TALBOT8052

Whorlton.
Frid. 9^th March

My dear Father.

We have found a poney which is sound and quiet and strong and capable of going a good pace. Its owner asks 20 £ for it, but Morley H. ¹ will see if he can get it for less, and he It’s a respectable looking poney, of no particularly colour and M^r Headlam ca thinks that there will be no difficulty in selling it again, even if the [illegible deletion] it again, [illegible deleton] the offer of which. There is no difficulty at all about keeping it in M^r Headlams stables. Morley H rode it some distance yesterday, to try it and thinks it as good as one as I am likely to get, and I rode it a short distance in the afternoon. So if you let me get it, I dont think you need be afraid of my riding it 3 or 4 times only.

We have a fine day here, today with a sharp frost in the morning, but the weather is still cold.

Your affet. Son
Charles Talbot

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H Fox Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham