My dear Dr Tyndall,
Are you disengaged on Tuesday next? (the 19th inst) and will you dine with us on that day at 6 p-m. We hope to see Dr Sinclair2 who sails for New Zealand3 a few days later and we have also asked Dr Lindley and Capt and Mrs Sullivan.4 He was formerly Governor I think at the Falklands.5
Thank you very much for kindly sending me the two tickets.6 I look forward with much pleasure to making use of them.
Ever believe me | Yours most sincerely | Frances H. Hooker.
RI MS JT/1/TYP/8/2558
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[16 January 1858]: the date is given by its relation to letter 1480, and that 19 January 1858 fell on a Tuesday. It is possible this letter could have been written on 14 or 15 January as well.
Dr Sinclair: see letter 1480, n. 12.
sails for New Zealand: see letter 1480, n. 13.
Capt and Mrs Sullivan: Bartholomew James Sulivan (1810–90) and his wife Sophia (née Young, 1809–90). Sulivan was a British naval officer and hydrographer (ODNB). He served as a lieutenant under Captain Robert Fitzroy on the second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 1831–6 on which Darwin was aboard.
the Falklands: while Sulivan was not a governor in the Falkland Islands (a disputed British territory off the eastern coast of southern Argentina), he did survey the islands while commanding the HMS Arrow (1838–9) and HMS Philomel (1842–5). Hooker had also visited the islands on the Ross expedition (1839–43).
two tickets: Frances had previously thanked Tyndall ‘for the promised tickets for your lectures’ (see letter 1480, n. 8 and n. 9).
Please cite as “Tyndall1482,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on