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Faraday to John Barlow   1 April 1840

R Institution | 1 April 1840

My dear Sir

I find on my list promises to you from

Lady Seymour1

Alderman Kelly2 and perhaps some others[.]

I have not yet received them, may I write or send for them or will you help me?3

Ever Your faithful | M. Faraday

Rev John Barlow | &c &c &c

1
Jane Georgiana Seymour, née Sheridan (1809–1884, CP) wife of the Whig politician Edward Adolphus Seymour (1804–1885, ODNB). She was a new subscriber to the London Orphan Asylum. See the 1841 Report of the London Orphan AsylumSuRO 3719/1/9, p.181.
2
Thomas Kelly (1772–1855, B2). Publisher and Alderman, 1830–1855, and a subscriber to the London Orphan Asylum since 1826. See the 1840 Report of the London Orphan AsylumSuRO 3719/1/9, p.128.
3
See (2: 1257a). Barlow is not listed as a subscriber to the orphanage.

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