Benjamin Silliman letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1844 December 19

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 · December 19, 1844

A letter to Edward Hitchcock in which Benjamin Silliman voices his dismay that Hitchcock is upset by the review he wrote of Dr. Gideon Mantell's book. Silliman notes that Hitchcock had approved its publication and did not ask him to edit it. Silliman suggests Hitchcock respond via a note in the appendix in Silliman's American Journal of Science, but adds a postscript saying that James Dwight Dana suggests that Hitchcock respond directly to Mantell.