Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	GALTON/2/9/6/3/3/4
Title	Correspondence on Thumbprints
Date	1888-1891
Description	Postcard from H A Holden to Galton postmarked 6 March 1891 suggesting the use of the work "cheirognomy". Letter from O T Mason to Galton dated 2 March 1888 regarding the identification of Chinese people using photographs and thumbprints. Letter from J W Taber to O T Mason dated 24 March 1888 enclosing enlargements of thumbprints (2 folios). Letter from C H Read of the British Museum dated 17 Jan 1891 informing Galton that he has found thumb impressions on a Mexican saucer.
Extent	4 letters plus 2 enclosures
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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