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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)