Letters by Faraday

96 autograph letters, signed, by Faraday (except no. 79, which is in the third person, in another hand with a few additions by Faraday, and unsigned, and no. 84, which comprises an envelope addressed in Faraday's hand, from which the letter is missing). Many are to the engineer Charles Manby (1804-1884) (nos. 23, 25, 28, possibly 30, 31-33, 39, 43, 47-48, 50, 53, 62, 65, 67, 73, 75, 80, 85). Other correspondents include the surgeon Sir Anthony Carlisle F.R.C.S. (1768-1840) (no. 8); John Elliotson F.R.C.P. (1791-1868), physician and mesmerist (no. 16); the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) (no. 49); the geographer Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) (no. 41); the chemist [James] Sheridan Muspratt (1821-1871) (no. 44); Edmund Belfour, Secretary to the Royal College of Surgeons of England (fl.1838-1858) (no. 51); the botanist and traveller Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) (no. 84, envelope only); and John Martin, possibly the artist John Martin (1789-1854) (no. 92). Nos. 1-84 carry dates; the remainder are undated. Nos. 29 and 59 are stuck together.

1818-1865

96 items

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts