Faraday to Henry Bence Jones   25 May 1865

Hampton Court Green | Thursday Morning

My dear friend

I am grieved to hear as I have just done from Mr. Vincent that Mr. Anderson is ill and directed by Mr. Potter1 to be at home and stay there. I would have come to town at once but my wifes anxious care keeps me here for the present. Tomorrow Morning I shall see you & if I can help you in his place2 I expect to be with you for instructions about ½ p 9 o’clk. I am anxious too about M. Simon3 & his appearance the week after next4. I wished too to put a ticket in course for a Mr. Dance5 according to the enclosed note from him, but have none here. I hope I shall be in town on Friday in time[;] he was I think formerly a member.

Ever Yours Most truly | M. Faraday

Dr. Bence Jones | &c &c &c


Endorsement: May 25 1865

1
Unidentified.
2
With Bence Jones (1865), Friday Evening Discourse of 26 May 1865.
3
Jules Simon (1818–1896, Ann.Reg., 1896, 159-60). French politician.
4
Simon was supposed to deliver three lectures ‘On the Physical and Moral Condition of Workmen in France’ on 6, 8, and 10 June 1865. RI MS GB 3: 44. However, it was added to the lecture card that they might have to be postponed. They were delivered on 28, 29 and 30 June 1865. RI MS GB 3: 48.
5
Unidentified.

Bibliography

BENCE JONES, Henry (1865): “On the Chemical Circulations in the Body”, Proc. Roy. Inst., 4: 449-460.

Please cite as “Faraday4550,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4550