TALBOT613

Sept 19 1814 ¹

My dear Henry

I hope you kept your intention of writing to your Mother ² as I have had a very anxious letter from her, about you – your Uncle was so kind as to write to me twice so I heard you were in pretty good spirits but my chief anxiety is about your appetite & hope you will exert some self denial – in the first place by denying yourself trash of all sorts which your stomach is not now strong enough to dispose of & secondly by not indulging any indolence when you should be nourishing yourself. If really good strong Beer is to be had at Harrow ³ your Mama will furnish you willingly with money to buy it – Jane ⁴ has found a Fern or two but I am sure they are nothing but what you had before – I was going to write you a long letter but I have been interrupted by extraneous matter & must bid you goodbye, pray send me word what you paid for Kit ⁵ & how you travelled from Salisbury –

your most aff^te Aunt
M: L: Talbot

M^r Henry Talbot
Rev^d D^r Butlers ⁶
Harrow on the Hill
Middlesex
19 Sept. 1814