Caroline Fox to Faraday   16 February 1836

Ordnance Office | Tuesday Eveg Feby | ye 16th 1836

Dear Sir,

On returning home this morning after an absence of more than two months I found your letter¹, & the obliging present of a book² which incompetent as I am to judge of its merit, will be useful & instructive I hope to many of my friends, & always valuable to me, & to render it more so, I may some day ask you to do me the favour of writing from the author in it.

I am very glad indeed & not at all surprised, to hear of Lord Melbourne's civility he is no egoist, frank generous & manly & you must allow me to say, that in a case where an unfair impression has been given of the conduct of a man of such a character, he his the very last person to be consulted or to require the contradiction of an aspersion which he is conscious is utterly undeserved - but his friends probably did & do still think otherwise, tho' now certainly the time is gone by for drawing public attention to the subject.

I am dear Sir | with very true | respect & regard | yours | Caroline Fox

Endorsed by Faraday: To MF | Feby 15 1836