Faraday to Edward Magrath   1 February 1849

Brighton | 1 Feby 1849

My dear Magrath

I cannot be in town on Monday1 at Mr Tuppers2 ballot3. I hope there is nothing left undone by me that I can do here or ought to do.

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

1
That is 5 February 1849.
2
Arthur Chilver Tupper (d.1876, age 60, GRO). Brother of the popular writer Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810 - 1889, DNB). See Hudson (1949), 5.
3
Tupper was proposed by Brande and seconded by Faraday for membership of the Athenaeum Club. AC MS Certificate Book, 1849-50, number 1952. He was elected in 1849, Waugh [1894], 147.

Bibliography

HUDSON, Derek (1949): Martin Tupper: His Rise and Fall, London.

WAUGH, Francis Gledstanes [1894]: Members of the Athenaeum Club from its foundation, np.

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