New Haven Septr 19, 1844
My dear sir,
Having just directed to you an original letter of yourself 1835 and invited your attention to a passage in it, I now add a few remarks in regard to your late letter of the 16th.
Although the Journal was already more than full we could not think of placing you in an appendix as you ought to appear in close sequence after your antagonist.
I saw nothing in your reply which I felt authorized to alter except to substitute no for ‘feather,’ the latter having what you did not intend, a contentious bearing.
I did not feel at liberty to alter the spirit of Dr. Deane’s piece although I did suggest an omission of the same kind as above alluded to & for the same [reason], & it was done. I should prefer to have you say ‘as by a friend;’ rather ‘friends’ in the plural number for if I have been in any degree auxiliary to what gives you so much pain, it was certainly unwittingly and without any thought
Not for the only time, Benjamin Silliman writes to Edward Hitchcock regretting remarks he made about Hitchcock and James Deane during an address he gave in Boston and regrets again that Hitchcock did not voice his complaints about the remarks in a timely manner. Silliman again assures Hitchcock that he remains a devoted friend and that Hitchcock is still held in high regard amongst their colleagues. Silliman suggests that their study of God's works should "bring us back to himself & to the Savior who is our hope."