer of the collection for Prince Metternich, <1> aswell [sic] as for the Polytechnic Institution. Mr Theyer thinks if the later [sic] were adressed [sic] to the Gewerbe Verrein [sic] it would produce a greater effect.
yours very obediently
J. G. Mayer
[envelope:]
Prepaid
H.F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Notes:
1. Prince Klemens Lothar Wenzel Von Metternich (1773–1859), Chanceller of Austria.