Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers, ca. 1811-1864
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23 archives boxes, 2 half archives boxes, 3 flat boxes, 2 oversize archives boxes, 1 map case drawer
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Biographical History for: Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
Biographical Note Eminent 19th-century scientist, educator and minister, Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) served Amherst College for almost forty years as a member of the faculty and as president. Hitchcock came to Amherst after serving as principal of Deerfield Academy and minister for the Congregational Church in Conway. Appointed Professor of Chemistry and Natural History in 1826, Hitchcock filled that position until 1845 when he was appointed President and Professor of Natural Theology and Geology. He served as President from 1845 until 1854. During that time, Hitchcock was responsible for Amherst's recovery from extreme financial depression. In 1854 Hitchcock retired from the presidency and became Professor of Natural History and Geology, the position which he held until his death in 1864. In addition to saving the College from financial disaster, Hitchcock is credited with providing Amherst with its reputation for scientific teaching and developing its scientific resources in support of the curriculum. Professionally, Hitchcock was a noted figure in the development of the natural sciences during the 19th century. He was appointed State Geologist of Massachusetts in 1830, Geologist of the first district of New York in 1836, and Geologist of Vermont in 1857. While Hitchcock's most significant work was in geology, in the discipline of ornithichnology (the study of fossil footmarks), he studied botany, chemistry, mineralogy, and zoology, among other natural sciences. Hitchcock published numerous monographs, scientific studies, essays, and articles. He lectured widely and undertook significant scientific expeditions. A deeply religious man, Hitchcock regularly gave religious lectures. He advocated temperance, and was a defender of evangelical christianity. In his professional writings and activities, Hitchcock sought to reconcile religion and science. In 1821, Edward Hitchcock married Orra White (1796-1863). They had served together as instructors at Deerfield Academy. A scholar and artist in her own right, Orra accompanied Hitchcock on many of his scientific expeditions. She sketched in the field and illustrated many of his numerous works and lectures. After coming to Amherst Orra was active in both the College and greater town community. Together they had 8 children, two of whom were graduates of Amherst. Orra died in 1863. Both Edward and Orra White Hitchcock are buried in West Cemetery in Amherst. [Note: only selected and major works by Hitchcock are listed.] Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864)1793 May 24Born in Deerfield, Mass.Parents: Justin Hitchcock and Mercy Hoyt Hitchcock1816-1818Principal, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass.1815Publishes his determination of the longitude of Deerfield, Mass. (based on observations of the solar eclipse of 1811) in Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. III, p. 307-9.1819-1820Studies theology at Yale College1821 May 31Marriage to Orra White, Amherst, Mass. They have eight children, six of whom survive childhood.1822A son born; d. March 15, 1824182?Child born; d. at birth1824Mary Hitchcock born1828Edward ("Doc") Hitchcock (AC 1849) born1825?Catharine Hitchcock born1833Jane E. Hitchcock born1836Charles H. Hitchcock (AC 1856) born1838Emily Hitchcock born1821-1825Minister, Congregational Church, Conway, Mass.1825 Oct-1826 JanResidence in New Haven, Conn.; studies chemistry 1826 Jan with Benjamin Silliman of Yale1826Appointed to the faculty of Amherst College as professor of chemistry and natural history[1823-1842]Studies in surface geology, especially the origins of deltas, terraces, polished rock surfaces et al. by action of moving waters (later, glacial dispersion)1822 Dec 11Paper read before the American Geological Society: "Mineralogy and Scenery of the Regions Contiguous to the River Connecticut, with a Geological Map ...."1830Appointed State Geologist of Massachusetts1833 Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany and Zoology of Massachusetts. In four parts; 700 p. Amherst: Adams1835 Report on the Geology [etc]... of Massachusetts. Second edition revised; 702 p. Amherst: Adams1836Appointed geologist of the first district of the survey of New York1840 Elementary Geology, 329 p. Amherst: Adams. Reprinted many times, with major revisions in 1841, 1847, 1854, and 1860First president of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists (later, American Association for the Advancement of Science)1841First Anniversary Address before the Association of American Geologists. American Journal of Science, with proceedings of the meeting, vol. XLI Final Report of the Geology of Massachusetts. In four parts; 831 p. Amherst: Adams[1842-1848]Studies of fossil footprints in Massachusetts and Connecticut (i.e. the valley of the Connecticut River)1845-1854President of Amherst College1850 May-OctTravels in Europe1856Appointed State Geologist of Vermont1857 Illustrations of Surface Geology. Washington: Smithsonian Institution1861 Report on the Geology of Vermont (with his sons and Albert Hager). 