Faraday to William Blake1   30 January 1843

R Institution | 30 Jany 1843

Dear Sir

Allow me to say that we succeeded in our Orphan case2 but only by borrowing 50 proxies[.] According to your promise therefore I shall be very thankful for your Proxies next June[.]

I am Dear Sir | Your Very Obliged Servant | M. Faraday

Wm. Blake Esq | &c &c &c

1
William Blake (d.1852, age 78, B1). Sheriff of Hertfordshire and water colour collector. He had been a subscriber of the London Orphan Asylum (see note 2, letter 1378) since 1841. See the 1843 Report of the London Orphan AsylumSuRO 3719/2/10, p.54.

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