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Faraday to Henry Wollaston Blake1   24 June 1856

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 24 June 1856

My dear Sir

I feel deeply obliged by your kind note. I have sent your letter to Mr. David Faraday2 that he may explain to me[.] I beg to thank you most sincerely[.]

Ever Your Obliged | M. Faraday

H. Wollaston Blake Esq | &c &c &c

1
Henry Wollaston Blake (1815–1899, B4). Civil engineer.
2
David Faraday (d.1889, age 60, GRO). Son of one of Faraday’s cousins from Kirkby Stephen. Given as an assistant upholsterer working in London in the 1851 census. TNA HO107/1500, f.257, p.2.

Please cite as “Faraday3161a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3161a