Faraday to C. Peake   12 August 18391

Royal Institution | 12 Aug 1839

Sir

I am somewhat surprised to find that my name has had the honor of being placed on the Free list of Covent Garden Theatre2 this season being quite unacquainted with any circumstance which renders me deserving of that favour[.] May I however beg you will do me the further kindness of offering my sincere thanks to Mr & Mrs Charles Matthews3 for the obligation they have been pleased to put me under[.]

I am Sir | Your Very Obedient Servant | M. Faraday

C. Peake Esq | &c &c &c

1
Unidentified.
2
See Bence Jones (1870a), 1: 425.
3
Charles James Mathews (1803-1878, DNB). Actor and dramatist. Lucia Elizabeth Mathews, olim Vestris, née Bartolozzi (1797-1856, DNB). Actress.

Bibliography

BENCE JONES, Henry (1870a): The Life and Letters of Faraday, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London.

Please cite as “Faraday1190,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1190