1Faraday to Edward Holme2   28 June 1842

Royal Institution | 28 June 1842

My dear Sir

I find you have not forgotten me but have thoughts of kindness even when the object is out of your sight and that object one which is only known to you by your own good acts towards him. I have received the paper and am very much interested by the proceedings. I hope that in your Department they will not be too much for you.

I reached home3 in perfect safety but found next morning that I was quite right in coming away before the excitement began. I have had much giddiness & confusion in my head ever since[.]

With many thanks for your very great kindness of which I have a deep remembrance & with many wishes for your health & happiness

I am | My dear Sir | Your Obliged Servant | M. Faraday

Dr. Holme | &c &c &c

1
This letter is black-edged, possibly due to the imminent death of the Sandemanian Mary Straker (d.1842, age 65, GRO) on 30 June 1842.
2
Edward Holme (1770-1847, DNB). Manchester physician.
3
From the meeting of the British Association in Manchester which Faraday attended on 22 and 23 June 1842. See letter 1407.

Please cite as “Faraday1406,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1406