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  <mods:abstract>A letter in which B. Silliman, Jr. expresses his sympathies to Edward Hitchcock, Jr. for the loss of his father, and regrets that neither he nor his father, Benjamin Silliman, will be able to attend the funeral.</mods:abstract>
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