TALBOT5191

Lacock
Thursday Night

Dear Sir,

The Sum paid to Gundry & Co ¹ in April was £300 – & I have paid up to this time, £150 by Instalments to M^r Strong ² –

I expect to be here the whole of Saturday Even^g & if you have half an Hour’s Leisure, you will perhaps allow me to see you, I shall be either in the hay field or the Village –

I am much pleased to find that the Materials of the useless part of M^r Mortimer’s Copyhold w^ch we are pulling down will be sufficient to pay for repairing the House &c – without touching the £65 – rec^d for delapidations

I am Dear Sir y^r obliged Ser^t
W. H. Awdry

P.S. In case you have any time to spare to morrow at Chippenham, I will stay at my office during the day –

W. H. F. Talbot Esq