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Document number: 6402
Date: 31 Mar 1851
Recipient: WAYLEN James
Author: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Collection: Qatar Museums Media Collection
Collection number: Spira Collection
Last updated: 14th December 2015

Lacock
March 31

Sir

I regret that I do not possess any family papers which throw light upon the events which took place in Wiltshire during the civil wars –

The notices which You are publishing, if collected together would probably make an interesting volume

I am Sir Your obedt Servt
H. F. Talbot

James Waylen Esq
Etchilhampton
Devizes

[Notes added in Waylen's hand:]<1>

The Wilts Militia joined the royal army in opposing Monmouth 1685. The Day after the battle of Sedgemoor, Sherrington Talbot fell in a duel with an artillery officer – I enquired of the present Mr Talbot for their further particulars of that event – and the annexed was his reply –

Mr H. Fox Talbot is the inventor of the Talbotype, and the author of a small philosophical work on English derivations


Notes:

1. See Doc. No: 06400.

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