Darwin to Francis Galton

Date:
10 Jun 1879
Reference:
GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/24
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Letter from Charles Darwin to Galton. Darwin discusses family money as he found it surprising that their grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, did not leave more money considering how hard he worked. He speculates that Erasmus may have made some bad investments as he lost at least £1500 in iron works.

Publication/Creation

10 Jun 1879

Physical description

1 letter

Location of duplicates

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

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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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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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