TALBOT4022

Chippenham ¹

5. Feby 1840

Dear Sir,

I have received your two Letters ² and my appointment and other Documents enclosed –

All County Meetings are held at Devizes as the most Central place in the County – There is very little to be done after receiving the Requisition beyond giving due Notice of the intended Meeting and erecting a temporary Hustings or Platform for the occasion –

I am Dear Sir
Your obliged Servant

West Awdry

The Sheriff is not expected to go in state or in any other way than another <illegible> or County Magistrate.