Johann Conrad Fischer to Faraday   8 December 1840¹

Dear Sir!

His excellence Lft General de Sabloukoff², Director of the Imperial Mint at Petersborough, will have the honour to hand You over these few lines which I take the liberty to address to You, in profiting of the favorable occasion to recall myself by them to your kind remembrances, & to tell You how long I wish'd for already to find some spare time to revisit England, & to be so happy to see you again³. Next Summer I hope it will be the case if it pleases to God!

Notwithstanding the great distance I live from You, I occupy myself very often with You, admiring the great & interesting discoveries with which You enrich so frequently the dominions of natural Philosophy. The Gentleman to whom I have the honour to introduce to Your acquaintance by these presents, will by his extended scientific knowledges furnish sufficient matter for a most interesting conversation of which I only regret not to be able to witness it.-

Be therefore pleased Dear Sir to agree meanwhile of my most cordial salutations & the assurance of the distinguished esteem with which I have the honour to remain.

Dear Sir | Your devoted friend | J.C. Fisher | Lft Col

Schaffhausen in Switzerland | the 8th of December 1840

Address: To | Mickle Faraday, Esqre | Royal Institution, | Albemarle-Street | London