My dear sir,
Will you send the account of the Turkey tracks &c for the January No. which is now already printing. I am very desirous to receive it & must pay you the usual rate to help out your expenses although the Journal has been hard run.
I wish your communication as early as possible that it may not fail to appear for there is much at handx. I have read your mosaic ^essay approbation with great approbation in general; some things I will remark upon when we meet.
I do not think you have solved the difficulty about the days, but no matter. The main point is to persuade the religious world to give us time enough & this I think they are fast coming to. In much haste & hoping for a speedy reply,
I remain yours truly,
B Silliman
Prof Hitchcock
NHav Novr 5, 1835
I just put Boué by mail postage paid.
xIf there are drawings I want them early. I will give you as many of 2000 copies as you may want.
Benjamin Silliman requests that Edward Hitchcock promptly send the account of his "turkey tracks" for publication in the January issue of the American Journal of Science and hopes that they can "persuade the religious world to give us time enough."