Potts.] W^ [j^pril 19, 



Conclusions. 



My general conclusions are : 



1. That there is no evidence of a prehistoric, non-Eurafrican 

 race in western Asia. Its soil has alwa3's been possessed either 

 by the Caucasic, the Semitic or the Aryan branches of the White 

 race. 



2. There are distinct signs that the Caucasic stock in prehis- 

 toric times extended over large areas south of their present 

 homes, and were driven north b}^ the attacks of the Ar^-ans and 

 Semites. 



3. The chains of the Amanus on the west, the Masius on the 

 north and the Zagros on the east have been from immemorial 

 eras the limits of dui'able ethnic impressions b}' the Semites. 



4. From the Zagros to the Pamir, the Ar^'an stock occupied 

 or controlled the land at the dawn of histoiy. Medes and Proto- 

 Medes were alike' Arj^ans. 



5. The civilization of Babylonia ai'ose from some branch or 

 blend of the White race, and not from any tribe of the Asian 

 or Yellow race, still less from the Dravidian or Black races. 



6. The Anatolian group of Asia Minor were allied to the 

 Gallo-Celtic tribes of central Europe, and preceded by probabl3' 

 several millenniums the Hellenic mio-rations into Asia. 



Biograpldeal Sketch of the Hon. Thomas H. Dudley, of Camden, N. J., 

 who Died April 15, 1892. 



By William John Potts. 



{Read before the American Philosophical Society, April 19, 1S95.) 



Thomas Haiues Dudley, born 10th mo. 9, 1819, died 4th mo, 15, 1893, 

 elected a member of the American Philosophical Society 10th mo. 15, 

 1880, was descended from Francis Dudley and Rachel Wllkins, his wife, 

 a member of the Society of Friends who came from the Parish of St. 

 Peter, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, about 1730. Francis Dudley was 

 the son of John Dudley and Mary Arnej^ of that parish, who were mar- 

 ried in 1708. Another account says the name of his mother was Jane 

 Dudley. John, the English ancestor of this New Jersey family of Dud- 

 ley, died in 174G. In the parish register of St. Peter's he is named as 

 "singing man and clerk." 



