Sarah Faraday to Henry Bence Jones   6 June 1864

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 6th June 1864

Dear Dr Jones

I feel from the warm interest you have always shewn in my dear husband that it is due to you to say a little more than I could when in anxiety & grief I wrote last Tuesday¹ - he had then passed a painful night, such as you, as our medical friend & one well acquainted with his nature & feelings may better understand than many of our other friends - and the consequence was that I sat down & wrote to the other Elders of our Church, of what I feared would be the result if something were not done to relieve an over anxious mind from pressure, and now I am happy to say, though our friends cannot see his deficiencies as we do, & tho’ they regret much to lose his assistance & counsel which they value highly & most affectionately - he has been encouraged to lay down the office entirely²; he is not very well & I would fain have had him consult you a little but he said “No while the Dr. feels any coldness towards me I cannot”, and tho’ this may be a misconception on his part & I have no doubt is so, you know his sensitive nature & will make allowance,

I know that all your wish was to do him honour & I must confess that it would have been a great gratification both to myself & Jane to have seen him in the President’s chair, but it was not to be, and we must resign ourselves, for his peace & comfort is beyond every thing.

Believe me my dear Sir | Yours most sincerely | S. Faraday

Dr. Bence Jones