Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00027
Abstract
The Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers contain correspondence, drawings, legal documents, sermons, drafts of published and unpublished works, printed articles, autographs, artwork, and images relating to the professional activities and some of the personal life of Edward Hitchcock, Orra White Hitchcock, and their family. The material spans the years 1804-1910, with the bulk of the material falling into the period 1820-1864. Edward Hitchcock's work as a minister and nationally noted...
Dates:
1804 - 1910; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1864
Jenkins, Abraham (AC 1838) - letter: Amherst College, to Loring Johnson, Georgetown, Delaware, 1838 December 21
Item — Box 3, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Dates:
1838 December 21
"Notes 1819", 1819
File — Box 18, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Includes diary entries, notes on religious activities, travel, and lectures by Silliman and others during June and July, 1819.
Dates:
1819
"Notes A.D. 1819-1820 Silliman's chymical lectures", 1819-1820, 1823
File — Box 18, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Lecture notes on chemistry and mineralogy (among others) for December 1819-January 1820; also includes "Geological notes 1823" on last 6 pages.
Dates:
1819-1820; 1823
Series 2: Edward Hitchcock - Correspondence, [1815-1863]
Series
Scope and Contents
This significant series reveals the breadth of Hitchcock's professional activities, career, and acquaintances. Many of the letters are to and from contemporary scientists, including one from Charles Darwin, 5 from Nevil Maskelyne, 15 from Justin Perkins, and several between Hitchcock and Edmund Blunt regarding errors in Blunt's edition of the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1816. There is correspondence with James Deane of Greenfield relating to the controversy about...
Dates:
[1815-1863]
Silliman, B., 1853 March 29, 1853 September 24, 1853 December, 1863 May 30
File — Box 13, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sub-series A: Incoming Correspondence - demonstrates the breadth of Hitchcock's professional activities, career, work for Amherst, and acquaintances. Many of the letters are from members of the Amherst College community and alumni. The letters detail Hitchcock's ongoing relationships with his former students; his collecting of scientific specimens on behalf of the College; his fund-raising efforts; and general correspondence on College business. There is a letter from Julius H. Seelye (AC...
Dates:
1853 March 29, 1853 September 24, 1853 December; 1863 May 30
"Topaz", 1826
File — Box 14, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents
The American Journal of Science, volume 10 (geology).
Dates:
1826
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