Edward Hitchcock letter to Benjamin Silliman, 1830 November 1
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A letter to Benjamin Silliman in which Edward Hitchcock writes briefly about obtaining the American Journal of Science for the students at Amherst College, Silliman's textbook on chemistry, and a trip Silliman took to Pennsylvania. Hitchcock then discusses in depth the work he has been doing for the geological survey of Massachusetts.
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