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[manuscript insertions on printed form letter]

Hetling House ¹
Aug^t 11 1837

Sir

I am directed to inform you that your annual Subscription of £1· 1· 0 to the Bath & West of England Society has not been paid since Xmas 1834 And as it is of consequence for the Society to know what sums of money they can bestow in Premiums, you are respectfully requested to order the payment of your arrear of 2 years, to the Treasurer –

By Order of the Society
B. Leigh Lye
Treasurer & Secretary

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^e

Extract from the Rules of 1781
And that every person who has given, or may give in his name, as a Member, is and shall be deemed such, and his subscription be considered as justly due to the Society till he give notice in writing to the Secretary of his intention to withdraw it.

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^e
Lacock Abbey
Wilts