4 Circus Bath 1
May 12
My dear Sir
The news in your last letter, that Mr Smith 2 was going again to Mesopotamia, interested me very much, and at the same time surprized me, for I knew that the firman had expired, and from the animus shown by the Turkish Government I thought they would have refused to renew it. I have often thought that if the Trustees would give a handsome douceur to the Pasha of Mosul he would see Mr Smith’s excavations in a very different light.
I hope Mr Smith will soon favour the world with the cuneiform text of the Creation and Fall of Man 3
His announcement of that new discovery created quite a sensation.
I am not acquainted with Mr Boscawen 4 the Assyriologist.
Believe me Yours truly
H. F. Talbot
Dr Birch
B. Musm
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