From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 6 May [1875]1
49, Queen Anne Street. | W.
May 6
Dear Mr. Darwin,
I write in haste to save this post.
I have only time to say that Lyon Playfair called on me yesterday to tell me that Lord Cardwell had accepted his Bill & undertaken to introduce it.2 Lord Shaftesbury has also agreed to support it3 Playfair will himself of course take charge of it in the H of Commons
I think it probable that Dr Playfair has himself written, but I send this note in case he should not4
Very truly yours | JB Sanderson
Footnotes
Summary
Informs CD that Lyon Playfair would introduce the bill in the House of Commons, and that Lord Cardwell and Lord Shaftesbury had agreed to support it, the former introducing the bill in the House of Lords.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9972A
- 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-1731-1-34)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9972A,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9972A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
