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To Sir James

My dear Sir James

It would give me very great pleasure to accept the invitation with which you have honoured me1 were it not that I am already pledged to Lady Brodie2 for Wednesday the 23rd.

Most truly yours | John Tyndall

19th March 1859

Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, Auction, 15 Nov 2017, lot 93

1

the invitation with which you have honoured me: invitation missing.

2

I am already pledged to Lady Brodie: unknown event with Lady Brodie, Philothea Margaret Brodie, neé Thompson (1827–82). Lady Brodie was married to the chemist Sir Benjamin Brodie, second baronet (1817–80) (ODNB).

Please cite as “Tyndall1601,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall1601