Faraday to Thomas Andrews   27 July 1856

Royal Institution | 27 July 1856

My dear Andrews

It gave me great pleasure to receive your kind letter and I shall make myself present to you as soon as I can - We start either tomorrow or Tuesday Morning for Paris & Paris only for I long to see my kind friend Dumas. Very sincere thanks to you for your offer of help & I dare say I shall use some of it:- but the fact is that my memory fails so fast that I dare not trust myself alone so I avail myself of the kind aid & care of my brother in law Mr. George Barnard who accompanies me expressly that he may relieve me in all matter that he can - in fact I am in his hands. He settles when we start and has arranged where we shall go:- he takes all the care of money passports hours, routes - Hotels - calls &c and I trust you will let me present him to you - he is an artist - and knowing Paris pretty well I commit all things into his hands[.]

My kindest remembrances if they may be called so to Mrs. Andrews¹ - I want here [sic] to have some of the feeling towards me that her husband has i.e I want her to think of me kindly & favourable - it is very pleasant[.]

Ever My dear Andrews | Most truly Yours | M. Faraday

Address: Dr. Thomas Andrews | &c &c &c | Hotel de Luxembourg | 54 Rue de Vaugirard | à Paris