Letter : to [Benjamin Silliman], [New Haven, Conn.], 1854 Oct. 31.

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Letter : to [Benjamin Silliman], [New Haven, Conn.], 1854 Oct. 31.

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Autograph letter signed. Requests the title of a book that examines "the present state of the science of chemistry" and of natural philosophy.

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