Samuel March Phillipps to Faraday and Charles Lyell   25 October 1844

Whitehall Oct 25, | 1844

Gentlemen

I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your final Report¹ on the subject of the late disastrous explosion in the Haswell Colliery, - in which Report you have, in compliance with his request, considered whether there are any and what practicable means for preventing or obviating similar catastrophies [sic]. The suggestions made by you appear to Sir James Graham to be most valuable, and, he doubts not, will prove eminently useful in the practice and management of mines.

Sir James Graham intends to make known as early as possible the information contained in your Report, in the hope, that it will be generally acted upon, and contribute in some measure to the prevention of such fatal accidents.

Sir James Graham desires me further to thank you particularly for the readiness with which you undertook the business of this Commission, to your own personal inconvenience, and for the zeal and ability with which you have executed it.

I am | gentlemen | Your obedient servant | S.M. Phillipps

Michael Faraday Esq | & | Charles Lyell Esq.