TALBOT578

Sprotborough ¹
Sep^r 19^th

My Dearest Henry

I found here three Letters ² from you, & as you do not mention again having not felt quite well, I hope you have not been so. Do not take the Rhubarb pills often, as it would be a bad thing to accustom your stomach to. They should be bought at Richards's the Chemist in S^t James's Street, because he mixes them with Ginger, which probably M^r Forbes will not, unless particularly desired. M^r F. ³ & John both say a box of them went in your Trunk, so pray look for them & let me know. I am glad you were so prudent at Lord Northwick's ⁴ amidst so many temptations. How do you know that M^r Hooker ⁵ wants pupils? If he does it is judgement on him for not taking my Brother John, ⁶ & for making you go to Harrow ⁷ so soon. I have asked Sir Joseph Copley ⁸ to send his to Rottingdean, ⁹ but I do not think he will, tho' Lady Cecil ¹⁰ is inclined.

This is a large House agreeably situated on the banks of the river Don, which runs thro' Doncaster about two miles off. Never having been in Yorkshire before, I seem to myself so very far off, so very near the North Pole that it is quite ridiculous. I went yesterday to see a very fine ruin, Conisborough Castle, ¹¹ it belongs to the Duke of Leeds. ¹² I think I shall go there again to sketch it - I wrote to you ¹³ from Burley - God bless you

Y^rs
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M^r Talbot
Rev^d D^r Butler's ¹⁴
Harrow
Middlesex
Sept. 19. 1812 Sprotborough ¹⁵