William Hawes¹ to Faraday   9 June 1866

17 Montague Place | Russell Square | June 9. 1866

My dear Dr Faraday

I have the most pleasing duty to perform of conveying to you the unanimous resolution of the Council of the Society of Arts - approved by His Royal Highness the President² - to award to you this year the Gold Albert Medal of the Society for “your discoveries in Chemistry Electricity & other branches of Physical Science which in their application to the industries of the world have largely promoted Art, Manufacture, and Commerce”³[.]

It is the wish of the Council that this should be presented to you in the manner most agreeable & convenient - either a few members of council will wait upon you⁴, or if your health will permit the Council would like to present it in their own Room, limiting the invitations to a few of the most distinguished members of the Society - and shall be glad to hear from you both as to the place & time you would prefer when I will immediately make the necessary arrangement.

It is a source of great pleasure to me that the presentation of this medal should occur during my period of office as Chairman of the Council of the Society, for I cannot forget how much I owe to your kind instruction in the Lecture Room of the Royal Institution many years ago⁵, and

Remain | Yours faithfully | W. Hawes

To | Michael Faraday D.C.D. [sic] F.R.S. | &c &c &c