| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | PEARSON/3/15/7 |
| Title | Letters from Sir William John Herschel |
| Date | Apr 1914 |
| Description | Letter from A Francis Butler to Pearson, enclosing a letter from W J Herschel, requesting the return of three sets of fingerprints taken from criminals at Hooghly in 1892, which Herschel had provided for Galton. Further letters from Herschel to Pearson regarding the uncertainty over the location of the original prints, and the possibility of using enlargements created for Galton's Blurred Fingerprints. |
| Extent | 4 letters |
| 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. |
| Related Material | For further correspondence regarding the location of the prints, see PEARSON/8/29/121; PEARSON/11/1/8/59. |