Contract Signed with Handprint

Date:
1858-1881
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/5/2/2
Part of:
Sir W J Herschel Fingerprint Material
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Contract between W J Herschel and Rajya Dhar Konai, 1858, signed by Konai using his handprint. The contract is written in Bengali with explanatory notes by Herschel on the reverse in English. Sent by Herschel to Galton in 1881.

Publication/Creation

1858-1881

Physical description

1 folio plus 1 envelope and 1 label

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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.

Where to find it

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.

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