My dear Henry
If you have leisure to think about me at all I am afraid you will think me very remiss and ungrateful in not having before thanked you & Mrs Talbot 1 for the excellent wedding cake 2 you have sent me it followed us to Penrice 3 where we are now staying and enjoying ourselves very much as we have got quite a family party – Kit – Bella & Mr Franklin 4 & their children Mama 5 is in very good spirits & I really think stronger than I have seen her for some time past. and every thing is so exactly as it used to be formerly that you may easily bring us before your minds eye – I daily bless God for allowing me to enjoy so much happiness & I am sure this feeling is common to every individual of our party – We all think the sound of Mrs Talbot very pretty and only wish there was another person with a similar name I fancy there will be one Miss T. the fewer before very long but I have not been authorized to mention the circumstances – I long to be acquainted with Mrs Talbot & hope you will like a dutiful cousin bring her into Glamorganshire where she may run through a gauntlet of houses from one end of this county to the other of her new connections & relations – beginning at Ruperra & ending at Penrice Mr Traherne 6 desires his best thanks & good wishes may not be forgotten –
Your aff cousin
Ch T.
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