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Mount Edgcumbe, Devonport.
Sept 10. 1876.

My dear Uncle Henry

I must write you one line to assure you of my sincere sympathy in the sorrow which the loss of your dear old friend ¹ must have caused to you & yours. Her vacant place will leave a sad blank in your family circle, & her true friendship & genial companionship will I am sure be long & affectionately remembered especially by those among whom she lived so intimately at Lacock. I have not seen my mother ² since she received the last news as she is across the water nursing another old friend in sickness – but I am sure she will feel it very much –

Please give my kindest love to my Aunt & cousins & Believe me Y^r aff^te nephew –
Mount Edgcumbe