TALBOT8412

Haymarket
June 3 1861

Sir

M^r Du Pasquier ¹ has been fully informed of all that has taken place between you & myself and I cannot suppose he would act contrary to the spirit of those “Conditions”

I do not know wherein the departure consists contained in the second clause of your letter ² that “ M^r Pretch ³ should confine himself to that modification which he considers peculiarly his own viz the Electrotype process” – I believe that the whole thing is so much in its infancy that for practical purposes very necessary changes will have to be made I now trust you are coming to London because an hour personally will do more than years of correspondance therefore I shall wait an intimation of your arrival

I remain Sir Your obed^t Serv^t
J Hogarth

The Hon^ble Fox Talbot
&c

PS upon reconsidering the subject the best way of bringing this affair to a close will be for you to meet M^r Pretch and myself at M^r Du Pasquier’s with your solicitor ⁴

J. H.