Boulogne.
Monday. 14 Augst
My dear Son Mein theurest Sohn 1
If you have any thoughts of bringing a Walley de Sham into these parts don’t let it be such a useless corporation as the last, but in fact you will not want the animal I should th<ink> 2 if you go the tour you pro<pose> to Spa &c &c Why don’t you write? Caroline & Horatia 3 are learning to draw flowers to assist your botanical researches among the Apennines – don’t you like Lord John Russell 4 for his forcible letter to Mr Wilberforce 5 – I hear Ministers are much annoyed, which is a proof it is well done, & que cela leur pique au vif – adieu carissime 6
W. H. Fox Talbot
Trinity College
Cambridge
Dover Ship Letter 7
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