Fourth Earl of Dartmouth1 to Faraday   18 March 1824

Berkeley Square | 18, March, 1824.

Sir,

In reply to you letter of the 15th Inst.2 I beg leave to state that it is my wish to have the honor of belonging to the new Club for cultivators and patrons of science &c.3 and I request that my name may be placed on the list of original members4.

I am, Sir, | Your very obedient humble servant | Dartmouth

M. Faraday Esq

1
William Legge, Fourth Earl of Dartmouth (1784–1853, B1). Colonel of the Staffordshire militia, 1812–1853.
2
Presumably a letter similar to Faraday to Ward, 13 March 1824, letter 227, volume 1.
3
That is the Athenaeum.
4
Dartmouth is listed as an original member of the Athenaeum in Waugh [1894], 38.

Bibliography

WAUGH, Francis Gledstanes [1894]: Members of the Athenaeum Club from its foundation, np.

Please cite as “Faraday0227a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0227a