Haweis, Mary Eliza

Date:
May 1882
Reference:
GALTON/2/7/2/4/18
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Comprises one letter regarding an enclosed picture by her husband's father after [an unnamed] Turner painting; and a letter regarding the visions of her son, primarily patterns seen in the dark, but also visions of deceased people, or of his mother cut off at the knees, seen in daylight or by lamp. Also encloses a scrap of newspaper with a note on the reverse labelled "The [close] of Mrs Haweis' long dream", with a drawing and short poem.

Publication/Creation

May 1882

Physical description

2 letters plus enclosure

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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.

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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.

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