Letter, 1882 Feb. 25, to Charles H. Hitchcock.

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Letter, 1882 Feb. 25, to Charles H. Hitchcock.

Three-page letter in which Wright discusses some scientific specimens that he shipped to Charles H. Hitchcock, professor of geology and mineralogy at Dartmouth College.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6767428

New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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Wright, Albert A. (Albert Allen), 1846-1905

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Educator and scientist. Professor, Oberlin College. From the description of Letter, 1882 Feb. 25, to Charles H. Hitchcock. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122566449 Albert Allen Wright was born and educated in Oberlin, Ohio. He earned both the A.B. and B.D. from Oberlin College, and the Ph. D. from Columbia. In 1864 Wright enlisted as a 100 day volunteer with Company K of the 150th Ohio National Guard. He participated in the second geological survey of Ohi...

Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...