Talbot: Notebook ('Statement as to the Title of William Henry Fox Talbot, to [...] Lacock')
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Title in full: 'Statement as to the Title of William Henry Fox Talbot Esquire, to the Manor, Rectory & Abbey of Lacock, and divers Estates in Wilts; and Narrative shewing the comparative situation of that property on 31st July 1800, and February 1821'. This notebook is a fair copy with a de...
Front to back, contains expenses from travels, mainly in France. Back to front (started in 'Sackville Street', London) contains further expenses from travels in France, Germany, Switzerland Austria and Italy, until 24 October 1823 (Turin). Notebook started: 9 Mar 1822.
Lists detailed travel expenses for a journey from Ancona to London ('May, June, July 1826 / 213 hours 51 min.') with the names of various places in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands and England. Many blank pages. Notebook started: 22 Oct 1826.
The book lists jobs completed and payments made to John Gale (carpenter at Lacock Abbey) from 11 Aug 1827 to 10 Jan 1839. Carries John Gale's name on the front leather binding. Notebook started: Aug 1827.
Lists expenses from 17 May 1827- 10 June 1828, in Italian. With the notebook are six loose sheets (ff. i-vi), receipts from 1827 and 1827, that were originally kept in the inside pocket of the notebook. The notebook entries are not in Talbot's hand. Notebook started: 17 Mar 1827.
At the front of the notebook, Talbot has recorded various European travel expenses for 1828 (e.g. 'Hire of carriage from Calais to Geneva'). At the back of the notebook (upside-down) are other financial records (e.g. 'amount of stock held, August 1828'). Notebook started: 17 Jul 1828 (written ...
The notebook lists miscellaneous expenses, including money spent during travels, between January 1832 and 31 December 1836. Notebook started: 4 Jan 1832.