Faraday to Edward Magrath   26 March 1830

R Institution | Mar 26. 1830

Dear Magrath

It is pleasant to have some note of you again but I was sorry to hear from Dr Nicholl this morning that you gained strength only slowly[.] I was in hopes Greenwich would have done you good. I unluckily missed you at Greenwich & have missed you at the Athenaeum too but in fact I am missing every where and find myself any thing but what I ought to be[.] My strength fails my nerves grow feeble and I am become a patient that does no credit to any one. Dr. Nichol[l] was here this morning & is very kind but I want rest & he cannot give me that[.]

I was to have dined at the Athenaeum to day with him but feel unable to do so. I ought to give an evening next friday[.] I have no one ready & feel almost indifferent to it¹. Even Woolwich lectures have done me no good in health yet² for this last month I have [been] in all sorts of indispositions[.]

However I shall write you no more folly of this kind[.] I would be glad to retire to the sea side if I could for a week or two & hope to do so at Easter. I feel no spirits for anything[.]

Hoping we shall both meet to laugh at our present miserable state I recommend to you what I am forced to have myself Patience.

Ever Dear Magrath | Truly Yours | M. Faraday