All Items 5 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 5 Contributor 3 Deane, James, 1801-1858 5 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 5 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 1 Location 1 Massachusetts 4 Topic 5 Adversaries 5 Correspondence 5 Footprints, Fossil 4 Natural history collections 3 Natural history illustration 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 5 Genre 4 Correspondence 5 Copies (derivative objects) 1 Excerpts 1 Scientific illustrations 1 Subject 8 Deane, James, 1801-1858 – Correspondence 5 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Adversaries 5 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Correspondence 5 Footprints, Fossil – Massachusetts 4 Deane, James, 1801-1858 – Natural history collections 3 Natural history illustration 1 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 – Correspondence 1 The American journal of science and arts 1 show more 3 show fewer Edward Hitchcock copy and extracts of three letters to James Deane, 1835 March 15, 1835 September 21, and 1835 September 15 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A document containing copies of three letters or letter extracts to James Deane from Edward Hitchcock which appear to have been sent to Benjamin Silliman. In the first, dated March 15, 1835, Hitchcock comments on a suggestion Deane made about an impression on a slab of sandstone being a bird footprint. In the second, dated September 21, 1835, Hitchcock agrees with Deane's views but states decided evidence will be needed to convince geologists. In the third, dated September 15, 1835, Hitchcock says he is preparing a paper for the American Journal of Science in which he plans to acknowledge Deane's contributions to the discovery that the tracks discussed appear to be made by birds, but he wishes to examine them more thoroughly first. Edward Hitchcock copy and extracts of three letters to James Deane, 1835 March 15, 1835 September 21, and 1835 September 15 James Deane letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1845 September 9 Deane, James, 1801-1858 A letter from James Deane inviting Edward Hitchcock to view and examine his fossil footprints before they are sent to Cambridge. James Deane letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1845 September 9 James Deane letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1832 May 20 Deane, James, 1801-1858 A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which James Deane discusses his scientific drawings of fossil footprints. The verso contains an India ink illustration of fossil footprint. James Deane letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1832 May 20 James Deane letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1846 September 18 Deane, James, 1801-1858 A letter to Edward Hitchcock from James Deane requesting to see a copy of his 1835 correspondence that discussed fossil footmarks. Deane also discusses his recent footprint discoveries. James Deane letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1846 September 18 Edward Hitchcock letter to [James Deane], 1844 November 10 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A letter inferred to be to James Deane in which Edward Hitchcock refutes some claims that Deane made about him in Volume 47, 1844 of the American Journal of Science. Edward Hitchcock letter to [James Deane], 1844 November 10
