Letter, 1844 Jan. 22.

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Letter, 1844 Jan. 22.

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Letter of Daniel Putnam written to George P. Marsh regarding his The Goths in New-England, a discourse delivered at the anniversary of the Philomathesian Society of Middlebury College, August 15, 1843. Putnam asks about the Marsh family and extends an invitation to visit.

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Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882

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George Perkins Marsh was born in Woodstock, Vermont, educated at Dartmouth, and taught Greek and Latin in a local academy, then studied and practiced law. He was elected to the Vermont legislature, then to Congress in 1843, where he actively supported the Library of Congress and the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution. He was appointed Minister to Italy, 1861-1862. He was an active lecturer, and his book Man and Nature (1864) earns him credit today as the first environmentalist...

Putnam, Daniel

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