Faraday to John Edward Gray1   26 February 1840

R Institution | 26 Feby 1840

My dear Sir

I purpose naming you for Friday the 6th March according to your kind offer - & write merely to make sure that all is correct2[.]

Ever Your Obliged | M. Faraday

J.E. Gray Esq | &c &c &c

1
John Edward Gray (1800–1875, ODNB). Keeper of the Zoological Department of the British Museum, 1840–1874.
2
Gray did not deliver a Friday Evening Discourse then, or indeed any during 1840. For a similar problem earlier in the year see Faraday to Gray, 20 January 1840, letter 1235, volume 2.

Please cite as “Faraday1244a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1244a