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mons for which I request you will accept my best thanks, the perusal of 

 the Report has made me shudder, to find the inhabitants of any part of 

 the British Isles in such a deplorable condition, as those of the South 

 of Ireland, are represented to be in; your evidence and valuable com- 

 munications will, I fervently trust, have the effect that they deserve and 

 prove a relief to many thousands of those distressed People. 



Believe me 



Yours very truly, 



Thomas Talbot. 

 E. Wilmot Horton Esqr. 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Talbot to Hillier. 



Port Talbot 17th Febr. 1834. 

 Sir 



I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 

 1st inst enclosing the copy of William Henderson's petition, with the 

 minute of Council, on the subject, and feel exceeding pain at the idea, 

 that the persons by whom the settlement duties have been performed, 

 should run any risk of losing the Lot by its being granted to the original 

 locatee, and have only to observe that I would infinitely prefer paying 

 Henderson the fee money myself than that such a occurrence should take 

 place. I found it absolutely necessary in the early stage of the Talbot 

 (settlement) (torn) to make an example of some (torn) other wise I 

 could not have accomplished (torn) this flourishing settlement that I 

 can at present part of, there are but 2 persons altogether besides Hen- 

 derson in the same predicament. I will send to urge the person occupy- 

 ing the lot to endeavour to get the fee money, so as to enable him, to 

 take out the patent. 

 Major Hillier T. T. 



(Addressed on fly leaf of letter.) 



The Hon Thomas Talbot 

 Port Talbot 



Upper Canada 



(torn) Dickson Er. Queenston 

 Lewiston N". Y. 

 N. Y (torn) 

 Jp. Bur (torn) 

 17 Feb (torn) 



