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Faraday to Walter White1   3 February 1860

[Royal Institution embossed heading] | 3 Feby / 60

My dear Sir

I am very much obliged by the copy of your poem Erebus & Terror 2[.] It is a sad subject[.]

Every Truly Yours | M. Faraday

- White Esq | &c &c &c

1
Walter White (1811–1893, ODNB). Library attendant in the Royal Society, 1844–1861 and then Assistant Secretary until 1884.
2
Walter White, Erebus and Terror, Birmingham, [1860]. This referred to the loss of the 1845 Royal Navy expedition to the Arctic commanded by John Franklin (1786–1847, ODNB). See Lambert (2009).

Please cite as “Faraday3722a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3722a