Faraday to James South   18 January 1842

Royal Institution | 18 January 1842.

My dear Sir James

The accompanying books1 were mine and are yours. I send them with very mixed feelings for at the same time that I know your heart by using them as remembrances of me can give them an interest in your eyes abundantly sufficient for that purpose still I cannot conceal from myself that they are an unworthy and unfit gift on my part. I will say no more but that however little their value they are accompanied with the strongest feelings at the remembrance of your kindness and good will to me[.]

Ever My dear Sir James | Your faithful | M. Faraday

Sir James South | &c &c &c

1
That is Faraday's books of his notes of the lectures of John Tatum (d.1858, age 86, GRO. Silversmith of 53 Dorset Street. Appears in London directories until 1827. Probably the same as John junior noted in Grimwade (1982), 677) at the City Philosophical Society in 1810. According to the Memorandum to Robert Peel, 31 March 1835, letter 775, volume 2, there were originally five notebooks, but only four have survived, RI MS F4 B1-4.

Bibliography

GRIMWADE, Arthur G. (1982): London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, 2nd edition, London.

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