1Faraday to John Miller2   31 January 1863

R. Institution | 31 Jany 1863.

Sir

As you do not find my name amongst the Subscribers to the Quekett3 fund you may conclude I do not wish to subscribe to it4. The fact is that I have not much to spare and that I have plenty of calls on me more forcible than the Testimonial - I think that Testimonies are losing their value because of their number[.]

Allow me to remind you that one is not called upon by the usages of Society to answer a circular:- and that declining to answer is accepted as a sufficient indication of ones intention[.]

I am Sir | Your Obedient Servant | M. Faraday

Jno. Miller Esqr | &c &c &c

1
This letter is black-edged due to the death of Margaret Barnard, see letter 4236.
2
John Miller (1818–1888, B5). Medical Superintendent of Bethnal House Asylum, 1857–1888.
3
John Thomas Quekett (1815–1861, ODNB). Microscopist and histologist.

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