Robert Lucas Chance1 to Faraday   3 January 1865

Summerfield House nr Birmingham | 3rd January 1865

M. Faraday Esqr:

My dear Sir,

It is a long time for a man who is in his 83rd year to look forward to the meeting of the British Association2, but I write thus early to secure your company if our lives are spared as long, & I propose to invite Sir David Brewster & my son the M.D.3 & we shall find accommodation for these three. We look upon you as the greatest man of the three, but as Sir David is, I suppose, about 14 years older than you, we propose putting him on the first floor. My friend M. Claudet4 will be content to visit my eldest son5, who resides in a better house than mine & lives at a moderate distance.

Mrs. Chance6 who is in good health for a lady of her years, would be much mortified were you not to be resident with us, as she has a very lively recollection of your attractions. She unites with me in the kindest regards to you & Mrs. Faraday.

Commending you & yours to the mercy of God through the work of the Lord Jesus finished on the cross for sinners, as such,

I remain, My dear Sir, Yours very sincerely | R.L. Chance

1
Robert Lucas Chance (1782–1865, B4). Birmingham glass manufacturer.
2
To be held at Birmingham.
3
Frank Chance (1826–1897, B4). Physician and Hebrew scholar.
4
Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797–1867, ODNB). French born, London based photographer.
5
Robert Lucas Chance (d.1897, age 76, GRO). Birmingham glass manufacturer.
6
Louisa Chance (d.1873, age 86, GRO). Wife of R.L. Chance.

Please cite as “Faraday4517,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4517