Tuesday Evening | Jan 11th/53
My dear Tyndall
The spirit of my beloved child1 has just winged its flight to the realms of everlasting blessedness. At 20 minutes to eight this evening he departed. Excuse your friend is disconsolate.
Yours sincerely | Maggie Allen
His last words were ‘Mama, Mama’
RI MS JT/1/A/70
my beloved child: Charles Edward Allen. See letter 0699.
Please cite as “Tyndall0700,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on