TALBOT8931

Llandaff.
Wednesday. evening. Jan^y 11^th

My dear Father,

I have received 2 letters of Yours one written on the 7^th & one on the 8^th. ¹ I forwarded the part relating to the subject for the archeologia to M^r Nesbitt. ² I wonder at your proposing to engrave upon copper plates. Would it not be better to make it on steel at once, which will I suppose take the required number of copies? I thought you once said you had given up copper plates & intended always to use [illegible deletion] steel. I have not had time to consider the mathematics yet but will. I hope you received the last number of the British Journal of Photography which I sent you. Our weather is mild. To day was nice, but the weather is changeable

Your affect son
Charles