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From James Caird to T. H. Farrer   3 January 1881

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JC agrees with THF that CD should keep the money to disburse when proper for [James] Torbitt’s cause.

Author:  James Caird
Addressee:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:  3 Jan 1881
Classmark:  DAR 144: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12974F

From T. H. Farrer   2 January [1881]

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Concerning subscriptions raised for Torbitt’s experiments on potato disease.

Comments on CD’s latest book [Movement in plants].

Author:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Jan [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 96
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12395

To T. H. Farrer   18 January 1881

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Asks THF to obtain sample of chalk immediately below vegetable mould at Abinger.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:  18 Jan 1881
Classmark:  Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/32)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13016

From T. H. Farrer   27 August 1881

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On William Graham’s book [The creed of science (1881)].

Darwinism, chance, and the existence of evil.

Author:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Aug 1881
Classmark:  DAR 164: 103
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13298

To T. H. Farrer   28 August 1881

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More on W. Graham’s book, The creed of science. Chance and design. Happiness.

E. A. Darwin’s death [26 Aug 1881].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:  28 Aug 1881
Classmark:  Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/33)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13299

From T. H. Farrer   5 November 1881

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Has received Earthworms.

Author:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 164: 104
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13461
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