2 vols.; 988 p. Claremont, New Hampshire1863 Reminiscences of Amherst College. Northampton: Bridgman & Childs1864 Feb 27Dies in Amherst, Mass., less than one year after the death on May 26, 1863 of his wife, Orra; burial in West Cemetery Orra White Hitchcock (1796-1863)1796 MarBorn in South Amherst, Mass.Parents: Jarib White Ruth Sherman White[1800?-1812?]Educated at home by private tutor, then (ca. 1806-1811) at a boarding school in South Hadley, Mass., run by Abigail Wright and Sophia Goodrich; then at a "ladies' school" in Roxbury (Boston), Mass. [possibly Mrs. Haswell's Academy, which existed in Boston at least as early as 1812]1813Assistant Teacher, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass.1818Preceptress, Amherst Academy, Amherst, Mass.First publication of a colored drawing: "A View of the Falls on the Connecticut River at Gill, Mass.," in Portfolio Magazine (Philadelphia).1821 May 31Marriage to Edward Hitchcock, Amherst, Mass.1822A son born, d. March 15, 1824182?Child born, d. at birth1824Mary Hitchcock born1825?Catharine Hitchcock born1828Edward ("Doc") Hitchcock (AC 1849) born1833Jane E. Hitchcock born1836Charles H. Hitchcock (AC 1856) born1838Emily Hitchcock born1821-1822Sketches and watercolors of Amherst College; includes the oil painting by her of the first building of Amherst College, shortly after its completion in September 18211821-1825Residence in Conway, Mass., where Edward Hitchcock serves as minister of the Congregational Church1825 Oct-1826 JanResidence in New Haven, Conn., where Edward Hitchcock studies chemistry with Benjamin Silliman at Yale1826 JanMoves to Amherst, Mass., where Edward Hitchcock joins the faculty of Amherst College; residence in house at corner of South Pleasant and Hitchcock Road. Throughout his years of teaching, Orra provides illustrations for his class lectures and continues to illustrate his books and lectures1833Plates of eight drawings published in the atlas to the Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany and Zoology of Massachusetts by Edward Hitchcock1845Edward Hitchcock assumes the presidency of Amherst College; family moves to the President's House on South Pleasant St., next to Morgan Hall1850 May-OctTravels in Europe1850-1851Prepares two drawings and tints them by hand for the printed editions of Religious Lectures on Peculiar Phenomena in the Four Seasons by Edward Hitchcock; one of the drawings is "Autumnal Scenery, View in Amherst"1855Injury from a fall; end of artistic work, due to injuries and to deteriorating eyesight1863 May 26Dies in Amherst, Mass; burial in West Cemetery Sources for chronologies: Foose, Richard M., and John Lancaster, "Edward Hitchcock: News England Geologist, Minister, and Educator," in Northeastern Geology, vol. 3, January, 1981, pp. 13-17. Worman, Eugene C. Jr., "The Watercolors and Prints of Orra White Hitchcock," in AB Bookman's Weekly, February 13, 1989, vol. 83, no. 7, pp. 646-668.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers document the professional activities and some of the personal life of Edward Hitchcock and Orra White Hitchcock and their family, spanning the years 1804-1910, with the bulk of the material falling into the period 1820-1864. The Papers occupy approximately 20 linear feet of shelf space. The breadth of Edward Hitchcock's career and professional activities are represented in the Papers and reflect his multiple roles and interests as a scientist, educator, minister, college president, and family man. Hitchcock's career in the natural sciences brought him into the national arena as a noted geologist. His Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts is well documented in the Papers as is the breadth of his scientific and religious works. His circle of colleagues and associates was extensive and his interests varied. Because of Hitchcock's overlapping professional and personal commitments, a researcher should check all series in the Papers for relevant material. Although Orra White Hitchcock is less thoroughly represented in the Papers, the material that has survived documents her artistic and scientific activities as well as her family responsibilities. It provides a picture of her diverse roles as artist, scientific illustrator of her husband's works, wife, mother, and member of the College and town community. The diaries she kept when she accompanied her husband on their European trips, along with her ad hoc sketches, reflect the acuity with which she observed the world around her. Family-related material includes correspondence with Edward and Orra's children, and some material about Edward's parents and siblings. Materials in the Papers include correspondence, drawings, legal documents, sermons, drafts of published and unpublished works, printed articles, autographs, artwork, and images.
Amherst College -- Faculty -- Sources
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Geology -- Massachusetts
Geology -- New England
Geology -- Vermont
College teachers -- Massachusetts -- Amherst
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
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Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Deane, James, 1801-1858
Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917
Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889
Amherst College. Class of 1837. Van-Lennep.
Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919
Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911
Hitchcock, Henry, 1783-1861
Hitchcock, Justin, 1752-1822
Hitchcock, Marissa, 1781-1855
Hitchcock, Mary, 1824-1899
Putnam, Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock, 1833-1894
Storrs, Catharine H., 1825-1895
Terry, Emily Hitchcock, 1838-1921
Amherst College. Class of 1849. Hitchcock.
Amherst College. Class of 1856. Hitchcock.
Hitchcock family
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Series 1: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS [1811-1864]
Biographical Materials (sub-series A) contains miscellaneous items arranged by type. Traditional details are provided by a newspaper notice of his marriage to Orra White in 1821 and by his diploma from Yale (1818). More unusual is the manuscript "phrenological description" of Hitchcock by L.N. Fowler, completed in 1847. Hitchcock is also mentioned in a diary (1824; present in typescript) and five letters written in 1833, 1835, 1846, 1850, and 1854 -- all of which provide insight about how he was perceived by others. The rest of this sub-series relates principally to his possessions, described in lists of books, catalogues of minerals, and listings of items which Hitchcock owned which are now part of the Objects Collection. Professional Life (sub-series B) is grouped by body of affiliation, including his ministry in Conway, his teaching at Deerfield, his connection with Mount Holyoke Seminary in South Hadley, his multiple roles at Amherst College and his affiliations as state geologist with Massachusetts, New York and Vermont. The material which relates to the Amherst College years provides some insight into Hitchcock's role as an academic administrator and fund-raiser. For additional information about Hitchcock's Amherst College presidency, see the President's Office Records: Edward Hitchcock. The most complete information about his role as a state geologist is found among the Massachusetts materials and relating to the publications of his state surveys in the 1830s and 1850s, in Series 5, PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS. Awards and Honors (sub-series C), is a straightforward presentation of Hitchcock's affiliations with various national and international scientific and educational associations and societies. Included are eight certificates of life membership from religious societies and organizations presented to him as gifts by members of his parish in Conway and by the faculty and students of Amherst College. The certificates and related material are arranged alphabetically by name of organization. The Death of Edward Hitchcock (in 1864) (sub-series D) contains the funeral sermon by long-time colleague W.S. Tyler; obituaries; 55 letters of condolence addressed to the family as a group or to individual family members and to William A. Stearns, who was President of Amherst College in 1864; and details relating to expenses -- a particular Hitchcock concern. This sub-series is divided into two groups, Obituaries and funeral, and Condolences and memorials. Financial Records (sub-series E) contains almost 40 years of financial documentation of running a 19th-century household. This sub-series is further broken down into two groups: Expense and Payment Records; and Real Estate Records. Four account books record both expenses and payments, and there is daily documentation of grocery and drygood purchases included in the Bills and Receipts section. Records from Amherst and Williston Academies show the cost of educating younger children, while similar records from Amherst College record tuition, room, and fuel costs for the two Hitchcock sons, Edward, Jr. (AC 1849) and Charles Henry (AC 1856), at that institution. The Real Estate Records section contains legal documents for land exchange transactions between the Hitchcock family and other members of the Amherst community and represents a wide range of formats including mortgages, quitclaims, warranties and "cemetery lots", as well as records of town, county, and state tax expenses.
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Sub-series A: Biographical Materials
Biographical materials, general n.d.
Yale diploma (photocopy), original in Box OS2, Folder 1 1818
Phrenological description of Edward Hitchcock by L.N. Fowler, 2 items 1847 May 13
References to Edward Hitchcock in a diary and five letters 1824-54 (gaps)
Photocopies of lists of names (alphabetically arranged) in seven categories (Clergymen and Missionaries; College Presidents; College Professors; Literati; Public Men; Scientists; Miscellaneous) from a scrapbook of autographs, many cut from letters or other sources (original book in Box OS3, restricted for preservation) n.d.
Photocopies of prints in scrapbook described in preceding entry (original in Box OS3, restricted for preservation) n.d.
Photocopy of list of books owned by Edward Hitchcock. Original list is on pages at back of a notebook of astronomical observations, 1811 (in Series 7: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGs, Sub-series B: Commonplace books; Box 18, Folder 5) 1811?
"Catalogue of a Collection of Simple Minerals - the Property of Edward Hitchcock, December 1848," manuscript, [61] p. 1848 Dec
Photocopy of catalogue described in preceding entry 1848 Dec
Documentation (lists and one clipping) of objects belonging to Edward Hitchcock, that are part of the Objects Collection. n.d.
