Faraday to Nancy Clarke Bache1   7 May 18382

Monday, May 7

From the disturbed state of our home, Workmen being in many parts my books have been thrown into great confusion & papers often mixed. I have looked much for the particular paper you want which ought to have been with the one I do send but am very sorry I cannot find it. When I arrange my books some months hence it will come into its place but that is a very poor set off against the present want[.]

I regret very much indeed that I cannot send a better reply by your messenger[.]

I am Dear Madam | most faithfully Yours | M. Faraday

Mrs. Bache

1
Nancy Clarke Bache, née Fowler (1803–1870, Reingold and Rothenberg (1972–2007), 2: 112). Married A.D. Bache in 1828. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806–1867, DSB), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, 1827–1836 who toured Europe, 1836–1838.
2
Dated on the basis that the Baches were in Europe at this time, that 7 May 1838 was a Monday and the reference to the disturbance caused by the building of the columns of the façade of the Royal Institution. On this see James and Peers (2006), 158-9.

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