Edmund Robert Daniell to Faraday   16 April 1827

My dear Faraday

I have received your “Manipulations”¹ & at the same time that I return you my sincere thanks I cannot avoid expressing the pleasure I feel, in finding that my exertions on behalf of the Royal Institution have been considered worthy of such a mark of attention. I have no doubt that I shall derive both pleasure & instruction from the perusal of the work, but whatever may be the effect it will have upon my unscientific brain, it will always be a source of gratification by recalling to my mind the part I have taken in the renovation of an establishment which whatever may be its other titles to esteem will always stand pre- eminent for the share it has had in the development of talent & for the encouragement it has afforded to the exertions of genius. With many thanks believe me to be | dear Faraday | Your Obliged & faithful Edmund R. Daniell

Torrington Square | Ap. 16. 1827