50A Albermarle Street.
Mar 27
Dear Sir
I beg leave to submit to you statements of the sale of your work on English Etymologies down to the present time. By these you will perceive that 88 copies still remain on hand & as the demand for the work appears to have ceased I wd ask leave to return these copies into your hands – at your convenience I await your instructions on this head – as well as in regard to the balance £71..9..11– due to you – wch I am ready to pay by cheque either to yourself or to any London Banker you may name
I am Dr Sir
Your obedient Servt
John Murray
H. Fox Talbot Esqre