Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1832 March 8

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 · March 8, 1832

A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman discusses the progress of a map being produced for the state of Massachusetts and to be published in the American Journal of Science, as well as the distribution options for the map. Silliman also expresses his concern for expenses for illustrations to accompany an article by Hitchcock in the American Journal of Science, and compares the status of the Journal with that of [George] Featherstonhaugh's Monthly American Journal of Geology & Natural Science amongst the scholarly science community.