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To James Caird 24 March 1880
Summary
Encloses a statement regarding the progress of Torbitt’s potato experiments, and discusses the handling of the fund CD holds for Torbitt.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Caird |
| Date: | 24 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 52: E7a, E9–14, E16v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12546 |
To James Caird? [24 March 1880]
Summary
Discusses James Torbitt’s plan for selective breeding of potatoes, mentioning that he needs and deserves financial aid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Caird |
| Date: | [24 Mar 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 52: E7v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12547 |
To James Caird 24 March 1880
Summary
Draft of a statement about Torbitt’s experiments on potatoes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Caird |
| Date: | 24 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 52: B9–14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12548 |
From James Caird 25 March 1880
Summary
Is impressed by the scale of Torbitt’s experiments. Discusses financial assistance. If Torbitt’s work succeeds, they will be amply repaid.
| Author: | James Caird |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12549 |
From James Caird 11 October 1880
Summary
Comments on the progress of Torbitt’s experiments.
| Author: | James Caird |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12753 |
Document type
| letter | (5) |
Addressee
| Caird, James | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
