Dear Talbot
I have been in expectation some time of hearing from Mr Paley <1> but as he does not write I take it for granted that he has fulfilled what seemed to be his purpose of residing at Lacock for some time longer – In the mean while as my health is not yet perfectly established I have agreed to go with Julius Hare & W. S. Landor <2> who is now in Town on to the Continent for a few months in spite of cholera & cannonading & in search of health & the picturesque We shall pause at Bonn & Spa so that a letter would reach me at either of those places & be right welcome – Do you know Landors latin poems there is a volume lately published with English ones also worth buying
Believe me Dear Talbot Yours very Sincerely
Thos Worsley
Athenæum <3>
September 30th 1832
W. H. Fox Talbot Esqre
Lacock Abbey
Melksham
Chippenham Wilts
Post Office <4>
North Wales
Post Office
Bangor
North Wales
Notes:
1. Rev James Paley (1790–1863), Vicar at Lacock.
2. Julius Charles Hare (1795–1855), assistant tutor (1822–1832), Chaplain to the Queen (1853–1855), and Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864).
3. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, London: WHFT’s club; a gentleman’s club composed primarily of artists and scientists.
4. Written in another hand.