John Parkinson1 to Faraday   12 February 18402

80 Cambridge Terrace | 12h Feb

Dear Sir

I hasten to fulfil my promise, apologizing at the same time for the delay, which arose from my having mislaid Mr Birkbeck's3 letters. The entire mass 4 was found at a distance of about eighteen Spanish leagues from Zacatecas, and the great remnant now stands in the court-yard (patio) of a house in Zacatecas.

Allow me to retract my disclaimer, and to beg for a small specimen when the plans of division is determined on.

Believe me | Dear Sir | Your faithful servant | John Parkinson

M. Faraday Esq | &c &c &c

1
John Parkinson (d.1847, Gent.Mag., 1847, 27: 567). Given as British Consul in Mexico in Imperial Calendaruntil 1842.
2
Dated on the basis of the dates of the extracts from Birkbeck's letters (5 July 1838, 1 February 1839 and 22March 1839) and that Parkinson was in London in February 1840 to be admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society. See RS MS JB, 27 February 1840, 48: 574.
3
Unidentified.
4
Of a meteorite.

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