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 4 Correspondence 1 Fossils 1 Geological specimens 1 Geologists 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Genre 1 Correspondence 1 Subject 5 Fossils 1 Geological specimens 1 Geologists – United States – 19th century – Correspondence 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Correspondence 1 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 – Correspondence 1 Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1836 July 6 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman expresses his condolences that Hitchcock had to leave his position with the geological survey in New York due to health reasons. Silliman also thanks Hitchcock for some specimens, mentions a review of Hitchcock's work in a publication called the Knickerbocker, and discusses some new fossils of algae and other ocean plants found by Dr. Joseph Barratt. Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1836 July 6
