<on mourning paper with engraved address>
Merthyr Mawr,
Bridgend.
Thursday Jan. 28 1864
My dear Henry
I write this to say that I hope you will come here tomorrow, & meet Edward who says you are going to see him at Llandough, he will be here & will conduct you himself to Llandough, & I shall have the pleasure of seeing you here, & also of thanking you for all your kindness to him. I cannot help regretting the loss of him from my immediate neighborhood but at the same time it is a great satisfaction to think that his labours will have a larger field; & that in a locality so interesting to me.
We all join in hoping to see you here tomorrow.
Believe me your affte cousin
Jane H Nicholl
P.S. I shall not leave home till next week, my sojourn here has been delayed for a much longer time than I expected but I hope to be a gainer in a pleasanter journey