Edward Forbes1 to Faraday   Between 1846 and 1854

Saturday Mg | 6 Craig’s Court | Charing Cross.

My dear Sir

I send this with a messenger to ask a favour - if I may venture to do so. I know not whether strangers are admitted to the afternoon lecture at the R. Inst but venture to enquire. Three friends from a far distance in the country, two of them of literary distinction (Dr & Mrs Hodgson2) are extremely anxious if possible to hear you during their visit to London. Can they possibly be admitted to today’s lecture? If contrary to rule pardon my ignorance & boldness in asking[.]

Ever, My dear sir | Most truly yours | Edward Forbes

M. Faraday Esq.

1
Edward Forbes (1815–1854, ODNB). Palaeontologist at the Geological Survey.
2
The political economist William Ballantyne Hodgson (1815–1880, ODNB) and Jane Eleanor Hodgson, née Cox (d.1860, age 45, SRO) who married in 1841.

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