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From:
Humphry Davy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 October 1820
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Following a meeting of [William] Roscoe's "best and staunchest Liverpool friends" they have adopted the plan previously outlined to Smith to secure an annuity for Roscoe; as Roscoe is to visit Holkham [Hall, Norfolk, home of Thomas William Coke] soon asks that Smith and Coke treat the matter with caution, for reasons Professor Smyth will explain. Roscoe's unselfish nature at this difficult time for him.
Smith has annotated on recto of second folio "sent £50".