Faraday to Anne Brodie   28 October 18521

Dear Lady Brodie

My wife called in Savile Row to day, but she has not courage to write to you; I therefore do so knowing that you will excuse me for the objects sake. A case has come before us much recommended by circumstances; which is entirely fit for the Widows relief Society2; and believing that you belong to it, and if you have no other claim before you, would be glad to help it, I take the liberty of enclosing a note of the circumstances. Knowing your kindness I will waste no words in apologies but use them rather in thanks. My wife joins me in kindest remembrances to you in many acknowlegeds [sic] to Sir Benjamin for his consistent endeavours to do us both good[.]

Ever Dear Lady Brodie | Your faithful Servant | M. Faraday

28 Octr. 1852


Endorsement: To be kept as an autograph of Faraday

1
Anne Brodie, née Sellon (d.1861, age 64, Gent.Mag.,1861, 11: 218). Philanthropist and wife of Benjamin Collins Brodie whom she married in 1816 (see under his DNB entry).
2
That is the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men. Benjamin Collins Brodie was a Vice-President. See Taylor, J.L. (1988), 21.

Please cite as “Faraday2581,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2581