Dear Francis –
Would you like a good fellow enclose the enclosed2 with the magazines to the persons to whom they are addressed. You will be able no doubt to obtain Whitbread’s3 Christian name for me, to put it on the paper intended for him, and to have it posted to him for me. What do you think of the signs of the times there in London?4 – I am a tranquil looker on waiting patiently for the evolution of the matter.
ever yours | J Tyndall
27th Feb.
RDS 27/5
27 February [1853]: while ‘27 Feb 1852’ has been written in the upper right corner by another hand, Tyndall’s comments regarding London (see n. 4) and Whitbread’s (see n. 3) suggest that 1853 is more likely.
the enclosed: not identified.
Whitbread’s: see letter 0713, n. 10.
signs … London?: refers to Tyndall’s predicament regarding which direction to take his career, whether to the LI or the RI (see letters 0715; 0717; 0718; 0719; 0720; 0721; and 0722).
Please cite as “Tyndall0723,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on