Cobbe, Frances Power
- Date:
- 24 Aug 1877
- Reference:
- GALTON/3/3/3/23
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Manuscript letter. Sends photograph of a murderer for Galton's collection and provides details of the murder. Enclosures: envelope and a photograph of the man, Ladwalladen Jones (Maker: Evan Owen). Notes on the reverse: "murderer...most cold blooded...He had been married some months, and murdered the girl to whom he had previously promised marriage, having first dug out her grave. There was no quarrel - quite the contrary- illegitimate offspring by both women...the wife had a child a little after marriage and the murdered girl was with child by him".
Publication/Creation
24 Aug 1877
Physical description
1 letter, 1 photograph plus 1 envelope
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.
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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.