Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1832 April 4

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 · April 4, 1832

A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman seeks to confirm that Hitchcock received the 400 copies of his map for the Massachusetts legislature and that they arrived in Boston before the legislature adjourned. Silliman also states that the next issue of the American Journal of Science will be delayed until the additional copies of the map are completed, and asks, in order to save time and expenses, if Hitchcock would consider an alternative way of indicating the direction of the strata in the map.