Benjamin Silliman, Jr. letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1854 June 26
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A brief letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman, Jr. asks Hitchcock if he has any crystal samples he would like to sell to Silliman. The note from Silliman, Jr. is written on the verso of a printed letter from Silliman, Jr. and James Dwight Dana about the remodeling of the Mineralogical and Geological Cabinet at Yale. The printed letter includes instructions on selecting and packing specimens to send to Yale.
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