TALBOT3273

M^t Edgcumbe ¹
Tuesday 3^rd May 1836

My dear Henry

I rejoice much in the prospect of seeing you so soon – write again & tell me exactly when we may expect you, & if Constance & Ela ² are coming too – I hope you will not fail to come immediately, as now Mamma ³ is coming home you will be wanting to go & meet her – I heard yesterday from Paris, 27^th April, their then intentions were to be in Sackville S^{t 4} 6^th May, but that I think wholly improbable, having such millions of things to do & people to see – & as Papa ⁵ was in bed with a pain in his foot – which I am in hopes was not of much consequence – Besides I should not think they would set off while these gales last, as even the land journey would be very disagreeable, let alone the passage to Dover – Let me know if you hear anything more from them – All the seeds arrived in safety – When I enclose anything to Uncle W^{m 6} ought I to direct Burlington S^{t 7} or F.O.? ⁸ & should I put “private”?

Addio fratello mio caro ⁹ – Y^r aff^te Sister
Caroline

Another of Lady Shelley’s ¹⁰ sons is just married – by name Adolphus – to a Miss Hinchcliffe – rich & many years older than himself –
Love to Constance & Ela

W. Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r
J. Frampton’s Esq ¹¹
Bellevue House
Moreton ¹²
Southampton.
Dorchester