William Buckland to Faraday   26 August 1839

Birmingham | Philosophical Society | 26 Aug 1839

Dear Faraday

I am desired by Sir Robt Peel to request the pleasure of your company at Drayton Manor to dine & sleep on Wednesday Evening next1. Dinner at 8. A party of 12 or 13 will start here by Rail Road at 1/2 P 6 & reach Tamworth in time for Sir Robert['s] Dinner at 8 & return next day in time for the work of the sections2[.] Will you reply to me by return of post at the above address

& Believe Me | Always Truly Yours | W. Buckland

This place is in a state of unusual Tranquillity[.]


Address: M. Faraday Esq | Royal Institution | Albemarle St | London

That is 28 August 1839.
Of the British Association.

Please cite as “Faraday1201,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1201