Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Faraday1   Early July 18282

P.S. N.C. [sic] Pallmer3 M.P allows his name to be used<->

My dear Sir

Any publication of this will of course benefit our Tunnel<->

The Duke of Wellington4 attends and the Dukes of Sussex5 Cambridge6 &c &c have promised besides numerous noblemen & gentlemen[.]

Yours truly | I.K. Brunel

1
Recipient identified on the basis of the provenance of this letter.
2
Dated on the basis that this referred to a public meeting at the Freemasons’ Tavern on 5 July 1828 to promote the Thames Tunnel. See The Times, 7 July 1828, p.8, col.a-b.
3
Charles Nicholas Pallmer (1772–1848, HP). MP for Surrey, 1826–1830 who chaired the meeting.
4
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852, ODNB). Field Marshal and politician; Prime Minister, 1828–1830.
5
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843, ODNB). President of the Royal Society, 1830–1838. Marc Isambard Brunel visited him on 3 July 1828 (Institution of Civil Engineers MS Brunel Diary) when he indicated that he would attend.
6
Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774–1850, ODNB). Field Marshal and Viceroy of Hanover, 1816–1837.

Please cite as “Faraday0366a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0366a