Faraday to John Smith   7 April 18381

Royal Institution | 7 April 1838

Sir

Your favour I received & am very grateful to you for it. I should have acknowledged the kindness at once but waited until the time when I had occasion for the testimony of your letter had passed. It gave hundreds last night great pleasure to hear your opinion of the proposed plan2. I trust most sincerely that the expectations of its services which appear indeed to be well founded will be more than surpassed[.]

With sincere thanks for your kindness I remain

Sir | Your faithful Servant | M. Faraday

J. Smith Esq | &c &c &c

1
John Smith (1798-1888, B6). Gardener at Kew, 1822-1841.
2
See Lit.Gaz., 14 April 1838, p.233 for an account of Faraday's Friday Evening Discourse of 6 April 1837 "On Mr. Ward's method of preserving plants in limited atmospheres" which mentioned Smith's work.

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