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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
revised2015-03-09machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-10T04:30:10machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-10T04:30:10humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-28machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonDorfeuille, JennettepresumedMorton, Samuel George, 1799-1851Samuel George Morton Papers, 1819-1850Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851Samuel George Morton Papers 1819-18502.25 Linear feet; 5 boxes, bound volumes, microfilmThrough his craniometic studies of human races, the Philadelphia physician Samuel George Morton (1799-1851) exerted a profound influence on the development of physical anthropology in antebellum America, and made substantial contributions to mineralogy, paleontology, and natural history. Relating primarily to Morton's scientific interests, the Morton Papers include insights into Morton's perspectives on education, medical practice, geology and mineralogy, craniology, paleontology, the Wilkes Exploring Expedition (also known as the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842), and his two major monographs, the and . Several of the letters were written by Morton in his capacity as corresponding secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Also included in this collection are Morton's "Some Remarks on the Infrequency of Mixed Offspring Between the European and Australian Races" (1850), Joseph Barclay Pentland's notes on the aborigines of Peru (ca. 1840?), and newspaper clippings on Morton's death; a diary of Morton's trip to the West Indies, 1834, a set of craniological sketches for use in Crania Americana, and a microfilm of letters in private hands, written to Morton, 1838-1844 Crania Americana Crania Aegyptiaca American Philosophical Society