Faraday to Lee Thornton   30 January 18431

R Institution | 30 Jany 1843

Dear Sir

We succeeded in electing little Williams2 into the London Orphan Asylum but only by borrowing 50 Proxies[.] From the tenor of your kind note I am in hope you will favour me with your Proxy next June to help to pay off the debt[.]

Ever Yours faithfully | M. Faraday

Lee Thornton Esq | &c &c &c


Endorsed: 9/2-42 Promised M. Faraday my proxy for the Election 26 June 1843 - to aid in returning proxies borrowed for Williams at the last election.

1
Lee Thornton, of Dover, was a subscriber of the London Orphan Asylum (see note 2, letter 1378) since 1840. See the 1843 Report of the London Orphan AsylumSuRO 3719/2/10, p.199.
2
Joseph Williams was first listed as an orphan in ibid., p.36. His father, Thomas Williams, had been a hall porter in the Royal Institution from 1829 (RI MM, 18 May 1829, 7: 259-60) until his death, which was reported in RI MM, 6 May 1839, 9: 84.

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