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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelItem
Reference Number GALTON/2/9/6/3/4/4
TitleIndian Fingerprints
Date1894-1895
DescriptionFour bundles of fingerprints taken from prisons in India, forwarded to Galton by E A Henry. The fingerprints were collected on pre-printed forms and include the prisoner's name, caste, age, village, police station and district. Approximately two hundred and fifty fingerprints in total. Also includes a compliment slip and a copy of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, published 1 January 1895.
Extent4 bundles, 1 newspaper and 2 compliment slips
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe 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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