Autograph letter signed : New York, to Benjamin Silliman, 1861 Dec. 31.

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Autograph letter signed : New York, to Benjamin Silliman, 1861 Dec. 31.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/541041045

Thanking him for his letter and saying it will give him pleasure to see Silliman in New York. Benjamin Silliman was a chemistry professor at Yale.

1 item (1 p.) ; 17.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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