“Your friend,
“Hussey Vivian, lieutenant-general.”
“I have seen at various times, Sergeant-Major Cotton’s collection of spoils of the campaign of 1815, and I am of opinion that they are genuine relics, and such as may be relied on.
“Henry Floyd, Bart., colonel unattached,
captain 10th hussars at Waterloo.
“Brussels, 1848.”
“Brussels, October 2d, 1845.
“SERGEANT-MAJOR COTTON,
“I received so much satisfaction from our walk over the field of Waterloo yesterday, that I am induced to leave with you the expression of it.
“Being anxious to satisfy myself regarding certain operations of the day, particularly the movements of the light brigade, (52d, 71st, 95th,) to which I belonged, I found your exact knowledge of the ground, and the numerous details you have collected, highly instructive and interesting.
“I am glad to learn that you intend publishing a memoir of the battle, and will not fail to become a purchaser as soon as it appears.