From T. H. Huxley [4 April 1875]1
4 Marlborough Place | N.W
Sunday aft.
My dear Darwin
I set to work immediately after you left this morning & excogitated the following— If you & Paget & Sanderson would deal with it as you think fit—it strikes me it might form a basis for a petition such as we talked about2
Ever | Yours faithfully | T H Huxley
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, [11 April 1875]. CD was in London from 31 March to 12 April 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). There were two Sundays during this period, 4 and 11 April. However, in his letter to Burdon Sanderson of [11 April 1875], CD does not mention having seen Huxley that morning.
CD had asked Huxley to consult physiologists in London about presenting a petition to regulate vivisection to the House of Commons (see letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875). Huxley’s enclosure has not been found; however, a copy of the draft petition is in DAR 139.17: 19 (see Appendix VI). Huxley refers to James Paget and John Scott Burdon Sanderson.
Summary
Sends his thoughts on [vivisection] petition. Thinks they might make petition more talked about. Leaves it to J. Paget, Burdon Sanderson, and CD to deal with.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9875
- From
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Marlborough Place, 4
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 337
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9875,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9875.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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