Edward Hitchcock letter to Benjamin Silliman, 1863 August 26
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A letter to Benjamin Silliman in which Edward Hitchcock thanks Silliman for his condolences on Orra White Hitchcock's death and discusses his own ill health. Hitchcock writes that despite his failing health he has been able to edit a book he wrote a few years ago titled "Reminiscences of Amherst College." Silliman has written on the final page of the letter that it is likely Hitchcock's last letter to him "as he is in extreme ill health and over 70."
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