My dear Faraday,
I am going to take Miss Coutts to see the Electrical eel1 tomorrow evening at eight o clock. She has just sent to me the enclosed note2 and informs me that you will meet an old friend (Mr Thorgnerier) I decypher it as well as I can3. I know it will afford her great pleasure to become acquainted with you and I am always happy in your society. So pray do not call this a dinner but a snatch or by any other name which will admit of our meeting there[.]
I am | My dear Faraday | Ever sincerely Yours | C. Babbage
Dorset St | 14 Aug. 1839
Address: M. Faraday Esq
Please cite as “Faraday1192,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on