From James David Forbes   12 Sept 1851

Craigieburn1 | Moffat | 12 Sept 1851

My Dear Sir

I fear that you will think the enclosed Testimonial2 rather meagre. But I make it a strict rule to confine myself in such cases to the limits of my personal knowledge of the facts.

I remain my dear Sir | Yours truly | James D. Forbes

John Tyndall Esq

RI MS JT/1/F/28

1

Craigieburn: Craigieburn House was about two miles from Moffat, a spa town 50 miles south of Edinburgh

2

testimonial: Tyndall’s request to Forbes for a testimonial is missing.

Please cite as “Tyndall0529,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0529