George Birkbeck1 to Faraday   27 February 1835

38 Finsbury Square | Feb. 27 1835

My dear Sir

Permit me earnestly to solicit your vote for my friend Mr. Cleasby2, who hopes to gain admission into the Athenaeum on Monday next the second of March. Mr. Cleasby is a Barrister and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and in every respect worthy of your support3.

I am, ever, | very faithfully your’s | George Birkbeck

Dr. Faraday.

1
George Birkbeck (1776–1841, ODNB). Physician and educationalist.
2
Anthony Cleasby (1804–1879, ODNB). Lawyer.
3
Cleasby was elected a member of the Athenaeum in 1835. Waugh [1894], 30.

Bibliography

WAUGH, Francis Gledstanes [1894]: Members of the Athenaeum Club from its foundation, np.

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