All Items 1 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 1 Contributor 3 Amherst College. Class of 1829. Perkins 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869 1 Location 3 Iran 1 Iraq 1 Middle East 1 Topic 5 Correspondence 1 Description and travel 1 Geology 1 Missionaries 1 Travel 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Genre 1 Correspondence 1 Subject 7 Geology – Iran 1 Geology – Iraq 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Correspondence 1 Iran – Description and travel 1 Missionaries – Iran 1 Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869 – Correspondence 1 Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869 – Travel – Middle East 1 show more 2 show fewer Justin Perkins letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1849 July 9 Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869 A letter from Justin Perkins, a Presbyterian missionary in Persia (now known as Iran), to Edward Hitchcock describing the geology of Persia he observed on a journey from Oroomiah to the city of Mosul in Northern Iraq. Justin Perkins letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1849 July 9