Dear Henry

I enclose ^<1> you a prospectus which please to return with your orders if any.

What a snow – we had the thermometer at 22° – on Saturday night – 20° last night post stopped – coaches dug out – letters coming at near midnight & such unusual courses. And according to the papers, we have had the least of it in these parts – I was in luck to get away from Bowood ^<2> in time – where I left C. ^<3> & Val. ^<4> doubting what to do. They are all at Lacock I hope by this –

Y^r Aff
W F S

1836 Dorchester December twenty nine W F Strangways
H. F. Talbot Esq
Camden Cottage
Sidmouth

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Notes:

1. Not located.

2. Bowood House, nr Calne, Wiltshire, 5 mi NE of Lacock: seat of the Marquess of Lansdowne.

3. Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, née Feilding, Lady Mt Edgcumbe (1808–1881); WHFT’s half-sister.

4. Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, Lord Valletort, 3^rd Earl of Mt Edgcumbe (1797–1861), WHFT’s brother-in-law.