Faraday to Charles W. Gardiner Guthrie1   Undated

Royal Institution | Saturday 26 Novr

My dear Sir

A person utterly unknown to me calling himself Sir W. Boyd2 begs me to lend him 2 or 3 Sovereigns and refers me to you as having purchased his work & as knowing a little of him. Is he a right person to help? Please send me back the papers[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

C.W.G. Guthrie Esqr | &c &c &c

1
Charles W. Gardiner Guthrie (1817–1859, Plarr (1930), 1: 482. Surgeon.
2
William Boyd, whose claim to a knighthood was dubious, was declared insolvent in 1841. See the reports in The Times, 26 January 1841, p.6, col.f, 18 May 1841, p.7, col.a and 26 May 1841, p.7, col.b.

Bibliography

PLARR, Victor Gustave (1930): Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2 volumes, Bristol.

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