Faraday to Pierre Berthier   4 February 1828¹

Royal Institution | Feb. 4. 1828

Dear Sir

I take the liberty of introducing to your acquaintance a friend of mine Mr. Brant² from the Brazils and through him to send my remembrances and my hopes that you are as well as when I had the pleasure of seeing you in England[.]

Mr. Brant is desirous of supplying himself with the apparatus and materials of a laboratory and for that purpose proceeds to Paris[.] If you would have the kindness in conversation to furnish him with a few suggestions relative to the places where he can best obtain them it would much oblige him and me. Mr. Brant has a great desire to pursue Chemistry effectually and in Brazil he has a new field of research which I have no doubt he will well examine[.] I am | My dear Sir Your Very Obliged & faithful Servant | M. Faraday

M. Berthier &c &c &c

Address: M. Berthier | &c &c | Professeur | à l’Ecole des Minés | Paris