Faraday to Benjamin Boddington1   27 July 1832

Royal Institution | July 28th [sic] 1832

My dear Sir

Returning to town only yesterday I had no opportunity of knowing before of your kindness. I have sent the account to my friends the Editors of the Phil Mag2 & have no doubt they will be glad to publish so clear & useful a description of the extraordinary discharge of lightning which you have sent me[.] It is wonderful to me how Mr or Mrs Boddington3 escaped with life[.]

I am very sorry to say that the little account which you gave me at Oxford4 I left on the table at New College where we lunched. I should be very sorry to lose it if therefore it has fallen into your hands will you favour me by taking care of it for me[.]

I am | My dear Sir | Your Very Obliged Servant | M. Faraday

Benjn Boddington Esq | &c &c &c


Address: Benjamin Boddington Esq | &c &c &c | Badger Hall | Shifnal | Shropshire

Postmark: 27 July 1832.

1
Benjamin Boddington (1773–1855, Boddington Pedigree, BL 74/1956.d.1 <(72)>). Gentleman and magistrate.
2
Boddington (1832) which noted that it was communicated by Faraday.
3
3 Thomas Fremeaux Boddington (1804–1871, Boddington Pedigree, BL 74/d.1 <(72)>, Crockford). Son of B. Boddington, Anglican priest and Curate of Dinder, 1831–1837, who married on 5 April 1832 Mary Barbara Wall (1812–1835, Boddington Pedigree, BL 74/1956.d.1 <(72)>).
4
At the meeting of the British Association.

Please cite as “Faraday0601a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0601a