Christian Karl Josias Bunsen to Faraday   21 August 18421

Sir

I congratulate myself upon having the honor of transmitting to you the official letter, containing Your nomination by His Majesty the King of Prussia2, as one of the Members of the newly erected Branch of the Order "For the Merit,"3 with the Statutes and Insignia of that distinction, and of signing myself

Sir | Your most obedient humble servant | Bunsen

London, August, 21 | 1842.

To | Michael Faraday, Esqre F.R.S. | Royal Institution | 21 Albemarle Street.


Endorsed by Faraday: 4 Carlton Terrace

1
Christian Karl Josias Bunsen (1791-1860, NDB). Prussian ambassador in London, 1841-1854.
2
Frederick William IV.
3
See note 2, letter 1420.

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