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GALTON - Galton Papers
1 - Personal and Family Papers
1 - Family History and Correspondence
9 - Biographical Material Relating to the Galton Family
5 - Papers and Correspondence from Edward Galton Wheler-Galton's Family Book
7 - Darwin, Charles Robert to Francis Galton
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
Piece
Reference Number
GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/25
Title
Darwin to Francis Galton
Date
22 Mar 1879
Description
Letter from Charles Darwin to Galton. Darwin intended to publish an English edition of the biography of Erasmus Darwin by the German biologist Ernst Krause. [The Life of Erasmus Darwin, 1879]. For this edition Charles Darwin wrote a preface which included information from various family sources. In this letter to Galton he asks whether Galton has any information or documents relating to Erasmus or if he knows of any relevant letters in the possession of other family members. He mentions reading the memoirs of Galton's aunt Mary Anne Schimmelpennick and thinks that many of her stories about Erasmus were improbable.
Extent
1 letter
AccessStatus
Open
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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