Faraday to William Benjamin Carpenter1   15 March 1861

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] |15 Mar 1861

My dear Carpenter

I am afraid I cannot be with you on the Evening of the 23rd2- but I hope you will let me hold it open[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

1
William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885, ODNB). Registrar of University College, London, 1856–1879.
2
This was an opening lecture by John Marshall (1818–1891, ODNB), surgeon at University College, of a course on animal physiology. See Daily News, 25 March 1861, p.2, col.d.

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