My Dear Boys
I’m at last in the North3 – Some day next week I shall peep into Halifax possibly I may accept Tom’s4 kind invitation cannot say just yet. I shall remain here until monday or tuesday, then proceed to Manchester, thence to Halifax, thence to Leeds – thence to London – thence to Rotterdam thence up the Rhine to Frankfort,5 thence to Marbourg6 in Hesse Cassel7 where I purpose becoming stationary – Just drop me a line by return directed to the Post Office Preston –
as usual yours | J. Tyndall.
RI MS JT/1/HTYP/11
RI MS JT/1/T/971
Ovr Darwen: Over Darwen, a town in Lancashire.
Thursday: Louisa Tyndall annotation: ‘postmark on back is Oct. 5/48’.
in the North: according to Tyndall’s journal entries from 5 and 6 October 1848, he was visiting Lancashire (RI MS JT/2/13b/388).
Tom’s: Thomas Archer Hirst.
Frankfort: a common nineteenth-century spelling of Frankfurt.
Marbourg: in October 1848 Tyndall began studying for a doctoral degree at the University of Marburg. See Introduction.
Hesse Cassel: also spelled Hesse-Kassel. A German electorate that bordered on the Netherlands.
Please cite as “Tyndall0361,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on