Faraday to Millicent Bence Jones   15 November 1860

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 15 Novr. 1860

Dear Lady Millicent

I am ashamed that my hasty & informal card should have obtained such consideration as you have given it; but it is your own kindness both in your note to us & in putting the Proxy1 to our use that is manifest in the whole matter. I beg to thank you most earnestly and to hope that you will soon be so free of cold & strong in health as to make even me think that I may call without intrusion or inconvenience[.]

Ever Your grateful Servant | M Faraday

1
This presumably referred to Faraday’s request for a proxy vote for Minnie Leighton for a place in the Infant Orphan Asylum (see note 2, letter 3884). Bence Jones had been a subscriber since 1855. See the 1861 Report of the Infant Orphan AsylumRLSA 90/21/10/18, p.193.

Please cite as “Faraday3890,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3890