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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[23 October 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 213
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Darwin Family Letters
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Thanks for all Horace has done for him and for his ship-shape account. Hopes Horace has charged him enough. There will be less to divide amongst them, which seems to please Frank.
Forwards newspaper reports by growers of Torbitt’s potatoes. Torbitt is in much distress and CD fears all his work will be thrown away unless he is aided.
Sends drawing and description of butterfly discovered in Celebes. It is noteworthy for its colour, which plays a role in mating.