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DCP-LETT-12910

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
13 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 148: 124
Summary:

Thanks for report [on potato experiments].

Still has subscription money for JT’s experiments. How much does he need?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12925

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
19 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 148: 125
Summary:

Does JT require part or all of £90 that CD holds from subscribers for his experiments?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12938

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
25 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 148: 126
Summary:

Suggests JT make public his letter to W. E. Gladstone [on results of potato experiments]; thinks post office would object to JT’s plan of distribution.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12905

From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 178: 169
Summary:

Thinks his private notes failed to convey his ideas. JT wanted CD "to look at the product and express an opinion as to its value".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12915

From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 178: 170, 171/3
Summary:

Forster cannot help at present. Is sending copies of an enclosure [missing] to Downing Street.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12934

From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 52: E5; DAR 178: 171 ff. 1–2
Summary:

Will CD hold the £90 for JT? Asks him to read enclosed printed letter to W. E. Gladstone which he hopes will attract attention.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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