TALBOT1824

[The letter is in the BL and its envelope is in the NMeM.]

Boxwell Court ¹
April 30^th

My dear Henry

I received your kind letter today & am very much obliged indeed to you for so readily accepting the Trust. As you are the nearest relation I have on my Mother’s Side I thought you would not refuse my request

My brother ² being concerned in the payment of part of my Income I understand cannot be a trustee in the Settlement. We are to be married on the 14^th or 15^th M^r Thackeray ³ having purchased Belgrave Chapel⁴ we shall necessarily reside mostly in London & I hope after our return in June I shall have the pleasure of seeing yourself & L^dy Elisabeth⁵ We have not yet fixed on a residence in London but it must be Somewhere in the neighbourhood of Belgrave Sq^r – We think of going to Clifton from here & I have so great a curiosity to see the old Abbey that if you will forgive me for going in your absence I think I must go over for a day to see it. I am the more tempted to do this as it may be very long before I see this part of the world again.

Believe dear Henry I am ever
y^r affc^t cousin
M A Shakespear

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r
31 Sackville S^t
London

[envelope:]
Henry Fox Talbot Esq.
31 Sackville Street