TALBOT8406

Munich. Bavaria - 19^th July 1824

Sir,

I received this morning your letter of the 19^th June, informing me that the committee of the Athenæum ¹ have done me the honour of electing me a member, and I have accordingly directed Mess^rs Hammersley ² to pay the entrance fee & annual subscription- I take this opportunity of saying that a mistake has been made in my name, which I request may be corrected, and have the honor to be Sir

Your obd^t servant
W. H. Fox Talbot

[While at first this signature would imply that WHFT preferred this style of address at this stage in his life, contrary to other evidence, the emphasis may well have been in response to the following letter (S.M.S. 478/20/21), sent to his Welsh cousin, CRM Talbot ³:]

Sir

The enclosed having been delivered to me by mistake,⁴ I beg to return it to you. I think it possible it may have been meant for W.H. Fox Talbot who is now at Baden-

I am Sir very Obliged
Ch^r. R M Talbot

Southampton June 29

Dowager Lady Ilchester