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Faraday to John Park1   12 May 1862

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 21 Albemarle St | London | 12 May 1862

Sir

I send you a post office order for £5 for the distressed labourers whose cause I think you are desirous of helping[.] I am not quite sure that I address rightly having only your letter in the Times to help me2. I should be glad to know if you receive the money save [sic][.]

I am sir | Your Obedient Servant | M. Faraday

J. Park Esqr | &c &c &c

1
John Park (age 32 in 1861 census, TNA RG9/3129, f.102, p.35). Post Office clerk.
2
Park to Times, [8 May 1862], The Times, 10 May 1862, p.13, col.a asked for support to aid distressed cotton workers in Lancashire put out of work by the effects of the American Civil War. See Kiesling (1997).

Bibliography

KIESLING, L. Lynne (1997): “The Long Road to Recovery: Postcrisis Coordination of Private Charity and Public Relief in Victorian Lancashire”, Soc. Sci. Hist., 21: 219-43.

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