Faraday to John Barlow   10 May 1856

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | Folk[e]stone | 10 May 1856

My dear Barlow

Just a few words by way of remembrance: for when I am out in this way the thoughts of home & all its matters press upon me & I cannot altogether rest in respect of it if I try ever so hard. But the time goes on & though giddiness hangs about me I trust to return next Thursday1 & hear that all is well & has been well[.] I was very sorry to lose Mr Bradburys2 evening3 but hope Mr Darker4 did not fail him. Kindest remembrances from all here to Mrs. Barlow. I hope you are both in good health[.] I had a faint surmise that Mrs. Barlow had not been well but I so often make mistakes & associate wrong persons & events together that I am afraid to say much about it.

Ever My dear Barlow | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

1
That is 15 May 1856.
2
Henry Riley Bradbury (1831-1860, ODNB). Writer on printing.
3
Bradbury (1856), Friday Evening Discourse of 9 May 1856.
4
William Hill Darker (d.1864, age 53, GRO). Scientific instrument maker of 9 Paradise Street, Lambeth. Clifton (1995), 76.

Bibliography

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.

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