J. Venn et Fils
Notaires
Londres.
London. No 2 Pope's Head
Alley, Cornhill.
Feby 28. 1844.
Mr Talbot /
Sir /
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of yesterday containing an "expedition du [illegible] de brevet d'importation à Mr le Marquis de Bassano <1>" together with a Letter from Mr Truffaut <2> to you, We [sic] will prepare the Procuration for your Signature on next Friday when We hope to have the pleasure of seeing you.
Yr obt Servts
Jno Venn & Sons
W. H. F. Talbot Esqre
Notes:
1. Hugues Antoine Joseph Eugène Maret, Marquis de Bassano (1806-1889), photographic entrepreneur, Paris.
2. Louis Henri Joseph Truffaut, patent agent, Paris.