Dummer House
Dec 31 / 53

Dear Sir,

I beg to enclose Charles A/c amounting with other payments to £71ÌÌ9ÌÌ6 –

I am happy to be able to give a good report of Charles in all respects, for he not only passed a good examination but has been working very steadily throughout the Half-year, as I find by reference to my daily register that he has obtained more marks than the others of his class – I am glad to observe also that he continues to improve considerably in his disposition towards his companions, as he is both more obliging and more disposed to take anything in good part, that he may not quite like –

I was particularly pleased with a set of verses that he wrote at the Examination, as he begins to have a poetical expression for his ideas–

We hope that he has been exempt from cold this very severe weather as we have had a sharp frost, during all the holidays –

I hope that all my party will have returned by the 24^th as I wish them to be punctual.

M^rs Williams unites in Comp^ts to M^rs Talbot and I beg to remain Yours very truly
James A. Williams

[itemised list on a separate page:]

Charles H. Talbot

Xmas A/c. 1853 –

Board & Tuition 68ÌÌ5ÌÌ0

Book A/c 14ÌÌ6

Tailor’s Bills 1ÌÌ8ÌÌ0

– mending 10ÌÌ3

Shoemaker d^o 2ÌÌ9

Fare to London <&?> Fly 9ÌÌ0

£71ÌÌ9ÌÌ6

Bankers. Price, [Ma?ath] & C^o London.

Latin Dict^y – 9ÌÌ0

Gram. Francaise – 1ÌÌ6

[illegible deletion] Copy Book &c 4ÌÌ

14ÌÌ6

[envelope:]
H. Fox Talbot Esq^r
Greta Bank
Keswick