Faraday to John Scott Russell   28 March 18481

Royal Institution | 28 Mar 1848

My dear Sir

May I beg you to take my name off the proposed list of Vice Presidents of the Soc Arts2. I do not go into office any where but at the R Institution and have the strongest repugnance to my name appearing any where but there[.]

Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

J. Scott Russell Esq | Secretary | &c &c &c

1
John Scott Russell (1808-1882, DNB). Secretary of the Society of Arts, 1845-1850.
2
See RSA MS Minutes of the Council of the Society of Arts, 21 March 1848, 1: 173 for the printed list of those nominated for Vice-President, which included Faraday's name.

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