Abbotsbury <1>
Jan: 19. 1832
My dear Henry
As you anticipate I cannot receive you as comfortably as I should desire in my present House full but I will seek the book you name & send it by Kit <2> to London when he leaves me – I wish you may be able to peep upon me when Spring advances & more of Crocus tribe appear. Pray give my kind regards to all at Hanford <3> of family party
Ever Your Affecte
Grand Mam
M: J:
H. F. Talbot Esqre
at H Seymors [sic] Esqre
Hanford
Blandford
Notes:
1. Abbotsbury, Dorset: home of William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways.
2. Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (1803–1890), immensely wealthy landowner, mathematician & politician; WHFT’s Welsh cousin.
3. Dorset.