Letters and documents relating to Jackson/Morton controversy
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Morton, William Thomas Green, 1819-? (dentist)
- Morton, William J.
- See more items in
- Morton Family Collection
- Morton Family Collection / Series 1: Letters and Documents
- Date
- undated
- Container
- Box 1, Folder 6
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Morton Family Collection, 1849-1911, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents note
- In poor condition, handwritten. A number of these dated March & April 1852 are from members of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital to Edward Stanly in response to questions from him about the Jackson/14orton controversy. One dated April 27, 1864 is' to Thaddeus Stevens, chairman of Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives argues that Jackson should share in funds granted to Morton. Several are from Jackson asking the addressee if he had signed a paper in support of Morton's claim to be the discoverer of ether.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511589353-1503511589361-5
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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