Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	GALTON/3/2/1/101
Title	Osborn, Sherard
Date	15 Dec 1864?
Description	Letter from explorer Sherard Osborn to Galton declining an invitation. Osborn states that he hopes to see Galton soon and to thank him as a friend of "poor Speke" who Galton defended from some "unfair criticisms of his labours by Burton some time ago". Presumably a reference to explorer John Hanning Speke's rift with Richard Burton.
Extent	1 letter
AccessStatus	Restricted access
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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