Faraday to Robert Cooper1   25 September 1863

The Green, Hampton Court. | 25, September, 1863.

Sir, - I hasten to acknowledge your letter, for I freely admit my belief that you are perfectly sincere and truthful in your account of experiments. Nevertheless I refer you to my former letter2 for my answer now.

Your observation that you have the greatest confidence in your colleagues makes me smile when I call to mind certain investigations that have come to my knowledge in former cases.

I do not doubt your competency to check the facts if you are willing to work with an unbiassed mind; but I decline to enter upon the matter.

Very truly yours, | M. Faraday.

R. Cooper, Esq.

Robert Cooper (age 39 in 1861 census, TNA RG9/567, f.88, p.25). Brewer in Eastbourne.

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