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To T. H. Farrer 5 March 1880
Summary
[Letter written as a postscript to 11406.] CD has reread his letter of 7 Mar 1878 about the value of James Torbitt’s work on the potato disease and has nothing to withdraw. Emphasises Torbitt’s need for immediate financial help.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 5 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (MS 489) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12512 |
To T. H. Farrer 7 [March 1880]
Summary
Describes subscription for Torbitt [to continue potato experiments]. Would dislike writing to any paper, but Hensleigh [Wedgwood] and Erasmus [Darwin] advise CD to write to the Times.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 7 [Mar 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 101; DAR 177: 340 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12523 |
To T. H. Farrer 9 March 1880
Summary
Thanks THF for his contribution; now has £170 to permit Torbitt to carry on his experiments. Describes the scale of the experiments and his belief in their value.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12528 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Addressee
| Farrer, T. H. | (3) |
