All Items 1 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 1 Contributor 3 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 1 Witham, Henry Thornton Maire, 1779-1844 1 Location 1 United States 1 Topic 3 Correspondence 1 Geologists 1 Influence 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Genre 1 Correspondence 1 Subject 4 Geologists – United States – 19th century – Correspondence 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Correspondence 1 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 – Correspondence 1 Witham, Henry Thornton Maire, 1779-1844 – Influence 1 Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1833 July 18 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman discusses [Henry] Witham's memoirs on fossil trees and the implications they have on Hitchcock's thoughts about the red sandstone of the Connecticut River Valley and New Haven's and its suggestions for geological antiquity. Silliman also suggests that Hitchcock should be given a laboratory at Amherst College with better ventilation to alleviate sufferings caused by chemicals, and also explains his inability to visit Hitchcock due to a previous commitment to address the American Institute in Boston. Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1833 July 18
