| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | GALTON/1/3/2/6 |
| Title | Safe Passage Agreement for Francis Galton |
| Date | 31 Jul 1850 |
| Description | Document agreeing to grant Francis Galton safe passage through Namaqualand, Damaraland and elsewhere [areas now lying within Namibia and South Africa], signed by Sir Henry Wakelyn Smith, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Cape of Good Hope, and John Montagu, Colonial Secretary of the Cape Colony. The text appears in English, Dutch and Portuguese.
The document is sealed in red wax at the bottom edge and accompanied by a larger wax seal kept in a separate metal enclosure. The larger seal is the Great Seal of Queen Victoria, and was removed from another document by Smith. |
| Extent | 1 folio plus 1 seal in tin |
| 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. |
| Related Material | See GALTON/1/3/2/4 copy letter dated 5th August 1850 addressed "My dear Darwin" for a description of the document and attached seal. |