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Edr Athenm

29 Sept/52

D Sir

I beg to inform you that my researches in Phot^y, w^ch have bⁿ prosecuted w^th zeal during y^e past summer, have resulted in y^e – a discovery w^ch appears to me to open an entirely new field of speculatⁿ, & of practical utility. I hope soon (i.e. before Xmas) to be to have sufficiently mastered y^e intricacies of the subject to be able to exhibit tolerably perfect specimens, and I beg to enquire whether you would wish the first account of the matter to appear in the Ath^nm? ¹ As in that case I would take care to reserve it for you, & in y ^e mean meantime beg to submit myself When conven^t if y^e will favor me w^th a line in reply I shall be obliged –

Yours very truly

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to: The Editor of the Athenæum

29 September 1852

Dear Sir

I beg to inform you that my researches in Photography, which have been prosecuted with zeal during the past summer, have resulted in the a discovery which appears to me to open an entirely new field of speculation, and of practical utility.

I hope soon (i.e., before Christmas) to be to have sufficiently mastered the intricacies of the subject to be able to exhibit tolerably perfect specimens, and I beg to enquire whether you would wish the first account of the matter to appear in the Athenæum? As in that case I would take care to reserve it for you, and in the mean meantime beg to submit myself When convenient if you will favor me with a line in reply I shall be obliged–

Yours very truly