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".
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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".
Thanks for report [on potato experiments].
Still has subscription money for JT’s experiments. How much does he need?
Forster cannot help at present. Is sending copies of an enclosure [missing] to Downing Street.
Does JT require part or all of £90 that CD holds from subscribers for his experiments?
Will CD hold the £90 for JT? Asks him to read enclosed printed letter to W. E. Gladstone which he hopes will attract attention.
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.