From T. H. Farrer 20 March 1878
Board of Trade, | Whitehall Gardens. | S.W.
20 March/78
My dear Mr Darwin,
I saw Caird yesterday & agreed that I should write to ask you if you yet know what Mr Torbitt proposes to do with your £100, and whether he will want another £100 or more at once or soon.1 We have no doubt we could soon get him another £100 from private sources
Sincerely yours | T H Farrer
Footnotes
CD was working with Farrer and James Caird to obtain government aid for James Torbitt’s potato experiments; CD had sent Torbitt a cheque for £100 to be used if official aid was not forthcoming (see letter from James Torbitt, 6 March 1878).
Summary
What does Torbitt propose to do with CD’s £100; does he want another £100 now or soon?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11435
- From
- Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Board of Trade
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 89
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11435,” accessed on 24 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11435.xml
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