Faraday to Thomas Morson   23 November 1824

RI | Nov 23

Dear Morson

I have but few words to spare but I want to persuade you to give your vote for a very worthy man Mr Chater1 a friend of mine who is desirous of obtaining the place of Collector to the Society2. I am particularly interested for him & know him to be a very proper person.

Do all you can for him & me by influencing others also[.]

Yours Ever | M. Faraday

I believe you can do a good turn with Mr. Windsor3 [sic] & through him with Mr Pollock4.

1
Joseph Chater (d.1838, age 71, GRO).
2
This position, which involved collecting the membership dues of the Society of Arts, had become vacant when the previous incumbent Henry Harrison had resigned on 10 November 1824 (RSA MS “Minutes of the Society 1824-25”, p.22-3). The contested election was held on 20 December 1824. Chater won this with an overall majority. (Joseph Chater 251, Thomas A. Corlett 57, James Dupin 142, Charles B. Harmer 6, James Schoefied 1, Joseph Westcott 31. Ibid., 55-8). Chater held this position until his death.
3
Frederick Albert Winsor of 4 Upper Stamford Street.
4
David Pollock (1780-1847, DNB). Lawyer.

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