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My dear Talbot

I lose no time in replying to your letter ¹ received yesterday. I can have no objection to the arrangement you propose, & will trust to you to substitute as much of the Nethermore Farm ² as will be a proper equivalent for the land under settlement & which you intend to liberate & dispose of. I only hope you make the Railway Company give you a good price.

I will now take this opportunity of mentioning another subject which has occurred to me before, but which I have never named. You are doubtless aware that the interest of money has much fallen within the last few years. this being the case I should be glad to pay either the half or the whole of Constance’s ³ £6000 to be invested on proper security, or if you preferred it, it c^d remain as it does at present, my paying 4 per cent interest instead of 4½, which I now do. –

I am quite glad I happened to be within reach just at the moment you wanted me. I shall hope to get a glimpse of you all before I return, but my leave of absence will soon expire.

Believe me
Ever yours truly
W. Mundy

Markeaton ⁴
Sept. 11^th 1846

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H. F. Talbot Esq^re
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham