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Born in West Hartford, CT. Phrenologist who entered into practice with Lorenzo Niles and Orson Squire Fowler in New York City.  Published several works on phrenology, as well as the first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Frances "Fanny" Seward references the New York firm of Fowler and Wells in her 1860 pocket diary.

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Born in West Hartford, CT. Phrenologist who entered into practice with Lorenzo Niles and Orson Squire Fowler in New York City. Published several works on phrenology, as well as the first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Frances "Fanny" Seward references the New York firm of Fowler and Wells in her 1860 pocket diary.
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Samuel Roberts Wells - American National Biography
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Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Digitized Content is licensed from the American Antiquarian Society ("AAS") and may not be reproduced, transferred, commercially or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, outside the terms and conditions of this service without the express written consent of AAS. All rights reserved.