From T. H. Farrer   9 March 1878

Board of Trade, | Whitehall Gardens. | S.W.

9 March/78

Dear Mr Darwin

The inclosed has just been left by Caird.1 He thinks there would be no difficulty on such a letter as yours indorsed by Hooker in getting another £100 or more from private persons.2 But he suggests that £100 at a time is enough: at any rate until we hear that more is wanted.

Will you return the inclosed to James Caird Esqr

Copyhold Commission

3 St James Square

Sincerely yours | T H Farrer

1
The enclosure from James Caird not been found; it was evidently returned (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 11 March 1878).
2
CD had written a letter of support for James Torbitt’s experiments on the breeding of blight-resistant potatoes (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 and enclosure, and first letter from T. H. Farrer, 9 March 1878). CD had also sought support from Joseph Dalton Hooker (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [3 or 4 March 1878]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11410,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11410