TALBOT527

Penrice Castle ¹
Feb 11^th 1811

My dear Henry

I have lov’d you eleven years, & very dearly about nine of them, so I can’t help writing to tell you so, & to wish you joy, & to wish you may live & enjoy a great many returns of this day, & that you may continue to improve in all respects as much as I hear you have done since I saw you last. Your Cousins are all very well, & desire their love; Mary & Jane ² are very much grown, they are taller than I am – Christopher ³ often puts me in mind of you, He is quite well now, & is to go to School after Easter. I admire Penrice very much, but the bad weather keeps us at home more than I like – I think you must be very happy to have your Mama & M^r Feilding ⁴ so near you all this Winter, I suppose you see as much of them as Learning will allow of. Your Aunt Mary, your Uncle Talbot, & your Uncle OBrien, ⁵ send their love & wish you joy of this day

I am My dear Henry your very Affc^ate Aunt

L S OBrien

1811
Dorchester, Feb^y fifteen Ilchester ⁶
W. H. F. Talbot Esq^r
Rev^d M^r Hookers⁷
Rottingdean
Brighton
Captⁿ Feildings No 5. Steyne Place ⁸
Penrice Feb. 11. 1811. ⁹