Carlow | May 10th. 1843.
Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 7th1 inst2 I beg to inform you that the lines to which you refer3 were omitted as I believed them not altogether suitable and the received was of so trifling a nature I did not think it necessary to notice it until something occurred that might be interesting to you in which case it was my intention to forward you a paper.
I shall be happy to hear from you frequently and if you could turn your attention to graphic sketches of public men, which I know you are capable of giving, in the humorous style, I will be most happy to forward you a paper regularly and to acknowledge your services.4 There is Steel,5 O Connell and many others who figured in Carlow you might take up such public characters and apply your talents to a delineation of their political morals Let me know whether you could try your hand in this line and you will oblige
Yours truly | Thomas H. Carroll.
RI MS JT 1/11/3491
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your letter of the 7th: letter missing.
inst: abbreviation for Instante mense, Latin for this month.
the lines to which you refer: possibly the poem that Tyndall subsequently published, under the pseudonym Wat Ripton, in the Preston Chronicle as ‘An Hibernian’s Song to ____ ____’ (20 May 1843, p. [4]).
graphic sketches of public men …acknowledge your services: No such sketches of public men appeared in the Carlow Sentinel during the following weeks and months.
Steel: see letter 0066, n. 4.
Please cite as “Tyndall0204,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0204