[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 5 Albion Villas | Folk[e]stone | 9. May 1856
My dear friend
I surely have refrained long enough from thanking you for the pleasure & comfort we experience in this house1; and if I were to hesitate longer I should begin to think myself ungrateful for your kindness in sending us here. We are as comfortable as we can desire to be, & whilst the windy, rainy, dull weather has been going on, have enjoyed the tall rooms & warm walls and double glass windows of the house. My wife has not been out of the house once, but the others pass in and out as the weather permits. We enjoy ourselves in every point, the more because we know that the more agreeable & useful the place proves to us, the more will it be according to your wishes. As for myself, I am idling thoroughly, and feel fit for nothing else. The head weariness raises, but I am satisfied that indolent patience is the best thing for it. It seems to me strange to be out here on a Friday Evening and I long to be in my duty - I am sorry not to help Mr. Bradbury2, & wonder how Mr. Darker3 will get on. I trust all things will come right.
Lady Millicent’s kindness & thought for us has been very great. I hope you will offer the sincerest thanks both of my wife & myself
Ever Yours Most truly | M. Faraday
Dr. B. Jones | &c &c &c
BRADBURY, Henry Riley (1856): “On the Security and Manufacture of Bank Notes”, Proc. Roy. Inst., 2: 263-274.
CLIFTON, Gloria (1995): Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, London.
Please cite as “Faraday3138,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3138