From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 23 April [1875]1
49 Queen Anne St
April 23rd.
Dear Mr Darwin,
I received your letter this morning. I have read & noted the contents of the enclosure which I return to you.2
I will write to Lyon Playfair asking him to see me after he has read the Bill, which you will have sent him3
I think the licensing of places objectionable, but too impractical to be likely to be adopted by Parliament. Places cannot be made responsible, So that licensing them would not prevent abuses, supposing such to be likely to occur.4
I have not yet received Dr Aclands signature. Otherwise we have them all. I cannot (after careful consideration) see that it would be advisable to suppress the petition.5
I have sent some notes to Mr. Litchfield on the section—particularly (4) i.e. the last paragraph.6
It is rather disagreeable to think that these miserable people will be going on agitating till next year.
I had a choice anonymous letter the day before yesterday setting forth in the usual style, the penalties & pains of the other world in prospect for me
Very truly yours | J B Sanderson
Footnotes
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Summary
Further discussion about the act regulating animal experimentation; believes the licensing of places to be impracticable.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9945A
- From
- John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 49
- Source of text
- University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-32)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9945A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9945A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23