My dear Faraday
Never was regret greater than mine at finding myself precluded from coming up to witness your beautiful experiments by a country engagement which I cannot put off however earnestly I should desire it[.]
With many thanks for your invitation | believe me | Yours very truly | (Signed) J.F.W.H.
Please cite as “Faraday1854a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on