| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | GALTON/3/3/7/8 |
| Title | Galton, Sir Francis to Sir George Howard Darwin |
| Date | 1873-1910 |
| Description | Manuscript letters.
Folder 1 : Sep 1873- 18 Jul 1877
Concerning Darwin's globe map frame; his wife's illnesses; General Strachey's machine in the Isle of Dogs; concerning first cousin marriages; in working out "your father's plant statistics" Francis created an experimental ogive table and sent it to Glaister to recalculate (copy of Glaister's answer attached); sending papers for constructive criticism; definition of a "fair curve" (letter dated 21 Jan 1877)
Folder 2 : 12 Nov 1877-11 Nov 1910
Concerning the visualised system of numbers; concerning Darwin's return to England and that they might meet up (letter 30 September 1884 also has note by Louisa Galton); describing travels in Italy with George Butler (letter dated 24 Mar 1886 and 9 Apr 1886 - the latter letter mentions Josephine Butler and notes that they held "diametrically opposed views", but she was charming); instructions on how to open his luggage box (letter dated 16 October 1886); letter dated 30 Dec 1887 has the signature cut out; diagram of pendulum with hinged plate (letter dated 22 Jan 1890); describes a memory experiment which Galton would like Darwin to carry out on his son (letter dated 1 Jul 1890); family news, particularly about George's son, Charles. |
| Extent | 96 letters and 1 enclosure |
| 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. |