My Dear Sir,
I was yesterday favoured with your letter. 1 I set off tomorrow to pay a visit to Mr Guest 2 in South Wales and shall be at Castlecombe 3 about the end of the Week. It will give us the greatest pleasure to accept the kind invitation from the Ladies of your “Ruins Grey”, and to spend a day with you.
Your paper 4 was read by Mr Peacock 5 and received most flatteringly. I was vexed that you had not left with me your Paper on Boracic Acid. 6
We are all worn out with labours. Excepting two hours at Church this morning I have not had a resting place for my mind since you left us.– The whole business of the meeting has been well carried on, compared with former ones, – and the system of mutual adulation so disgusting at former meetings, was entirely abandoned at our closing meeting last night.
The Book I mentioned to Lady Elizabeth 7 was written by Dr Brigman. It is more a pamphlet than a Book. I beg you will offer my best wishes to the Ladies & Mr Feilding, 8
and I am My Dear Sir Ever Most Faithfully yrs
D Brewster
16 York Place Clift[on]9
Augt 28th 1836
H. F. Talbot Esqr
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
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