TALBOT3548

London

12 Aug

My dear Henry

If you should have learnt it from no other source I shall be the first to give you the melancholy news of poor Stavordales ¹ death at Cowes on Friday – I have only to add that the accounts we have of all the family there are as good as one can expect & they were I believe prepared for the event though it has occurred earlier than they had flattered themselves it would –

You may perhaps have heard through Bowood ²

Your aff^te
W F Strangways