Letters Received Regarding Freemartins
- Date:
- Nov 1876
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/4/3/14/2
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Letters sent to Francis Galton in response to his request for information on free-martins [freemartins: an infertile female mammal], received from John Evans, John Algernon Clarke, Henry Corbet, Thomas Duckham, and Sebastian Evans.
The letters contains definitions of the term freemartin, discussion of its etymology, and details of cases known to the authors. Also present are 2 folios of notes in Galton's hand, detailing the occupations and addresses of some of his correspondents.
Publication/Creation
Nov 1876
Physical description
7 letters plus 2 folios of notes
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.