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Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1837 March 6
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 · March 6, 1837
A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman discusses a report on bird tracks that Hitchcock will be writing for the American Journal of Science. Silliman adds a long postscript in which he questions Hitchcock's personal criticisms of some who have written about world floods, focusing especially on Charles Lyell.
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