Faraday to Thomas Hodgkin   22 January 18531

Royal Institution | 22 Jany 1853

My dear Sir

There must be some mistake in your impressions. I gave a discourse here last night2 but have no other evening lecture to give. Neither have I any day lectures on hand perhaps I may be so engaged after Easter3 but that is not arranged and want of health may prevent me[.] However I am much better than I have been & hope to go through the season. If the American Minister should be in London & willing to honor me with his presence I should be very glad to send you the pass & very proud of his presence.

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Dr. T. Hodgkin | &c &c &c

I send you a Friday Evening ticket undated & unnamed that if you should like to bring Mrs. Hodgkin4 on any Evening you may be able to do so | MF

1
Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866, DNB). Physician.
2
Faraday (1853a), Friday Evening Discourse of 21 January 1853.
3
Faraday delivered a set of six lectures on static electricity after Easter. His notes are in RI MS F4 J15.
4
Sarah Frances Hodgkin, olim Scaife née Callow (d.1875, age 71, DQB). Married Hodgkin in 1850. See his DNB entry.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1853a): “Observations on the Magnetic Force”, Proc. Roy. Inst., 1: 229-38.

Please cite as “Faraday2626,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2626