Preston | Thursday night, very foggy | Nov. 3rd, 1843.
Dear Father
I sent you a letter which I received from Wm Wright1 a few days ago, as I wish to reply to it I’d be glad if you would return it as soon as possible. When you have an opportunity, let Mrs Wright2 know that I have heard from him. You mentioned my uncle Thomas3 in one of your letters. Where do you think he is located? Is it in Nottingham? If so I will write to the post master there and make enquiries about him. Wm Tyndall after near thirty years silence has at length favoured you with an epistle. Who knows but we might squeeze one from the pen of my uncle Thomas, if he has not winged his way ‘to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns’.4
I am pressed for time | Goodbye | Your affectionate son | John.
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a letter which I received from Wm. Wright: probably letter 0237.
Mrs Wright: William Wright’s mother, first name not identified.
my uncle Thomas: unidentified relative of Tyndall’s, possibly on his mother’s side.
‘to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns’: W. Shakespeare, Hamlet, III.i.79-80.
Please cite as “Tyndall0260,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 4 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0260