Faraday to Berthold Carl Seemann1   19 October 1864

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 19 Octr. 1864

Sir

I am too poor to subscribe to the fund referred to within2. I cannot afford to meet all the demands that are properly made upon me[.]

I am | Your Obedient Servant | M. Faraday

Dr. B. Seemann | &c &c &c

1
Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–1871, ODNB). German born explorer and botanist.
2
This was the Carus Prize Foundation of the Academia Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina, Breslau, of which Faraday was a member (Esenbeck to Faraday, 15 December 1857, letter 3366, volume 5). See Medical Times, 7 January 1865, p.26-7.

Please cite as “Faraday4502,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4502