Faraday to Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas   14 September 1846¹

Royal Institution | 14 Septr. 1846

My dear Dumas

Whether you will be at Southampton or not during the meeting of the British Association I do not know, if you should I shall be very sorry to have missed you but I was constrained by circumstances at home to return to London and lose many pleasures that I looked forward to. I write now especially to introduce to you my friend the Rev. John Barlow M.A. who is also our honorary & hard working secretary at the Royal Institution and to whom in a great measure our present healthy & prosperous state depends for his exertions in our cause. I am sure you will esteem him. Mrs. Faraday joins me in kindest remembrances to Madame Dumas & constant recollections of her kindness.

Ever My dear friend | Your faithful Servant | M. Faraday