From James Davy   3rd Sep. 1841.

York, 3rd Sep. 1841.¹

My Dear Tyndall,

I received yours² this morning and I must acknowledge that averse as I am to writing more than I can help yet your call for an answer is imperative and shall be complied with. So here’s to begin I did not think that you held such a contemptable opinion of me as to think I should form an idea of ill or improper conduct on your part from any thing such a man as Linedale³ might say – it would as the saying is ‘go into one ear and out at the other’, but I must be just withstanding, tho’ Mr Linedale is a great rascal, he said not one word respecting you, good or bad as well as I remember, so let every one get his own as far as Mr Linedale goes, but know respecting who did say, Eh? you want to know who, do you not wish you may get it! Why my friend Tyndall, I never asked who said or spoke disrespectfully of me, but it was couched in such significant language that it was impossible for me to mistake. I might mistake, if I did I am sorry for it and glad to find that such is not the case, and had it been so it would not annoy me much, but to compromise any person is not a trait in my disposition and therefore once for all I shall be silent on the subject of name, and you need not ask is it so and so, my answer will be always the same do you not wish you may get it. Why I am almost laughing at the idea; give up a correspondent. Oh FY!!⁴ John Tyndall to ask it, I thought you knew better and to drop this subject once for all I would say that I endeavour to act in such a manner as to court the smiles of none or fear the frowns of all and that man is lifeless who is faultless.

I feel thankful to you for your kind expressions respecting me and mine and when you write to Leighlin Bridge give my best respects and also that of my Rib,⁵ to Mr Tyndall senior and your mother. Tell John Parker that if he never writes to me until I write to him it will be NEVER. He has a vast stock of imprudence to say what he did on that head and I cannot but think you would do him some service if you gave him a lecture on that head, all I can say he is an ungrateful little varlet⁶ and was it not for his father and mother why I do not think his conduct to me should cause me to trouble much about him. My Rib and John⁷ send their best respects to you and I beg you will accept the same from

your sincere friend and well wisher | J. Davy

Give my best respects to Mr Evans and I do assure you I should be glad to see you both in this country.

Direct for Mr James Davy Clementhorpe,⁸ York. England – leave out R.S. & M,⁹ as soldiers are very little thought of here

RI MS JT/1/11/3556

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