Faraday to William Henry Fox Talbot   15 August 1836

Royal Institution | 15, Aug. 1836

My dear Sir

My absence from town left me in ignorance of your kind letter until now for which I have to express my great regret at the same time that I thank you sincerely for your kindness[.] But I am cut off from Bristol¹ & all pleasure connected with it by illness in the knee joint which renders me very weak & lame and will I fear disable me for many months though under the hands of Sir Benj Brodie. Even at home it almost entirely prevents my working[.]

Again thanking you for your kindness I remain

My dear Sir | Your Obliged | M. Faraday

H.F. Talbot Esq | &c &c &c

Address: H.F. Talbot Esq | &c &c &c | Laycock Abbey | Chippenham