R Institution | 11 July 1843
Sir
In withdrawing (through ill health) from public life I long ago made a necessary regulation which forbids my assenting to your desire: In thanking you therefore for the honor proposed I am still constrained to decline it[.]
I am Sir | Your Obedient Servant | M. Faraday
G. Watkin Esq | &c &c &c
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