To T. H. Farrer 11 March 1878
Down. | Beckenham, Kent (&c).
March 11th. 1878.
My dear Farrer.
I have returned the letter to Mr Caird and thanked him,1 I have also despatched my letter corrected as you suggest to Hooker, and told him what you & Mr. Caird will probably do, and that his judgment will be final.2
With hearty thanks. | Yours very sincerely. | Ch. Darwin—
Footnotes
The letter from James Caird has not been found; it had been enclosed with the second letter from T. H. Farrer, 9 March 1878.
CD had written a letter of support for James Torbitt’s experiments on the breeding of blight-resistant potatoes (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 and enclosure, and the first and second letters from T. H. Farrer, 9 March 1878). The corrected version sent to Joseph Dalton Hooker has not been found.
Summary
Has returned letter to Caird and dispatched corrected letter to Hooker [11406] [concerning potato experiments].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11412
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 144: 93
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11412,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11412.xml
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