All Items 3 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 3 Contributor 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 3 Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 3 Location 1 Massachusetts 1 Topic 6 Correspondence 3 Career in natural history 2 Footprints, Fossil 2 Classification 1 Fossils 1 Natural history collections 1 show more 1 show fewer Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 3 Genre 1 Correspondence 3 Richard Owen letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1844 August 30 Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 A letter from Richard Owen to Edward Hitchcock regarding large birds' nests seen in New Zealand or Australia by global circumnavigators Cook and Hinders. Owen mentions "The Birds of Australia" by John Gould and Hitchcock's work with footprint fossils. Richard Owen letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1844 August 30 Richard Owen letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1860 December 21 Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 A letter from Richard Owen, English paleontologist, to Edward Hitchcock thanking him for sending him a rare fossil, including remains of a "Saurian Reptile." Owen speculates on the anatomy and development of the animal. Richard Owen letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1860 December 21 Edward Hitchcock letter to Richard Owen, 1861 July 4 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A letter to Richard Owen in which Edward Hitchcock asks for Owen's thoughts on certain fossil footprints. Hitchcock writes that some of his work has recently been challenged and he would therefore like additional opinions. Edward Hitchcock letter to Richard Owen, 1861 July 4
