CORRESPONDENCE. 
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98 East Thirteenth Street, New York, > 
May 15th, 1863. ) 
R. Jennings, Esq. 
Sir,—I am in receipt of your favor of the 14th inst., and 
would most respectfully decline the honor you would confer upon 
me by appointing me upon a committee for the diffusion and ad¬ 
vancement of veterinary knowledge. My business and other en¬ 
gagements are such at this particular time that it precludes me 
from taking an active share in this very meritorious work. Hop¬ 
ing my refusing to act may not seriously incommode you in your 
undertaking, I am, yours very respectfully, 
W. W. A. M. Lockhart, Y.S. 
The preceding letters are copied verbatim. Many others of a 
similar character were received by my father upon the same sub¬ 
ject. My object in offering them is to give credit to whom it be¬ 
longs, which our New York and Boston friends would rob Phila¬ 
delphia of, which I presume they will not attempt to deny. 
Very respectfully yours, 
Robert Jennings, Jun. 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Editor American Veterinary Review :— 
If your readers are not “ surfeited ’’ with the subject of con¬ 
tagious pleuro-pneumonia, allow me to call the attention of the 
public to the necessary steps which the nature of this disease and 
its past history conclusively prove can alone be successful in ex¬ 
terminating the malady from our midst. Are the methods now 
employed by the different States such as give us a guarantee of a 
speedy and sure eradication of this plague from the present in¬ 
fected States, or that will prevent its westward spread ? If 
they are not, what measures must we substitute t j obtain the end 
in view ? In other words, can we ever be entirely clear of pleuro- 
