Henry Ellis to Faraday   27 December 18551

British Museum | Dec. 27. 1855

My dear Sir

A young friend (Mr. Hutchinson2) is very desirous of hearing one of your Lectures, and if you could favor him for that of Saturday next3 you would very much oblige me[.]

Ever Sincerely Yours | Henry Ellis

Michael Faraday Esq | &c &c &c

1
Henry Ellis (1777-1869, ODNB). Librarian of the British Museum, 1827-1856.
2
Unidentified.
3
That is 29 December 1855 when Faraday delivered his second Christmas Lecture in the series on the “Distinctive Properties of Common Metals”. Faraday’s notes are in RI MS F4 J17.

Please cite as “Faraday3064,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3064