Mason, Otto
- Date:
- Mar-Aug 1888
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/13/50
- Part of:
- Fingerprint Correspondence
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Description
Letter from Otto Mason of the Smithsonian Institution to Galton regarding thumb marks as a measure against fraud. Encloses a letter from Gilbert Thompson to Mason explaining how he used his thumb prints to prevent promissory notes being altered. Also a letter from Thompson to Galton on the same subject, with examples.
Publication/Creation
Mar-Aug 1888
Physical description
3 letters
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.