Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1830 March 11

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Title:
Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1830 March 11
Description:
A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman asks for Hitchcock's thoughts on correcting a map of the Connecticut River Valley for The American Journal of Science, and requests that Hitchcock send him [Henry] De la Beche's view. Silliman also expresses his hope that when Hitchcock is in better health he will be able to address the people who "neither listen nor learn," and discusses the price and content of [William?] Buckland's second volume text on chemistry.
Creator:
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Addressee:
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Date:
March 11, 1830
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Box 3 Folder 40 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
Subjects:
Hitchcock, Edward--1793-1864--Correspondence
Silliman, Benjamin--1779-1864--Correspondence
Geologists--United States--1800--1899--Correspondence
Places:
United States
Extent:
1 item (3 pages)
Link to Item:
http://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:72948
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Place of origin:
New Haven (Conn.)
Language:
English