Faraday to John Ridout   8 May 18511

R Institution | 8 May 1851

My dear Sir

Did you ask me for an admission to the Lecture on Saturday2 or has my bad memory led me to some mistake?

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

J. Ridout Esq | &c &c &c


Address: John Ridout Esq | &c &c &c | 10 Montague Street | Russell Square

John Ridout (1784-1855, B3). Surgeon and member of the Senate of the University of London, 1836-1855.
That is 10 May 1851 when Faraday gave his second lecture in a course of six lectures “On some points of Electrical Philosophy”. His notes are in RI MS F4 J11.

Please cite as “Faraday2420,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2420