From Charles Bradlaugh 5 June 1877
10, Portland Place, | Circus Road, | London, N.W.
June 5th. 1877
Sir
I want to subpœna you in an indictment now pending against myself & Mrs Annie Besant, which will be tried June 18th.1
Would you kindly say when it will be convenient for me to send & serve you.
Yours obediently | C. Bradlaugh
Charles Darwin Esqre. M.A.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Knowlton, Charles. 1832. Fruits of philosophy, or, the private companion of young married people. New York: n.p.
Manvell, Roger. 1976. The trial of Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh. London: Elek Books.
Summary
Wants to subpoena CD in a case pending against himself and Annie Besant, to be tried 18 June. [Bradlaugh and Besant were indicted for issuing an "obscene libel".]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10984
- From
- Charles Bradlaugh
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Portland Place, 10
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 275
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10984,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10984.xml
