TALBOT6310

London
44 Harwood S^t
Hampstead R^d
March 15^th Feb^y 1850

To H F Talbot Esq^r

Sir

I have been ill for some days past – in danger of a fever – & therefore compelled to give up all occupation. I am now much better & will return on Monday to Regent S^t.¹ The Physician thinks it best that I delay for a day or two longer rather than risk a relapse which might confine me to the house for a long period.

This illness will account to you for not receiving an answer to your last note² in which you were kind enough to make us a present to be disbursed in advertisements.

If you look into the Times, Literary Gazette or Athenæum ³ of last Saturday you will see that I lost no time in carrying out your suggestion.

Since then the Times has placed our notice in its first page – a much better place than the supplement or “Sepulchre” as it is called by newspaper people & to which we have generally been carried Do you approve of the advertisement? It may be amended I have no doubt putting more words into it will add to the expense 10^s/ is paid for each insertion at present If you can put in more matter & fewer words with good effect It will do us a service.

I believe I may say that Henneman ⁴ has a task given him that will bring in one hundred pounds It is to go to Lord Ashburnhams⁵ to copy some rare pages of books &c something like what M^r Stirling⁶ had done The execution of this work is left to NH’^s leisure – in the summer

The time for sending the slabs from Minton is drawing near If any delay occurs I shall write. until after then I do not think it advisable to go to the Potteries.

M^r Garrett assured me that all haste should be made with them.

I am Sir your most obed Serv^t
T A Malone