Lord Auckland to Faraday   18 October 18321

Royal Mint | 18th Oct: 1832

Sir

The Buildings of the Refinery at the Mint having been completed, according to a Plan of which you approved last year, I have to request that you will be good enough to attend at the Mint to inspect the Works in actual operation, and to inform me whether, in your opinion, the process of Refining, as now completed by Mr. Mathison2, can be carried on for the public service without nuisance to the neighbourhood3.

I am &c: | Auckland

M. Faraday Esq | &c &c &c | Royal Institution


Endorsed: N.B. A similar letter to the above written to Mr. Brande.

1
George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland (1784-1849, DNB). Master of the Mint, 1830-1834.
2
Gilbert Farquhar Graeme Mathison, melter and refiner of the Mint. There is some variation in the spelling of his name. Craig (1953), 304-5.
3
See note 2, letter 532.

Bibliography

CRAIG, John (1953): The Mint: A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948, Cambridge.

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