From T. H. Farrer 12 March 1880
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THF 1
12.3.80
Copyhold Inclosure & Tithe Commision | 3, St. James’ Square. S.W.
Mar 12.80
My dear Farrer
Pray say to Mr. Darwin that we have entire confidence in his appropriation of the money. I had no idea that Mr. Torbitts experiments were on so large a scale.2
I keep Mr. D’s letter to show it to Mr. Morrison.3
Great enjoyment attend you on your going over to Rome.4 | Yours sincerely | James Caird
Footnotes
Farrer wrote the comments at the top of letter before forwarding it to CD.
In his draft letter to Farrer of 9 March 1880, CD had expressed doubt whether Caird had understood the scale of James Torbitt’s breeding experiments on blight-resistant potatoes. Caird had been collecting subscriptions to enable Torbitt to continue his work.
See draft letter to T. H. Farrer, 9 March 1880. Charles and Alfred Morrison had given £25 each to support Torbitt’s scheme; they had asked to know the results (see enclosure to second letter from T. H. Farrer, 8 March 1880.
‘Going over to Rome’: a joking allusion to converting to Catholicism. Farrer planned to visit Rome for six weeks with his wife Katherine Euphemia Farrer; see letter to James Torbitt, 20 March 1880 and n. 2.
Summary
Encloses letter from James Caird, who has entire confidence in CD’s appropriation of the money [collected for Torbitt’s experiments].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12533
- From
- Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 3
- Physical description
- ALS 1p, encl ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12533,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12533.xml
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