[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | London | 11 Decr. 1860
Sir
I am very sorry to return a negative answer to your desire but you will see by the enclosed2 that I have been greatly driven in the matter of autographs and was obliged at last to adopt one general & uniform rule[.]
I am Sir | Your Very Obedient Servant | M. Faraday
Geo M. Towle Esqr | &c &c &c
Please cite as “Faraday3927,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on