Copies wanted for gifts2
Royal Institution of Great Britain | Tuesday
My dear Mr Murray.
I want to present to the Duchess of Northumberland3 & to another noble lady4 two copies of the “Glaciers of the Alps.”5 Do you happen to have suitable copies beside you?, & if not would you kindly have two bound for me?
Yours very sincerely | John Tyndall
1863 | Tyndall, J.6
National Library of Scotland, John Murray Archive, Ms. 41214
1863: while no month or day are given in this letter, it would appear to precede letter 2054, dated 21 December 1863, in which Tyndall received thanks from the Duchess for sending the book.
Copies wanted for gifts: these words are written at the top of the letter, either in John Murray’s hand or someone else from his publishing firm.
Duchess of Northumberland: see letter 2054, n. 1. In that letter, Eleanor Percy sent Tyndall thanks for sending a copy of the book.
another noble lady: not identified.
Glaciers of the Alps: Glaciers of the Alps.
1863 | Tyndall, J.: this is written on the backside of the letter.
Please cite as “Tyndall2053,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on