Letter to Thurman Wilkins, 1983 Sept. 13.

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Letter to Thurman Wilkins, 1983 Sept. 13.

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The letter was written to Thurman Wilkins, the biographer of Clarence King (1842-1901), and quotes extensively from a letter King had written to the author's grandfather, John D. McChesney, when King resigned as director of the U.S. Geological Survey.

5 pages.28 cm.

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Wilkins, Thurman

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Evans, Barbara Couts

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King, Clarence, 1842-1901

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Clarence Rivers King (1842-1901) was a geologist, mining engineer, and writer. He graduated from Yale Scientific School in 1862, journeyed West, and joined the California Geological Survey as volunteers. From 1867-1877, King directed the geological and scientific survey of the Fortieth Parallel from eastern Colorado to the California border. The next year he was made head of the newly established United States Geological Survey, a position he held until entering private practice as a mining engi...