BIB_ID
81088
Accession number
MA 2219
Creator
Bright, John, 1811-1889.
Display Date
1883 November 29.
Credit line
Purchased, 1962.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Letterhead: "One Ash, / Rochdale." Bright has written "Llandudno" above this.
Bright has marked the letter as "private."
Bright has marked the letter as "private."
Provenance
Purchased from Goodspeed's Book Shop (lot 71, August 1962).
Summary
Concerning corporal punishment in schools: writing that he "prefers not to give an opinion on the question"; stating "It is not a subject for Parl[iamen]t's interference ... If Parl[iamen]t is to interfere in schools, why not in families, & as between Parents & Children?"; adding that he believes public opinion is becoming "more merciful" and he hopes that it will "bring about whatever change in our schools may be necessary."
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