Impressions from a Lost World: The Discovery of Dinosaur Footprints

Benjamin Silliman's Letter to Edward Hitchcock, October, 30 1843

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Benjamin Silliman informs Edward Hitchcock that James Deane intends to submit to The American Journal of Science an article about the tracks he discovered in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and Silliman has asked Deane to send a proof of his article to Hitchcock. He continues with, "We wish you to be entirely satisfied in the vindication of your claims and you shall have your own way of doing it. I am willing also to make my own amends, as it appears to me upon examining again my language in the address at Boston, that its language may not have been sufficiently guarded although it was fully my intention to do you justice & to give you distinguished honor." Silliman asks for permission to show Deane a proof of what Hitchcock writes before it is published so that he will have an idea ahead of time of Hitchcock's thoughts. Silliman also mentions that financial support for his journal is dangerously low and he admires Hitchcock's collection of tracks.


Creator:
Benjamin Silliman
Date:
October 30, 1843
Courtesy of:
Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library