The Wick Club
- Date:
- c.1905
- Reference:
- GALTON/3/3/22/29
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Printed letter with details about the foundation of a Club in Wick, a village in Gloucestershire, and asking for money. No date but found with papers dated 1905. Galton annotated it at the top. Stated that everyone thought the experiment would fail. "It is as yet a stupendous success - place furnished as a gentleman's club, no bawdy songs... The first attempt of the kind in England. Don't send more than £100".
Publication/Creation
c.1905
Physical description
1 letter
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.