Summerfield House near Birmingham | 18 May 1857
My dear Sir
When we met this morning I found that my nephew J.T.C was very indignant with Mr Masselin & after a thorough investigation into the facts we removed him from his post as manager of the Light house department.- Had my opinion been follow’d he would have been removed long ago-
He attempted to shew that he could replace the imperfect pieces in a few days & make the lower part good to the upper, but it was proved that the whole affair would be imperfect & before we separated we made arrangements for making an entire new set of moulds, & for casting & finishing the whole of the fix’d part entirely new, which will be ready by the 30th of June for your inspection & also to make a fresh apparatus entirely from top to bottom by the 5th of Sepr.-
I purpose (DV) coming by the Mails to night & to call on you about 9 to 9.30 AM tomorrow, & to consult you as to my waiting on the Trinity House Board. We wish them not to take the present apparatus but to wait until the 5th. of Sepr. because we are confident we can make one superior to any thing we have ever made & answering fully to our guarantee of being equal to the best French light as respects the colour & quantity of the glass - & in all other respects. We are quite prepared to put up the present apparatus at once & afterwards to remove the whole or at any part that is found defective.
I remain | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | R.L. Chance
Michael Faraday Esq | &c &c &c
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