See also: Objects Collection, finding aid
Passport, granted in London, England 1850 Jun 20
Sermon preached by an unidentified individual at installation of a minister, also unidentified, (not in Hitchcock's hand), [manuscript owned by Edward Hitchcock?] n.d.
Sub-series B: Professional Life (arranged by body of affiliation)
Congregational Church of Christ (Conway, Mass.): Appointment to and resignation from the ministry in Conway 1820-21, 1825
Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, Mass.): Society of Adelphi membership certificate for George Dickinson, signed by Edward Hitchcock 1818 Apr
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Mass.): Letter in Edward Hitchcock's handwriting unsigned relating to a trustees' meeting 1851 Oct 20
See also: Series 14: FAMILY OF EDWARD HITCHCOCK, Emily Hitchcock Terry; Box 26, Folder 43, for Mount Holyoke Catalogue listing Edward Hitchcock as a Trustee
See also: Series 6: PUBLISHED WRITING: OTHER WORKS, Box 15, Folder 16 for a series of articles, titled "Pangyn-askean Seminary," about Mount Holyoke for The Boston Recorder, 1835
Amherst College
Appointment to professorship, letter from Heman Humphrey, President 1825 Aug 20
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A: Incoming, Box 3, Folder 23 and Sub-series B: Outgoing, Box 4, Folder 47
Resignation from presidency: letter by Samuel Williston (May 18); 4 letters by EH (May 4, Jun 26, Jun 28, Sep 1); EH's reasons for resigning, with an undated typed list 1854
Resignation from presidency: N.Y. Daily Tribune clipping 1854 Aug 12
Presentation of silver plate from the faculty and students of Amherst College (photocopies; originals in Box OS3, Folder 7, restricted for preservation) 1859
Amherst College/Administration
General: includes fund-raising and financial materials, some of which may also be found with specific administrative topics listed below 1832
Administration: geology and natural history activities, includes the Footmark Fund [1852-62] (gaps)
See also: this series, Sub-series E: Financial Records, receipts for geological specimens, Box 2, Folder 21
Administration: The Geological Cabinet 1847-56 (gaps)
Administration "Expenses in Building the Nineveh Gallery," (photocopy; original in a notebook in Series 5, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS-- MAJOR WORKS, Sub-series F: Illustra-tions of Surface Geology, Box 13, Folder 9) 1857-58
Administration - Correspondence, (see list of letters in folder) 1831-1860 (gaps)
Professional Appointments
Note: Materials in Folders 23-28 are photocopies. All originals are in Box OS2, Folder 2.
Massachusetts
Agricultural Schools Commission including Edward Hitchcock's appointment (2 photocopies) 1850 Jun 6
Board of Agriculture (photocopies) 1852 Jun 11, Aug 5, 1854 Jan 30
Geological Survey - appointments to surveys of 1830, 1837, 1852 (photocopies) 1830 Jun 26, 1837 May 25 1852 Apr 3, Apr 23
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A: Incoming, Box 3, Folder 12, Everett, Edward
Massachusetts Geological Survey, resolve to publish and distribute 1200 copies of "The Report on the Geological Survey of the Commonwealth," (photocopies) 1833 Mar 2
Massachusetts Geological Survey, authorization to appropriate $100... (photocopies) 1854 Jul 28
Massachusetts Geological Survey, resolve to print and distribute 1000 copies of "Professor Hitchcock's Geological Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley," (photocopies) 1858 Mar 25
New York State
Geological Survey, appointment by Gov. W[illiam] L. Marcy, (photocopy, original in Box OS2, Folder 3) 1836 Jun 13
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series B: Outgoing; Box 5, Folder 1, Marcy, William L.
