Moncrieff, Colonel Alexander to Francis Galton
- Date:
- 22 Oct 1880
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/4/18/1/4
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Letter from Moncrieff, describing an incident at Hudson's Bay in 1877 when he witnessed a young Indian boy tracing a picture with the edge of his knife, to impress it into his memory so that he could carve it into wood at a later time.
Attached to the letter is a pencil sketch depicting a man and cattle, annotated by Galton "Bushman, Camera Treida, Copies of the sheet (by Col Moncrieff) in Christie Collection".
Publication/Creation
22 Oct 1880
Physical description
1 letter plus 1 sketch
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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Where to find it
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.