Faraday to John Richardson Major   21 June 1856¹

Royal Institution | 21. June 1856

Sir

I am much obliged by your kind invitation to the Photographic Society but I am constrained to limit both my pleasures & my occupations[.] No one ought to utter an opinion on the subject you mention without especial experience and I on my part possess none. Neither can I try to gain it for I am obliged to reserve what energy remains to me for the pursuit of my own especial trains of thought.

I am Sir | Your Obedient Servant | M. Faraday

J.R. Major Esqr | &c &c &c