Dabton ^<1>
Thornhill
April 28^th 1875

My dear Papa

I enclose ^<2> the letter which came yesterday from M^r Woolley Dod – at Eton, about Jack ^<3> – you will be pleased to see what a good place he has taken – quite beyond what we expected. I have had a very short letter from him just mentioning the fact.

Your most affec^te daughter
Tilly

John ^<4> got safe home last night. –

[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esq^r.
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham

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Notes:

1. Dabton, Dumfriesshire: home of WHFT’s daughter Matilda.

2. Not located.

3. John Henry Gilchrist-Clark, ‘Jack’ (1861–1902), WHFT’s grandson.

4. John Gilchrist-Clark (1830–1881), Scottish JP; WHFT’s son-in-law.