Griffith George Lewis to Faraday   9 March 1852¹

Royal Military Academy | Woolwich; March 9th 1852

Dear Sir,

Having submitted to His Lordship the Master General² Your communication of the 9h Ultimo³, expressing a wish to retire from the Office of Chemical Lecturer to the Royal Military Academy as soon as Convenience would permit, - I have the honor to state that a person Competent to fill the situation of Chemical Lecturer to this Institution having been found in the person of Mr. Abel - the Master General has been pleased to accept your resignation and to appoint Mr. Abel Your Successor.

I beg to subjoin an Extract from the Official Letter of the Master General’s Secretary expressive of His Lordships high sense of the advantage the Ordnance Service & Gentleman Cadets of the Royal Military Academy have gained from your instruction for so many Years.

I have the honor to be | Dear Sir | Your most obedient Servant | G.G. Lewis | Major General | Lt. Governor

Extract

Office of Ordnance | 8th March 1852

Sir,

“The Master General cannot allow Mr. Faraday to withdraw from the Ordnance Service, without expressing his high sense of the advantage which it has derived from the Professor’s instruction. The Lectures of so distinguished a Chemist cannot fail to have encouraged amongst the Cadets a taste for a science intimately Connected with professional objects, and to have laid the foundation of practical attainments which must be eminently useful in their future career.”

I have the honor to be | Sir | Your obedient Servant | Signed / Edward Elliot⁴ | Pro: Secty

M. General Lewis C.B. | &c &c &c