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To J. S. Burdon Sanderson   24 April [1875]1

[Down.]

Ap 24

My dear Sanderson

I have just heard from Litchfield that he will very soon be able to send me revised copies of the bill, & I think I had better wait till I receive them before sending copies to Lyon Playfair & Lord Cardwell; so that there will be a little delay—2

I will write to Sir J. Lubbock this afternoon, asking him whether he will present our petition, & will inform you of his answer—

If he agrees, the petition could be sent direct to him either at Lombard St or to High Elms— Beckenham | Kent.3

I assume that you received my note telling about Lord Derby & the Home Sec—4

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 23 April [1875] (Correspondence vol. 23).
2
The letter from Richard Buckley Litchfield has not been found, but see Correspondence vol. 23, letter to R. B. Litchfield, [24 April 1875]. CD and Burdon Sanderson wanted the support of Lyon Playfair and Edward Cardwell for a bill to regulate vivisection (see ibid., Appendix VI.
3
In the event, CD saw John Lubbock at Down; see Correspondence vol. 23, letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 24 [April 1875]. Lubbock had a country seat at High Elms, near Down, and worked at the family bank in Lombard Street, London.

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