Penobscot materials, Samuel George Morton Papers
Culture:
Language: English
Date: March 7, 1839
Contributor: Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858
Subject: Grave robbing | Human remains | Skulls | Phrenology | Anthropometry
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 1 page
Description: Letter discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Cleaveland has attempted to obtain a Penobscot or St. John's skull, without success. Has sent a Pejepscot skull, taken from a burial ground near the Androscoggin River, 20 miles from Brunswick; belongs to Bowdoin's anatomical cabinets and should be returned.
Collection: Samuel George Morton Papers Mss.B.M843