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Morgan (LEWIS HENRY an American arch)

LEWIS HENRY, an American archæologist; born in Aurora, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1818. He was graduated at Union College in 1840; became a lawyer at Rochester; served in the State assembly (1861) and senate (1868). His earliest work, "The League of the Iroquois" (1851), was the first account of the organization and government of an Indian tribe; but even more valuable are his "Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family" (1869), and his treatise on "Ancient Society" (1877). He also published "Houses and House-life of the American Aborigines" (1881), and an account of the beaver.

He died in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1881.