Faraday to Charles Woodward   2 January 18431

R Institution | 2 Jany 1843

My dear Sir

Months ago my proxy2 was promised & through my forgetfulness twice over so that I found myself all in trouble as the election came round. Otherwise you should have had my paper[.]

My best thank[s] to you for your kind enquiries & earnest wishes for many happy years to you. I feel from year to year the more need of rest & so withdraw more & more but I do hope to see you at Islington some day3.

Ever Your Obliged | M. Faraday

Chas. Woodward Esq

1
Charles Woodward (c1789-1877, B3). Scientific lecturer and a former member of the City Philosophical Society. See James (1992b).
2
Presumably for the London Orphan Asylum. See note 2, letter 1378.
3
That is the Islington Literary and Scientific Society of which Woodward was President.

Bibliography

JAMES, Frank A.J.L. (1992b): “Michael Faraday, The City Philosophical Society and the Society of Arts”, Roy. Soc. Arts J. 140: 192-199.

Please cite as “Faraday1458,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1458