Prince of Wales to Sarah Faraday   10 September 1867

Weisbaden | September 10th 1867.

Dear Mrs Faraday,

Although I have not the pleasure of knowing you, I cannot resist sending you a few lines to tell you how deeply grieved & distressed I am to hear of the death of your husband, Professor Faraday.

Having had the great pleasure of knowing him for some years & having heard his interesting lectures, already when quite a boy1, I can fully appreciate how great his loss must be not only to you, but to the whole Country at large – where his name was deeply venerated by all classes - & his name will not only be remembered as a great & distinguished Scientific man, but also as a good man – whose excellent & amiable qualities were so universally known.

Pardon my trespassing so soon on your great grief, &

Believe me, | Dear Mrs Faraday, | Yours very sincerely | Albert Edward

See Prince of Wales to Faraday, 16 January 1856, letter 3071, volume 5.

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