Humphry Davy to Faraday   1 May 1820

Lyons, May 1st 1820.

Dear Mr Faraday,

I have arrived so far safely on my road to England; but we are going to make an excursion of a fortnight to Auvergne and so on through the volcanic country of the South of France to Bordeaux, and to Paris where we shall probably not arrive much before the 20th. I shall be much obliged to you if you will be so good as to send me a little more of the new substance found in the gas works if you can procure it and send it addressed to me to the care of the Revd. Anthony Hamilton¹ at the Library in St Martin’s Lane. He is coming to pay us a visit at Paris and will take any small packet or letter.

Pray tell me if I am elected one of the Managers of the Royal Institution².

My volcanic matter is so much accumulated that my paper is almost swelled to a book; but I hope to curtail it before I present it to the Royal Society.

Pray present my regards to Mr Brande and believe me to be |

Dear Mr Faraday | very sincerely your | friend and wellwisher |

H. Davy