Edward Sabine to Faraday   6 March 1856

The Royal Society, | Somerset House, | March 6th. 1856.

Dear Faraday,

Mr. Bate1 has sent me (with a letter from himself which I enclose) a note from Sir J. Lubbock2 (also enclosed) recommending that certain papers in corners marked from No.1 to No.6 should be referred to you; and I accordingly do so. Mr. Bate seems to think that after the inspection of these papers, you may feel free to give such an opinion regarding his claims as will be satisfactory to all parties; that is to say I presume that will satisfy the Treasury of the propriety of paying Mr. Bate3.

Sincerely Yours | Edward Sabine

1
Bartholomew Bate (1806-1895, GRO). Son of Robert Brettel Bate (1782-1847, ODNB), scientific instrument maker in the Poultry, London.
2
John William Lubbock (1803-1865, ODNB). Banker, astronomer and Treasurer of the Royal Society, 1830-1835 and again 1838-1845.
3
This letter refers to the long running saga of the pursuit for payment for the work done by Bate’s father for the Royal Society Excise Committee, of which Faraday had been a member, in the 1830s. See Faraday to Weld, 24 June 1850, Faraday to Sabine, 30 November 1854, and Sabine to Faraday, 4 December 1854, letters 2301, 2922 and 2923, volume 4, McConnell (1993), 54-6, RS CM, 15 June 1854, 2: 288-9 and 26 October 1854, 2: 294.

Bibliography

McCONNELL, Anita (1993): R.B. Bate of the Poultry: The Life and Times of a Scientific Instrument Maker, Pershore.

Please cite as “Faraday3098,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3098