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StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	GALTON/3/3/2/6
Title	Bateson, William
Date	1889-1905
Description	Manuscript letters. Letters concerning his studies on the measurements of beetles, whelks and limpets. Discusses his sister's work. Discusses wording of a circular to promote accurate investigations of variation, heredity and selection. Two enclosures including a printed circular from the Evolution Committee of the Royal Society. Particular items: Letter dated 2 May 1897 discusses the education of women. Enclosure attached with letter dated 10 February 1898 shows his experiments in breeding birds. Letters dated 5 July 1905 and 27 September 1905 discuss his sweet pea experiments and that he hopes to achieve the gametic ratio the following year (2 enclosures attached).
Extent	23 letters and 4 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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