22 Brecknock Crescent | Camden Road Villas | June 25th
My dear Sir,
I should have been glad to see you before your departure from town. The competition in London for all kinds of literary employment is very great – and it is only by being on the spot – and by being very active, very patient, and very persevering that anything can be done. – I know one gentleman (who however has not the direct means of being of service) to whom I would have been glad to introduce to you – Mr Little of the Illustrated London News,2 who has lately been engaged, I believe in similar investigations to your own. I will show him your letter on the first opportunity. Let me know your doings from time to time – and if you are in London be sure to call. I leave town in a few days for Birmingham and Liverpool – but letters addressed to me at home will be duly forwarded.
With best wishes for your success in all your undertakings
Believe me | Yours very sincerely | Cha. Mackay.
John Tyndall Esq.
RI MS JT/1/TYP/2/781
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25 June [1850]: year based on Tyndall’s search for literary employment in mid-1850, and the match of dates with his stop in London, 19–29 June 1850 (see letter 0408, n. 2).
Mr Little of the Illustrated London News: William Little (1816–84), an accomplished chemist, who printed and published the Illustrated London News from 1843–58.
Please cite as “Tyndall0409,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0409