To T. H. Farrer 31 March 1878
Down | Beckenham Kent &c.
March 31. 1878.
My dear Farrer.
I write one line to thank you & Mr Caird very truly for your assistance—1
I will follow your advice send back the £100 to Mr Torbitt, & tell him what you say—.2
Yours very sincerely— | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
CD had been working with Farrer and James Caird to obtain support for James Torbitt’s potato experiments (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 26 March [1878]).
See letter from T. H. Farrer, 29 March 1878 and n. 1.
Summary
Thanks THF and James Caird for their assistance. Will send back the £100 to Torbitt.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11457
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 144: 96b
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11457,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11457.xml
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