Edward Hitchcock letter to Benjamin Silliman, 1835 July 30

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Creator	Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Recipient	Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Recipient	Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Creator	Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Title	Edward Hitchcock letter to Benjamin Silliman, 1835 July 30
Title	Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1844 September 19
Dates	1835-07-30
Abstract	A letter to Benjamin Silliman in which Edward Hitchcock writes about lecturing Silliman will soon be doing in Nantucket, about examining fossil footprints which James Deane believes to be made by birds, and writes scathingly about George William Featherstonhaugh and his work as a geologist. The document also contains a letter to Edward Hitchcock from Benjamin Silliman, written in the margin of the first page of the original letter and readdressed. In it, Silliman draws attention to a passage in Hitchcock's original letter in which Hitchcock requests that Silliman not publish Deane's report on the fossil footprints until he receives and reads Hitchcock's report.
Physical Description	1 item (4 pages)
Languages	English
Place of Creation	Amherst (Mass.), New Haven (Conn.)
Genre	Correspondence
Subject	Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Correspondence
Subject	Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 – Correspondence
Subject	Footprints, Fossil – Massachusetts
Subject	Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Adversaries
Subject	Deane, James, 1801-1858
Subject	Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866
Part of	Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
Finding Aid	View the finding aid for this item's collection
Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 5 Folder 16
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