Faraday to John Welsh   20 June 18541

R Institution | 20 June 1854

Dear Sir

I have tried to pay for the thermometer and have had so much trouble that I must apply to you for instructions[.] Shall I send you a check on Drummonds2 or a Post office order? if the latter at what Post office shall it be payable. I made an order out for Mr. Ronalds3 thinking he was Secretary at Kew & have had to go to Turnham Green & then send & write to the Chief Post office and even at this moment all is not right but I expect it will be in half an hour[.]

I am Dear Sir | Yours Very Truly | M. Faraday

John Welch [sic] Esq | &c &c &c

1
John Welsh (1824-1859, DNB). Superintendent of the Meteorological Observatory, Kew, 1852-1859.
2
Drummond. Bankers to the Royal Institution. See Bolitho and Peel (1985).
3
Francis Ronalds (1788-1873, DNB). Superintendent of the Meteorological Observatory, Kew, 1843-1852.

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