Faraday to Thomas Loveday   8 November 18581

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 8 Novr. 1858 | Albemarle St | London W

My dear friend

I am glad to hear that there is a revival of the hopes that the pond near your houses on Old Buckenham Green will at last be filled up. I need scarcely say again that in my opinion it is an improper thing where it is & a very unwholesome neighbour in the hot weather. I have spoken very strongly of the state of the Thames in London2 and I believe that good will now come of it. If I could make my voice heard by those who rule these matters at Old Buckenham I would speak as strongly against the pond for I consider it a dangerous neighbour to the families who live near it[.]

Ever Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Mr. Thos Loveday

1
Thomas Loveday (d.1908, age 95, GRO). Noted as foundryman in Old Buckenham in 1861 census, TNA RG9/1235, f.63, p.20. Member of the Sandemanian Church there since 1841, DUA Acc M/409/5/3, p.130.
2
Faraday to the editor of the Times, 7 July 1855, letter 3003, volume 4.

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