Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1825 April 4
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Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1825 April 4

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 · April 4, 1825

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Digital Commonwealth — Amherst College Archives & Special Collections

A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman encourages Hitchcock to accept any potential offer for a professorship at Amherst College. Silliman also discusses some of Hitchcock's pieces for The American Journal of Science, and a remark made by William Maclure that has been met with much criticism.

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