Royal Institution Friday
My dear Tom
You ought to have written to me2 thus:–
John be it hail rain or snow, thunder or lightning or any other elemental convulsion whatever, I shall expect you in Winchester on Sunday.3 I must get out of London on Sunday and to Winchester I will go
Yours | John
RI MS JT/1/HTYP/360
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[15 September 1854]: Hirst dated this letter ‘Sep. 17th 1854’ but this was likely the date that he received it. ‘Friday’ was 15 September. Additionally, Tyndall and Hirst were together in Winchester on 17 September (Journal, JT/2/13b/691); see also n. 3.
written to me: this is presumably a response to a missing letter.
Winchester on Sunday: Tyndall had previously asked Hirst to meet him in Winchester on Sunday, 17 September (see letter 0970, n. 12).
Please cite as “Tyndall0971,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on