| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from James Nasmyth, Hammerfield, Penshurst, Kent, regretting that their visit cannot take place as his sister has taken ill again, it will be fatal, she and all her late sisters were very bright and merry, and they died at an average age of 80, he does not dare go too far from her at present, they visit her often to reminisce, 'modern science has taught us to feel certain that while all kinds of natural forces are indestructible we may well believe that that most wonderful of all Forces! Life and Vitality is no less indestructible and must on flitting from one body pass on to another', signed with signature and thumbprint, 12 July 1880 |