TALBOT7390

Tuesday
14 April 1857
Lacock

D^r Sir

I wish I had Known You were going to Paris, I would have troubled You with a small packet which I am sure you could have taken charge of for me: Your observations on the patent laws appear to me judicious and well founded. With respect to M^r Archer ¹ if he had patented his collodion process, early enough, the result would probably have been that he would have acquired a large fortune by it, but on the other hand he would have lost the credit which he now has, or ought to have, of having presented the invention gratuitously to the Public. So that there is something to be said on both sides of the question.