TALBOT5043

Laycock Abbey
25^th August

How persevering I am in writing! & you in the reverse. I hope you are at least better employed in climbing les rochers escarpés ¹ & the Mountainous regions where you are – Alpestre, scosceso, erto e selvaggio, degno d’un alma audace ² –

Porter has just brought me twenty six he did yesterday ³

Vale

I was shocked to read of poor Letitia Mildmay’s ⁴ death in the Papers, after a very short illness –

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Henry Fox Talbot Es^r
Post Office
Monmouth
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham