TALBOT1709

Chippenham ¹
8^th Sept. 1828

Dear Sir,

I beg to inform you, that the different Sums mentioned in your last Letter, have been rec^d and paid – I have also to mention having received £30· from M^r Hayward ² for your Mare –

I have been to the Abbey this Morn^g & M^cPhail ³ desired me to say, that all things were going on well in his department – He mentioned being in want of a little Cash & I therefore gave him £10· on Acc^t which I thought I might venture to do, altho’ I had not rec^d any specific directions from you on that head & if I do not hear from you to the contrary, I presume I may advance him a little from time to time, till your return –

M^r Reading ⁴ & his men have left Lacock – before he went, he brought me his Book, w^ch I have put away for the present, with your other Papers –

I rejoice to say, that the late fine weather has quite put an end to the alarms w^ch we had begun to feel about the Harvest – it is now nearly over & I trust, very little of it much injured – The after Grass has been so abundant, owing to the great quantity of rain, that it is of less value this year, (I mean as to price) & if I had not sold that at the Abbey, early in the year, I should probably have had a difficulty in getting so much as 18^s/ p^r acre – Last year I sold it for 21^s/ –

M^cPhail desired me to say that he was sending Peaches &c to M^r Moore’s ⁵ at Sloperton ⁶ – as directed by Lady E ⁷ – The Butler had heard from Captⁿ Fielding ⁸ & the family were just going into Cornwall

I am Dear Sir Y^r Obliged H^ble Ser^t
W. H. Awdry

Mons^r
Monsieur Henri Fox Talbot

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