TALBOT3730

13^th Sep^t 1838

My dear Henry

I was very much obliged to you for all the details of the Microscope you recommended & shall trust to your sending me what you think best for my common use & my experiment in Optics that you will exemplify. I did not quite understand whether any all of the object glasses were included in the price you mentioned. The microscope you remember with its 5 glasses & all its other appurtenances cost 3 guineas & I have always thought the optician or his Man must have made some mistake as I never saw one so cheap since – It has been a fund of amusement & I should like to have one of my own, & its showing opake [sic] objects is an advantage I also received the seeds quite safe the plants on the rock are flourishing. I wish your Mother ¹ would write me word what she thinks of Louisa Lansdowne ² without loss of time. I am loth to leave home now Jane ³ is in the neighborhood, [sic] but I feel so restlessly uneasy when I think that Louisa (the friend of the sick & sorrowful) is in want of comfort, that I cannot be at peace with my self if I think she wants comfortable nursing – give my kind remembrances to M^rs Talbot Ela ⁴ made quite a conquest of the Llewelyns at Malvern ⁵ –

I want also to know how Harriot Mundy ⁶ is & whether she is taking care of her health – perhaps M^rs Talbot will tell me – I hope Lily is enjoying this delightful weather & Gardening herself against the winter – give her my love & believe me

your aff Aunt
M: L: Cole

Henry Talbot Esq^r
Lacock
Chippenham