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Melbury
June 2^d/

Dear Henry Talbot

Many thanks for your letter, & the trouble you have taken in gaining the information I asked you for – it is a disappointment I must own to hear that Sir Watson Gordon is unable to pay us a visit – as I fear the journey to Edinburgh is more than William is inclined to this Summer, as he has made up his mind to shew me the country about here –

I wonder if Sir Watson Gordon has ever been at Weymouth, & whether the great works at Portland would induce him to come into Dorset^sh as then we could stay in Weymouth during his visit, and in this way a Sitting might be managed without Sir Watson Gordon breaking his general rule –

Who should you recommend supposing I have to give up any chance of seeing Sir Watson Gordon?

W^m will answer the Botanical part of y^r letter – Our kind remembrance to M^rs Talbot, & y^r Daughters, & we should have enjoyed a trip to Edinburgh very much had it been possible, & many thanks for y^r kind wish to see us at Millburn–¹

Believe me y^rs Truly
Sophia Ilchester

In the Roxby woods 26 miles N. of Lincoln is where the Anemone grows wild

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Henry Talbot Esq^re.
Millburn Tower
Edinburgh