Autograph letter signed with initials : Ashley Combe, to Mr. Crosse, "Sat'dy" [1844] Nov. 9 .

Explaining that she thinks it best to send him the documents now "& not delay showing them until we meet. I am anxious that we should try the experiments mentioned; & you may require a little preparation possibly for that purpose;" discussing the experiments she would like to undertake and the areas she would like to study; mentioning specifically "an experiment with the muscles of frogs;" expressing the desire "to make a battery described in the 13th No. of the Archives de l'Electricité, p. 160;" adding that she is "anxious to consult him "about the most convenient & manageable & portable forms for obtaining constantly-acting batteries; not great intensity but continual & interrupted action. Some of my own views make it necessary for me to use electricity as my prime-minister, in order to test certain points experimentally as to the nature & putting-together (con-sti-tu-tion) of the molecules of matter. It is therefore a great object to me to get effective & ever-ready electrical agents at my disposal; & to become skilful in manipulating with these. By eventually bringing high Analysis to bear on my experimental studies, I hope one day to do much!"