Faraday to Henry Ellis1   12 April 1851

Royal Institution | 12 April 1851

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the great favour done me by the invitation to the Centenary dinner of the Society of Antiquaries and whilst I return my sincere thanks to express my deep regret that I cannot avail myself of it: but I about to leave town for the Seaside by medical advice for the necessary support of my strength during the coming part of the Season and must be absent from London at the time2[.]

I have the honor to be | Your Very faithful Servant | M. Faraday

Sir Henry Ellis KH | &c &c &c

1
Henry Ellis (1777–1869, ODNB). Librarian of the British Museum, 1827–1856.
2
That is on 23 April 1851. For an account of the dinner see The Times, 25 April 1851, p.8, col.c.

Please cite as “Faraday2407a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 16 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2407a