TALBOT6259

Burlington S^{t 1}
Aug 6

My dear Henry

I hear from Mary ² that you are at Lacock & not likely to leave it. I thought the contrary – as I heard you were looking for something somewhere. If you stay at Lacock next week would it be convenient to let me pay you a visit any time after Thursday next it is a long time since I have been at Lacock & as to catching you any where it is among the improbabilities –

I met R. Brown ³ at dinner yesterday & had a good botanical talk with him & Cap^t King. ⁴ Australis. ⁵ He strongly recommends cultivating the Carpodontes which nobody has got.

I am off to Loddiges ⁶

Y^r aff
W F S

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Henry F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham