Edward Hitchcock letter to Charles Carroll Carpenter, 1860 May 23

Creator	Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Recipient	Carpenter, C. C., (Charles Carroll), 1836-1918
Title	Edward Hitchcock letter to Charles Carroll Carpenter, 1860 May 23
Dates	1860-05-23
Abstract	A letter to Charles Carroll Carpenter, a missionary in Labrador, in which Edward Hitchcock thanks him for sending an arctic fox pelt for Amherst College's zoological cabinet. Hitchcock requests that Carpenter send a skeleton of a larger animal if possible, such as a narwhal or walrus, and offers to pay for the cost of sending it.
Physical Description	1 item (4 pages)
Languages	English
Place of Creation	Amherst (Mass.)
Genre	Correspondence
Subject	Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Correspondence
Subject	Carpenter, C. C., (Charles Carroll), 1836-1918 – Correspondence
Subject	Amherst College – Natural history collections
Part of	Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
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Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 4 Folder 28
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