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Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1855 October 13
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Creator: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Addressee: Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
: Silliman, Sarah Isabella, 1806-1875
Addressee: Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
: Silliman, Sarah Isabella, 1806-1875
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A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman writes briefly about a fossil specimen Hitchcock has obtained and about Hitchcock's recent visit to the Sillimans. This portion of the letter is signed by Silliman with Sarah Isabella Silliman's name as well: "B + S.I. Silliman". Silliman then adds a long postscript, dated two days after the original letter, explaining that after meeting with Professor Charles Upham Shepard, he thinks some fossil impressions were made by a tail. Silliman raises questions about the causes of certain fossil tracks, and wonders about whether these tracks were made by birds - as he and Hitchcock originally thought - or by reptiles.
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