Faraday to James Silk Buckingham   26 February 1841¹

R Institution | 26 Feby 1841

Sir

I regret on many accounts that my reply to your note (which deserves an answer) must be that I cannot afford to subscribe to your work: for the same circumstance shuts me off from the performance of many things which I should otherwise be glad to do[.]

I am Sir | Your Very Obliged Servant | M. Faraday

J.S. Buckingham Esq | &c &c &c