TALBOT2212

Chippenham ¹
12^h July 1831

Dear Sir/

I have much pleasure in being able to inform you, that your wishes respecting the calling a meeting here, have been anticipated – M^r Gundry’s ² Partner ( M^r Poole ³) spoke to my Son ⁴ upon the subject, yesterday – & the latter then got a Requisition signed for that purpose & the Meeting is appointed to be held to morrow – My Son desires me to say, that no time shall be lost in forwarding the Petition to you, after a sufficient number of Signatures have been obtained to it – I have been to M^r Bradbury’s ⁵ & seen the Survey of 1822 & his Son (who is my Clerk) informs me, that he made the extract relating to the number of Houses & that you may depend upon its being accurate – This Survey having been made by a perfectly disinterested Person, for the purpose of fixing a Poor’s Rate at that time – must of course, render it a Document above all suspicion, if it should be necessary to produce it to the House of Commons upon the present occasion –

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

P. S –
I am promised the Money from Miles & Hayward ⁶, this week – Upon looking over the Acc^t I find that I shall not have a large Balance to remit – it shall be made to Hammersley’s ⁷ as you desire – unless you wish to the contrary, I will retain enough for Strong’s ⁸ Payments – this & next month

W. H. F. Talbot Esq
31 Sackville Street
Piccadilly
London