From James Torbitt 11 December 1880

J. Torbitt, | Wine Merchant. | 58, North Street, | Belfast.

11 Decr 1880.

Charles Darwin Esqr. | Down.

My dear Sir,

In the two private notes I failed to convey my ideas.¹

What I wanted was, that you should look at the product, and express an opinion as to its value, if you found it proper to do so.²

Best thanks for all your kindness | most respectfully yours | James Torbitt

Footnotes

The private notes have not been found (see letter to James Torbitt, 29 October 1880).

Torbitt had tried to interest CD in a secret process that related to waste food use (see letter to James Torbitt, 29 October 1880, and A. Evans et al. 1996, p. 8).

Evans, Alun, et al. 1996. ‘Too serious for joking’: James Torbitt, the Belfast potato breeder. Ulster Folklife 42: 1–11.

Thinks his private notes failed to convey his ideas. JT wanted CD "to look at the product and express an opinion as to its value".

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12905,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12905.xml

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