TALBOT1443

Brighton
11^th February

My dear Henry

I thank you for having thought of me on my birthday, & wish you many happy returns of your own, which I think you cannot fail in passing in a pleasanter manner at Berlin, than I did at Dover, which is never a very interesting place & particularly in the depth of winter after a very rough passage. – Mama ¹ had a letter lately from Kit ²; he has laid up his yacht in ordinary for the winter [missing text]³ still at Naples which he does not s[illegible] to leave soon, as he is quite enchanted with it. He expects Uncle John ⁴ there, as it appears from his last account that he was at Alexandria only waiting for a convoy to return to England. I am delighted to find that the Greeks have lately gained several victories, ⁵ in one of which three of the principal Boys were killed; & it is reported that the same fate has befallen Reschid Pacha ⁶. Fabier ⁷ has likewise made himself master of the Acropolis of Athens & Miaulis ⁸ has defeated the Turkish fleet. – I am just now reading a very interesting book lent me by M. Koreff; “ Histoire de la Régénération de la Grèce ⁹” par M^r de Pouqueville ¹⁰ – Addio, carissimo fratello, ¹¹ write to me again soon &

believe me your affectionate
Sister Caroline Augusta.

Kit has had his opened by a namesake

Mons^r W. H. F. Talbot
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