Humphry Davy to Faraday   20 September 1815

Any [MS torn] may be sent to this address & under cover to

J B S Morritt1 Esq MP | at J.B.S Morritt Esq | Rokeby Park near | Greta Bridge

I shall be much obliged to you to forward this letter according to the proper forms. I shall return to town in about 3 weeks & will repay you what you have expended for me. If any thing should come for me at the Instn be so good as to keep it & should any bottles of air come do not open them till I arrive2[.]

I am always your sincere | well wisher | H. Davy


Endorsed: Greta bridge September 20 1815 By J.B.S. Morritt

Address: Mr Faraday | Royal Institution | Albemarle Street | London

1
John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (c1772-1843, DNB). Scholar and politician.
2
During his tour of Scotland and the North of England, Davy had arranged for samples of air from mines in the Newcastle coal field to be sent to the Royal Institution for analysis. See Davy, J. (1839-40), 1: 200.

Bibliography

DAVY, John (1839-40): The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., 9 volumes, London.

Please cite as “Faraday0059,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0059