Plains materials, Samuel George Morton Papers
Language: English
Date: March 8, 1840
Contributor: Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851
Subject: Grave robbing | Human remains | Skulls | Phrenology | Anthropometry
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 1 page
Description: Letter discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Morton acknowledges receipt of skulls of Indian tribes west of the Mississippi and thanks Joseph Nicholas Nicollet for sending them.
Collection: Samuel George Morton Papers Mss.B.M843