TALBOT1814

London
Southampton Row 29
April 3^d 1829

My dear Henry

I am very much obliged indeed to you for your kind recollection of me & should have been delighted to have accepted your kind invitation had I been in Gloucestershire but I have been in London ever since Jan^y & your Letter ¹ was forwarded to me from Boxwell² yesterday I shall not be returned home I fear before the time you mention that you remove to London but if you are at Lacock in the Summer or Autumn & will let me know I shall be delighted to come & pay you a visit as I wish very much to see your improvements as well as yourself & Lady Elisabeth ³ to whom I beg my kind regards & believe me dear Henry

Y^r affe^te cousin
M. A. Shakespear

If L^y Mary ⁴ & my cousin are still with you, pray tell [Louisa?] I am very angry that she has forgotten to leave the drawing of S^t Michael’s Mount ⁵ & that I beg an explanation of the splendid dinner service that has been sent me!!

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts