William Henry Brewer correspondence : ALS, 1861 Apr.

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William Henry Brewer correspondence : ALS, 1861 Apr.

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Two letters concerning the repair of a wagon wheel for Brewer, who was scheduled to travel from San Luis Obispo to Monterey, Calif. The first letter (4 p.), dated Apr. 10, 1861, is written by Brewer from Camp 24 on Nipomo Ranch, and is addressed to "Professor." The second letter (2 p.) written from San Francisco and dated Apr. 17, is written to Brewer by J.D. Whitney, California State Geologist, presumably in answer to the first letter.

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Whitney, J.D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896

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Born in Northampton, Mass., Nov. 23, 1819, son of Josiah Dwight and Sarah (Williston) , grad. Yale 1839, read law 1841, traveled and studied in France, Germany, Italy, 1842-45, worked survey of mineral lands of Northern Peninsula of Mich., 1847-49, Ia. State Chemist Ill. State Survey, Geologist of Cal., 1860-74, opened Harvard School of Mines, 1868, elected to Geol. Soc. of London. Author of Metal Wealth of the U.S. and other books. Married Louisa Goddard Howe in June, 1854, had 1 daughter. Died...

Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910

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Brewer went to Yale in 1848 to study soil analysis with J.P. Norton. He left to teach for two years, retuned and got his Ph. D. from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1852. After Yale he went to study in Heidelberg, Munich and Paris. In 1858 he was made professor of chemistry and geology at Washington College in Pennsylvania. From 1860-1864 Brewer was first assistant on the Geological Survey of California and undertook extensive botanical surveys of areas that were still largely unexplored. In ...