Sep. 1859.
My dear Tom
Right glad I am to hear that England continues to agree with you: with regard to lodging2 the most practical plan appears to be that we should live close at hand. There are many fit places near my place, and we should find no difficulty in getting you quarters.3 Perhaps if it were thought advisable we might induce my hostess to give an old lodger4 notice to quit, but I am dubious about this as the said lodger has been with her for 7 years and has paid her punctually. Still he does not appear to be over amiable, but, I do not like to incur the responsibility of dislodging him. When you come to town we shall arrange all. You can sleep at my place until you get a nest for yourself—perhaps there is some advantage in being separate it gives each of us the run of two houses instead of one.5
RI MS JT/1/T/653
LT Typescript Only
[September 1859]: Uncertain dating indicated on the typescript with a handwritten ‘?5 September’. Based on the discussion of Hirst’s lodgings, it is likely that the letter was written in late September, see n. 3. See also letter 1635.
with regard to lodging: Tyndall was assisting Hirst with finding a place upon his return to England.
we should find no difficulty in getting you quarters: Hirst noted in his journal on 6 October 1859, that Tyndall found him lodgings at 27 Aberdeen Place (Hirst Journal, RI MS JT/2/32c/1504).
my hostess to give an old lodger: not identified.
instead of one: the end paragraphs of the LT transcript of this letter belonged to letter 1635, see also letter 1635, n. 10.
Please cite as “Tyndall1637,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on