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From John Peter Gassiot1

My dear Tyndall,

I have your note2 and will attend thereto, I would sooner hold the position you have so promptly taken than be the recipient of 20 medals

Believe me | yours ever truly | John P. Gassiot.

RI MS JT/1/T/579

RI MS JT 2/13b/639

1

[20–21] November 1853: on 23 November, Tyndall stated that he received this ‘note from Gassiot two days ago’, suggesting the letter was written on 20 or 21 November (Journal, JT/2/13b/639).

2

your note: this is in reference to letter 0830 and/or letter 0831.

Please cite as “Tyndall0835,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0835