ALS signed “D. P. Madison,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 26, 1838. Letter to Dr. Thomas Sewall, in part: "The valued offering of your able Lectures for my perusal, my kind friend, ought to have been acknowledged before this time, but I have had an apology, not only in my eye, but in my timidity, for omitting to give an opinion on a subject which has divided the minds of great men, and especially employed the contemplation of Aristotle, as well as Jo. Baptiste Porte, by whose signs, 'man is likened to the Lion, and woman to the Leopard'—yet, they have not like you, in true wisdom, persuaded their reader, that the science of phrenology, is a baseless fabric, at war with reason and experience." Beautifully mounted, matted, and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 20 x 17. In fine condition.
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