TALBOT3355

Royal Institution ¹
15. Aug. 1836

My dear Sir

My absence from town left me in ignorance of your kind letter ² until now for which I have to express my great regret at the same time that I thank you sincerely for your kindness But I am cut off from Bristol ³ & all pleasure connected with it by illness in the knee joint which renders me very weak & lame and will I fear disable me for many months though under the hands of Sir Benj Brodie. ⁴ Even at home it almost entirely prevents my working

Again thanking you for your kindness I remain My dear Sir Your Obliged
M Faraday

H. F. Talbot Esq^r
&c &c &c

H. F. Talbot Esq^r
&c &c &c
Laycock Abbey
Chippenham
Free