All Items 1 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 1 Contributor 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Orton, James, 1830-1877 1 Location 1 Nova Scotia 1 Topic 3 Collection and preservation 1 Correspondence 1 Minerals 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Genre 1 Correspondence 1 James Orton letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1853 July 22 Orton, James, 1830-1877 A letter from James Orton in which he informs Hitchcock of a trip he plans to make to Nova Scotia to obtain mineral specimens. He is trying to acquire the funds to make the trip and asks if Amherst College might cover some part of the cost in exchange for mineral samples from the region. James Orton letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1853 July 22
