TALBOT3571

Burley ¹
Sept^r 4^th 1837 -

My d^r Talbot,

It was very good of you in the hour of sorrow ² to think of writing to me. I was in some degree prepared for the melancholy intelligence conveyed by Y^r letter, ³ by one which I received two days ago from Matilda Feilding. ⁴ I was [illegible deletion] much grieved to hear of d^r adm^l Feilding's death. His kindness to me was invariable, & his affection to me in the trying season of my d^r father's death I can never forget. I trust that Lady Eliz^th & y^r sisters ⁵ will be much supported in their bereavement. Thanks be to God, the sun of Righteousness can gild the darkest clouds of affliction with bright & glorious tints. Every topic of consolation you will suggest to them - and I pray that their affliction may be alleviated as much as possible -

& believe me very truly y^rs
G Finch

Henry Talbot Esq^r
The Marquis of Lansdown's ⁶ villa
Richmond
Surrey