All Items 1 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 1 Contributor 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 1 Location 1 United States 1 Topic 3 Correspondence 1 Geologists 1 Religion and science 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Genre 1 Correspondence 1 Place of Creation 1 Saint Louis (Mo.) 1 Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1855 November 13 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman asks after any new information about some fossil bones that Hitchcock has. Silliman also discusses a lecture given by Bishop John Henry Hopkins, which called many geologists infidels and said that the world was created in six days. Silliman says he will be giving lectures soon as well, stating facts that will go against Hopkins' lecture. Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1855 November 13
