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Remarks at a hearing before the Joint Committee of Education, 1 February, 1848: in aid of the memorial of the colleges

Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Education

A pamphlet containing a memorial presented to the Massachusetts Legislature by Edward Everett, Mark Hopkins, and Edward Hitchcock along with remarks made at the subsequent free conference held in the Joint Committee of Education session on the topic of the memorial. In the memorial, Everett, Hopkins, and Hitchcock write on behalf of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the Trustees of Williams College, and the Trustees of Amherst College and ask that the legislature grant financial aid to the colleges in Massachusetts. Following the memorial are the proceedings of the private hearing of the Joint Committee of Education regarding the request. The addresses given by Everett and Hitchcock during the hearing are included. Additional remarks made by others such as William B. Calhoun, John Tappan, and S.A. Eliot are mentioned but not given in full.

Remarks at a hearing before the Joint Committee of Education, 1 February, 1848: in aid of the memorial of the colleges
Abstract of the proceedings of the fifth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists

Association of American Geologists and Naturalists

Pages extracted from volume 47, number 1 of the American Journal of Science and Arts containing a summary of the proceedings of the fifth meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, which was held in Washington, D.C. in May 1844. The document summarizes what occurred each day of the meeting, including papers presented and ensuing discussions, committees formed, and resolutions made. Hitchcock's contributions to the meeting are included.

Abstract of the proceedings of the fifth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists
Abstract of the proceedings of the fourth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, extract

Association of American Geologists and Naturalists

Two pages from "Abstract of the proceedings of the fourth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists" extracted from volume 45, number 2 of the American Journal of Science and Arts, published in 1843. The extract describes a debate between Edward Hitchcock, Joseph Nicollete, William C. Redfield, and Henry Darwin Rogers regarding Louis Agassiz's glacial theory. Hitchcock notes that he is almost afraid to say anything more on the subject due to much misunderstanding of his previous reports on it, but states that he believes the phenomena of drift is the result of ice and water, though he is uncertain which is a greater force or what causes such action of ice and water.

Abstract of the proceedings of the fourth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, extract
Abstract of the proceedings of the Association of American Geologists, at their 1st meeting held in Philadelphia, April, 1840

Association of American Geologists and Naturalists

A printed document containing summaries of the first and second meetings of the Association of American Geologists. Both meetings took place in Philadelphia, the first in early April 1840, and the second in early April 1841. The summary of the proceedings of the first meeting is brief, listing who was present, that Edward Hitchcock was appointed chairman of the meeting and Professor L.C. Beck was appointed secretary, what the association decided the organization should be named, and brief descriptions of what was discussed each day. The summary of the proceedings of the second meeting is much more detailed, discussing what was exhibited, what various members of the association thought about the presentations, and summarizing the papers read at the meeting. Included in the summary is a "Report on the Ornithichnites or Foot Marks of Extinct Birds, in the new red Sandstone of Massachusetts and Connecticut, observed and described by Prof. Hitchcock, of Amherst," by Henry D. Rogers, Lardner Vanuxem, Richard C. Taylor, Ebenezer Emmons, and T.A. Conrad, which is in agreement with Edward Hitchcock's original reports about these tracks.

Abstract of the proceedings of the Association of American Geologists, at their 1st meeting held in Philadelphia, April, 1840
Remarks upon certain points in ichnology

Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864

An extract from "Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fourteenth meeting, held at Newport, Rhode Island, August, 1860" consisting of three reports by Edward Hitchcock, with some illustrations. The first piece contains remarks by Hitchcock on ichnology. In his remarks, Hitchcock discusses the history of ichnology as a science, and focuses on five specific points. First, he proposes that species determined only by fossil footprints be grouped separately from those identified by skeletons; second, he claims that prints from a hind foot do not completely obliterate prints made by a forefoot when placed in the same place; third, he argues against the idea that none of the tracks in the Connecticut River Valley were made by birds; fourth, he discusses evidence that animals existed during "sandstone days" that had characteristics similar to those in prior and later time periods; and fifth, he proposes that some Lithichnozoa species were likely marsupials. The second piece by Hitchcock focuses on the geology of a dyke at Nash's Point, Vermont. Hitchcock describes his analysis of specimens obtained there and draws conclusions about the heat of the rocks when they were made. The third piece discusses a fossil fern called clathropteris that was discovered by his son, Edward Hitchcock, Jr. Hitchcock gives some additional facts about the ferns that were not included in Hitchcock, Jr.'s initial description of them, focusing on the fronds of these ferns, their stems, and their roots.

Remarks upon certain points in ichnology
Abstract of the proceedings of the fifth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists

Association of American Geologists and Naturalists

A printed document containing a summary of the proceedings of the fifth meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, which was held at Washington, D.C., in May 1844. Several pages are missing from the document, including 3-8, 17-18, 25-28, 31-40, and 43. The missing pages appear to be those that do not include any material related to Edward Hitchcock. The document summarizes what occurred each day of the meeting, who presented, and what was discussed. The abstract notes that Edward Hitchcock was appointed to three different committees within the association, read a paper on "the trap tufa, or volcanic grit of the valley of the Connecticut River," read his "Report on Ichnolithology of Fossil Footmarks, with a description of the Coprolites of Birds, discovered recently in the Connecticut Valley," and read a paper on "a singular case of the dispersion of blocks of stone at the drift period, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts."

Abstract of the proceedings of the fifth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists
American Academy of Arts and Sciences report on paper by Edward Hitchcock, 1862 December 10

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

A report from volume six of the "Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences" on a paper by Edward Hitchcock read before the academy. The paper introduces and largely reproduces Hitchcock's paper, "Supplement to the Ichnology of New England" in which Hitchcock discusses various types of fossil footprints, questions about their identification, and his research on them when preparing his "Ichnology of New England."

American Academy of Arts and Sciences report on paper by Edward Hitchcock, 1862 December 10