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Sir/

I did not receive a letter from you requesting me to come to Town – Harison ² told me something about it but I expected to hear from you before I came, I should have come up to day but the celebrated Authoress, Miss Mitford, ³ came to day and I got her to sit for her portrait, wish came out very fine considering her age, I think the negative is worth at least 25 pounds. She begged of me to take her dog, (well knowing in most all her works) to please her I took him, not of course expecting he would remain quit and more over bing all of one collour (Dark brown) but wonderful to State he remained for 4 minutes as still as if he was dead, so I got a fine negative of him also,⁴ I took about 20 portraits to day of diferent people and was very sucsesful on the whole – M^r Lovejoy⁵ told me he can get me at least 50 sitters if I would open here for a fortnight before going to London and the Editor of the Mercury ⁶ (whose portrait I likewise took) promised me a paragraph in his paper if I could do it, I told him I would see you to morrow and mention the Subject to you, I will come to morrow as soon as I possible can –

your Obidient Servant
N: Henneman