Angel, Moses
- Date:
- 15 May 1891
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/13/3
- Part of:
- Fingerprint Correspondence
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
Letter from Moses Angel, Headmaster of the Jews' Free School, Bell Lane, Spitalfields. Angel states that he is looking forward to receiving Galton at the school, "For the purpose mentioned in your letter of the 14th inst.". This may have been to take fingerprints of the schoolchildren, as there are sets of fingerprints of Jewish girls and boys described as being from "Bell Lane School". See GALTON/2/9/6/3/1. Notes by Galton on the back of the letter also indicate that he and an assistant arranged to collect fingerprints.
Publication/Creation
15 May 1891
Physical description
1 letter
Related material
See also GALTON/2/9/6/3/1
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.