London 17th. Oct. 1848
Madam,
This day week I wrote to you1 sending my address, No 9 Don's Street West Lambeth London expecting on my arrival in town to meet a letter containing the commission which you wished me to execute2 at Frankfort.3 In this expectation I am disappointed – possibly a letter may arrive by this night's post if not I fear it will be too late as I start tomorrow morning from Blackwall4 for Rotterdam. In my letter of this day week I enclosed the half of a £20 bank of England note No 76508, the other half I left in the hands of Mr Hebdon, Old Bank, Preston, Lancashire who was to forward it on being requested by you to do so. I was compelled to make this arrangement because I was unable to procure a letter of credit.5
My address in Germany will be
John Tyndall | care of Professor Bunsen | Marburg | Hesse Cassel.6
This will not be far from Frankfort and should your letter not reach me tonight I will endeavour to have your commission executed personally or through the medium of a friend.
believe me Madam | very sincerely yours | John Tyndall.
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wrote to you: letter missing.
commission which you wished me to execute: unknown reference.
Frankfort: a common nineteenth-century spelling of Frankfurt.
Blackwall: a district of London.
a letter of credit: a letter from a bank verifying that they had granted Tyndall a line of credit and would pay debts Tyndall might incur.
Hesse Cassel: also spelled Hesse-Kassel. A German electorate that bordered on the Netherlands.
Please cite as “Tyndall0363,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 2 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0363