TALBOT10030

Normanton n^r. Stamford
Oct^r. 7. 1839

My dear Sir

Accept my best thanks for your Present of "Hermes" N^o. 2., which I received last week. ¹ I am delighted with your Derivation of "Oivoð", and your Account of the Pithos. It is inded a most interesting number, and I hope you will persevere in the Work.-

I was in London the week before last for a Day or two, but concluded that you were not in Town. If I should go there again in the Spring, I hope to have the Pleasure of meeting you. I understand you have two Daughters, whom with M^rs. Talbot I hope are in good health.-

My Sister ² is going to-day to Oakham, to assist Lady Louisa Finch ³ in arranging stalls for a Bazaar to be held there to-morrow and Wed^y. for the Benefit of the Hibernian Schools. ⁴

Yrs. ever faithfully,
T.K. Bonney

P.S.
I was one day at the Polytechnicon, and heard a Lecture upon Photogenic Drawing, in which of course your name as the Inventor was frequently mentioned. ⁵

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Stamford October eighth 1839
H F Talbot Esq^re
Laycock Abbey
Chippenham

G. Heathcote