Hochgeehrte Freundin.
Alles was Sie geschrieben haben ist so gut und Ihre Einladung auf Deutsch ausgedruckt, klingt so freundlich dass ich es kaum wiederstehen kann “Ja” zu sagen.
Ich werde kommen wenn es nur möglich ist. “Ich hoffe, ja ich glaube auch” daß dieß der Fall sein wird.
Ich schicke Ihnen eine Verlobungscarte welche ich gestern erhielte; es wird Ihnen zeigen wie man solche sachen in Deutschland offentlich macht.
Ich schicke Ihnen auch einen Englischen Brief von einem Deutschen geschriben; Er ist sehr nett und artig.
Mit aller Hochachtung | Ihr ergebenster | John Tyndall
13th Dec. 1859
Auch schicke ich Ihnen zu gleicher Zeit eine [Todken Karte] —nein ich will es nicht. Ja doch ich will.
Highly esteemed friend.2
Everything that you wrote3 is so good and your invitation4 expressed in German sounds so friendly that I can hardly resist to say “yes”.
I will come as soon as it is possible. “I hope and I also believe”5 that this will be the case.
I am sending you an engagement card,6 which I received yesterday; it will show you how these things are made public in Germany.
I am also sending you an English letter written by a German;7 it is very pleasant and proper.
Respectfully | Your most devoted | John Tyndall
13th Dec. 1859
I also send you a [condolence]8 card at the same time9—no, I do not want to. But yes, I do want to.10
RI MS JT/1/T/1133
RI MS JT/1/T/6/1964
[To Unidentified]: a later archival note assigned this letter to Juliet Pollock, however this has not been verified.
friend: the German Freundin implies a woman.
Everything that you wrote: letter missing.
your invitation: invitation missing.
“I hope and I also believe”: it is uncertain what Tyndall is referring to by use of quotation marks, presumably it references the wording in the invitation.
I am sending you an engagement card: card missing.
an English letter written by a German: not identified, letter missing.
[condolence]: Tyndall wrote ‘Todten Karte’, or ‘Todtenkarte’, which could either mean a condolence card or a death certificate.
I also send you a [condolence] card at the same time: card missing.
But yes, I do want to: presumably this, and the rest of the letter, was intended as a joke.
Please cite as “Tyndall1667,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on