From Thomas Archer Hirst   June 11th / 51

Marburg | June 11th / 51

My dear John –

Here goes for a business letter executed in two minutes – Herewith you will receive 65 Thalers – The Exchange was as Before 6/231 per £:

Our account2 stands on the opposite page –

Todays postage & future small items will straighten off the 21 ¾ Silber Groschen3 & make a clean-board of it –

Good bye & God Bless You | T.A. Hirst

No Prussian Money or English Gold was to be had.4 These Hessian notes will serve your purpose no doubt. –

Received Paid
1851 Thlrs Sg – Thlrs Sg –
May 31 1st Instalment from Bang 135– 10– 0 May 31st Sent per Post 135– 0– 0
June 11 2nd " " " 67– 20– 0 June 11th " " " 65– 0– 0
" " Balance of your former draft on Edmondson 13– 25– 0 " " Interest on Bang’s two drafts – 3 Months 5 percent 2– 16– 3
May 31st Postage of Money to Berlin 0– 17– 0
April 12 Paid you in Lieu of 10 Ths/ 25 Sg– in Bang’s Hands 13– 0– 0
Balance in Your favour to be carried to account 0– 21– 9
Thlrs 216– 25– 0 Thlrs 216– 25– 0

RI MS JT/1/H/158

1

6/23: 6 Thalers 23 Silber Groshen, or slightly over 6 ¾ Th., was the German money received per pound. See ‘Note on Money’.

2

our account … page: the account, which appears here below, sums up the financial dealings over the previous month and (third item in left hand column) the remains of an earlier exchange.

3

21 ¾ Silber groshen: the balance of 21.9 at the bottom of the right hand column in the table.

4

No Prussian money … to be had: see Tyndall’s request in letter 0493.

Please cite as “Tyndall0496,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 2 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0496