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GALTON - Galton Papers
2 - Scientific Papers
9 - Fingerprints and Personal Identification
6 - Fingerprints
13 - Fingerprint Correspondence
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
Item
Reference Number
GALTON/2/9/6/13/36
Title
Long, Loftus S
Date
31 May 1891
Date2
3 Jun 1891
Description
Two letters from Loftus S Long to Galton asking for advice on methods of taking thumb prints. Long had been using the "Chinese method" without success. The bottom of the second letter has been cut away, and the space above annotated by Galton "I have cut out his thumb mark".
Extent
2 letters
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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