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To ?   17 February [1875–8]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Feb 17th

Dear Sir

Faraday left a widow who is alive, or who was so quite lately.—2 He left no children.— If you will address a letter as on the next page it will be sure to reach Mrs. Faraday—

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Mrs Faraday

care of Prof. Tyndall F.R.S.3

Royal Institution

Albemarle St

London.

1
The year range is established by the printed stationery, which is of a type used by CD from November 1874, and by the date of the death of Sarah Faraday (see n. 2, below).
2
Michael Faraday died in 1867. His wife, Sarah Faraday, died on 6 January 1879 (England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 19 May 2014)).
3
Faraday had been Fullerian Professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain; John Tyndall was professor of natural philosophy there (ODNB).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9859,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9859