Letter from Nina Hamilton to Thomas Hardy, 10 November 1923
[Page 1]Ferne
Donhead
Salisbury^Shaftesbury^
10 th November 1923
Dear Mr. Hardy,
As President of the Animal Defence & Anti-Vivisection Society I am writing to ask you if you would accept election as one of our Vice-Presidents? We are against all forms of cruelty [Page 2] and are at this time specially pressing for reform [in] Slaughterhouses.
I believe you are in sympathy with all our work for you wrote a charming letter in response to mine a year & a half ago.
With kind regards to yourself & Mrs Hardy
Yours sincerely
Draft reply in pencil by Thomas Hardy
[Ans.] Shd be delighted if it does not commit me to absolute anti-vivisection..... Maybe cases in wh. a very small amount of suffering, such as a human-being wd submit to – may lead to enlightenment on some point of great value in relieving the future suffering both of men & of the animals themselves So I don't know what to say. Pps you c d suggest – say title "Animal Defence & Controlled Viv n Soc" or "A. Defence Soc." alone & I wd. join – ...
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Summary
Letter from the Duchess of Hamilton to Thomas Hardy inviting him to be a vice president of the Anti-Vivisection Society, 10 November 1923
Metadata
From
Person
Nina HamiltonPlace
Ferne House, Donhead St Andrew, Shaftesbury
Date
10 November 1923
To
Person
Thomas HardyPhysical Description
Letter written on cream folded paper. Pencil library marks on page 2: H.2802. Pencil draft reply written in the top left corner of page 2. In the letterhead at the top of the letter is a black printed image of a crown with the initials H&B below.
Source
Dorset County Museum, H.2802
