Faraday to Jacob Gisbert Samuel van Breda   12 June 1850

12 June 1850 | London

Sir

I was honored by the receipt of your letter¹ informing me of the high privilege granted me by the Royal Society of Sciences of Holland of having my name registered among those of the great men whom it has been pleased to place on the list of its foreign associates. I beg most respectfully to offer my thanks for this great distinction and though I can make little promise at my time of life yet I may say it shall be my object to deserve in some small degree the favour conferred upon me.

I have the honor to be | Sir | Your most obliged & Very humble Servant | M. Faraday

A Monsieur | J.G.S. van Breda | Perpetual Secretary | &c &c &c &c

Address: To | J.G.S. van Breda | &c &c &c &c | Perpetual Secretary | Royal Society of Sciences | Harlem | Holland

Postmark: Attleborough²