American Academy of Arts and Sciences report on paper by Edward Hitchcock, 1862 December 10

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Creator	American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Title	American Academy of Arts and Sciences report on paper by Edward Hitchcock, 1862 December 10
Dates	1862-12-10
Abstract	A report from volume six of the "Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences" on a paper by Edward Hitchcock read before the academy. The paper introduces and largely reproduces Hitchcock's paper, "Supplement to the Ichnology of New England" in which Hitchcock discusses various types of fossil footprints, questions about their identification, and his research on them when preparing his "Ichnology of New England."
Physical Description	1 item (8 pages)
Languages	English
Place of Creation	Massachusetts
Genre	Proceedings
Genre	Extracts
Subject	Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Subject	Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Contributions in geology
Subject	Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864. Supplement to the Ichnology of New England: a report to the government of Massachusetts in 1863
Subject	Footprints, Fossil
Subject	Ichnology – New England
Subject	Science – Periodicals
Part of	Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
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Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 13 Folder 2
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