write me as soon as you can
Royal Institution | 13 Octr. 1842
My dear Sir
Many thanks for your letter. I shall wait the fortnight before I write - and if you make up your mind to go to Canada (provided the official communication is satisfactory to you) it would probably be as well for you to write me such an answer that I could send it with my letter to His Excellency Sir Charles Bagott at Toronto for that would enable him to make his communication more direct & to the purpose with you and expedite matters probably as regards the Laboratory outlay &c. It would certainly be a great point if you go that you should as soon as possible & whilst in this country consider the apparatus you might desire[.]
And now I shall no more consider myself a stranger to you & whether in this Country or any other shall wish you all health & happiness and a hope that I may dwell in your memory.
Ever My dear Sir | Most Truly Yours | M. Faraday
Dr Lyon Playfair | &c &c &c
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