Marble & Stone Works,
G^t Smith Street,
Westminster, S.W.>br>Aug^t 18^th 1865

Sir

We beg to inform you that the cost of the Monument as designed – including the packing – and the cost of one man to help fix the whole will be £28.

My absence from London has prevented an earlier reply

We have the honour to be Sir Your mo obed^t Serv
Henry Poole & Son

H. F. Talbot Esq

[envelope, blindstamped: Poole & Son Masons, Gt Smith St Westminster] Lacock Abbey
Chippenham