Faraday to Miss Pinney   15 September 18581

Royal Institution W | 15 Septr 1858

My dear Miss Pinney

I am very sorry that my three next Proxies are promised in succession2[.] I will place the card you sent me fourth but I hope the Candidate will be successful before I shall be able to help him[.]

Ever Your faithful Servant | M. Faraday

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Unidentified.
2
This letter refers to the provision a place for an orphan in the London Orphan Asylum in Clapton, founded in 1813, of which Faraday became a subscriber in 1831. See Faraday to Roberts, 24 January 1832, volume 2, letter 533. Each subscriber had one or more votes (depending on the size of their subscription) for suitable candidates for a place in the orphanage. Votes could be transferred by proxy between subscribers. For accounts of the London Orphan Asylum see Alvey (1990) and Bache (1839), 58-65. Miss Pinney is not listed as a subscriber in the records of the Asylum in SuRO, but there was no prohibition on non subscribers seeking to place an orphan in the Asylum.

Bibliography

ALVEY, Norman (1990): Education by Election: Reed's School, Clapton and Watford, St Albans.

BACHE, Alexander Dallas (1839): Report on Education in Europe, to the Trustees of the Girard College for Orphans, Philadelphia.

Please cite as “Faraday3516,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3516