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Faraday to Benjamin Vincent   8 May 1848

R Institution | 8 May 1848

Dear friend

I have just come from the meeting at which you were appointed Assistant Secretary1. It will however require confirmation at a meeting on the first Monday in June 2. In the mean time my wife & I wish you joy on the appointment & hope it will be a source of pleasure & comfort to you & yours. I have no doubt you will hear from Mr Barlow & perhaps had better not write to him until you do[.]

Yours affectionately | M. Faraday

Mr. B. Vincent

1
See RI MM, 8 May 1848, 10: 95 for Vincent's appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Royal Institution. Following the dismissal of Fincher for fraud (RI MM, 20 July 1846, 9: 404), it was decided to divide his duties between a Clark of Accounts (to which William Hughes was appointed) and an Assistant Secretary. However, the appointment of that position was deferred since Barlow agreed to undertake the duties involved in addition to his own (RI MM, 16 November 1846, 9: 415).
2
That is 5 June 1848, but see letter 2081.

Please cite as “Faraday2080,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2080