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To James Torbitt   17 March [1880]1

Down,

March 17,

My dear Sir

I write now only one word to acknowledge receipt of letter of 15 and end of MS.2 But you have not yet returned the page with some words not clearly legible and about “berries”.

Can you tell me more definitely what your experiments have cost you?

Did the Bishop of Down, or any of the others, write anything which I could quote.3 As soon as I get your answer I will draw up my statement which, however, I must somehow make brief. In the autumn you can have more money advanced certainly up to £100 and almost certainly up to £150.4

In Haste | Yours — — | C. Darwin.

Footnotes

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to James Torbitt, 12 March [1880].
2
Torbitt’s letter has not been found; his manuscript was returned to him (see letter to James Torbitt, 28 March 1880). In his letter of 12 March [1880], CD had sent comments on the earlier part of Torbitt’s manuscript, a report on his potato breeding experiments.
3
Robert Bent Knox, bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore, had grown a disease-free, red, round variety of potato from seeds Torbitt had sent him; see Correspondence vol. 27, enclosure to letter from James Torbitt, 15 November 1879.
4
CD had sent Torbitt cheques for £50 and £25 and had further donations to Torbitt’s scheme in hand; see letters to James Torbitt, 6 March 1880 and 10 March 1880.

Summary

Asks for additional information about JT’s potato experiments.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12538
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
James Torbitt
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 148: 116
Physical description
C 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12538,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12538.xml

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