Vermont
Geological Survey: appointment as state geologist, (photocopy, original in Box OS2, Folder 4) 1857 Mar 10
Sub-series C: Awards and Honors
Note: Folders 31-54 are arranged alphabetically by name of institution or organization. Certificates are photocopies with complete information; all originals for Folders 31-42 in Box OS2, Folder 5, and for Folders 43-54 in Box OS2, Folder 6, restricted for preservation.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, correspondent of the association 1832 Jun 26
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected fellow of the Academy, signed by Nathaniel Bowditch, president; also, notification of his election (with printed regulations), 2 items 1834 May 27
American and Foreign Christian Union, life membership, gift of Amherst College Class of 1851 1852 Mar 6
The American Bible Society, life membership, gift of the young ladies of his parish in Conway, Mass. 1823 Jan 8
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, honorary life membership, gift of the Monthly Concert, Conway, Mass. 1827 Jan 30
American Doctrinal Tract Society, life membership, gift of students of Amherst College 1848 May 30
American Education Society, life membership 1827 May
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A: Incoming, Box 3, Folder 32, Riddel, Samuel H., for a letter concerning appointment as chairman of the Examining and Appropriating Committee
American Home Missionary Society, life membership, gift of a member of Amherst College 1846 Aug 1
American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, member of the Society, 2 items 1841 Apr 16
American Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry, life membership, gift of the married ladies in his parish in Conway, Mass. 1822 Jan 8
American Tract Society, life membership, gift of the faculty and students of Amherst College 1852 Aug 4
The Boston Society of Natural History, elected honorary member of the Society, with regulations attached 1834 Feb 4
Massachusetts Sabbath School Union, life membership, gift of Amherst College Class of 1829 1828 May 1
Die Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Halle, honorary member 1836 Feb 20
Geological Society of London, elected foreign correspondent 1864 Jan 6
Hampshire Agricultural Society, life member, by vote of the society 1857 Jan 15
Harvard University, honorary L.L.D., (Doctor of Laws) 1840
Kaiserlich-Konigliche Geologische Reichsanstalt, elected member 1859 Dec 17
Maine Institute of Natural Science, elected an honorary member 1834 Nov 25
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, appointed member 1863 Apr 24
National Institution for the Promotion of Science, elected corresponding member 1840 Aug 22
New York Historical Society, honorary member 1818 Apr 2
Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, elected to the society 1844 May 30
The [Russian] Mineralogical Society, elected to the society 1842 Dec 13
Sub-series D: Death of Edward Hitchcock
Obituaries and funeral
William S. Tyler, The Wise Man of the Scriptures...a Discourse Delivered... March 20, 1864... at the Funeral of... Edward Hitchcock, D.D., LL.D. Springfield: Samuel Bowles, 1864, 49 p. 1864 Mar 20
Notebook (pages unnumbered), in the handwriting of Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849), "Copy of the will of Edward Hitchcock" begins on p.[35], earlier pages appear to contains various family accounts 1864, 1865
Funeral costs, estate taxes 1864, 1869
Published obituaries, (photocopies with complete information; originals in Map Case 6, Drawer 12, Folder 15, restricted for preservation) 1864 Mar-Apr
Condolences and memorials
To Charles Henry Hitchcock, (1 letter) 1864 Mar 1
To Edward Hitchcock (AC 1849), (12 letters) 1864 Feb-Mar, May
To Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Putnam, (4 letters), plus one letter which begins "My dear Jenny and Emily..." 1864 Feb-Mar
To Mary Hitchcock, (1 letter) 1864 Jul 29
To the Family of Edward Hitchcock, (7 letters) 1864 Feb-Mar, May
To William A. Stearns, President of Amherst College, (27 letters); to unidentified recipient (probably Stearns) 1864 Feb-Mar
Tributes to Edward Hitchcock, including minutes passed by the students and the Board of Trustees of Amherst College 1864 Mar-Jul
Photocopies of and notes about a leaf painting on mica by Eliza Maria Judkins, prepared to commemorate her friendship with Dr. and Mrs. Hitchcock (original in MC6:12:1, restricted for preservation) 1866 Jul 9
J. P. Lesley, "Biographical Notice of Edward Hitchcock." In: Annual of the National Academy of Sciences for 1866 1866 Jul 9
Sub-series E: Financial Records
See also: this series, Sub-series D: Death of Edward Hitchcock, Box 2, Folders 2 and 3 for additional financial material
Account Books
Records of payments made 1828-1864
Records of expenses, including expenses of tour of Europe in 1850 1850-1854
See also: Series 7, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS, Sub-series C: Diaries; Box 19, Folders 6-7, for notes about expenses of tour
Expenses 1855-1857
Expenses 1857-1860
Bills and Receipts
Household expenses, including medical expenses, 17 receipts, chronologically arranged 1821, 1832-1863 (gaps)
Food and drygoods, billed by Sweetser and Cutler 1838, 1845-1847, 1852
Books and periodicals 1838, 1847-1862
Maps 1853 Dec 10
Geological specimens, minerals, and fossil footprints 1838-1863 (gaps)
See also: this series, Sub-series B: Professional Life, Amherst College, Box 1, Folders 18-21, for additional financial material
Postage for newspapers and journals 1838, 1855-1859 (gaps)
Shipping records (by rail and boat) 1838-1858 (gaps)
Loans to his children 1845, 1852-56
Investments
Stock certificates and related materials [183?]-1860
Transactions with John Clarke, Broker, Northampton 1854-1862 (gaps)
Education of his children
Amherst Academy, receipts for education: Mary (1838); Jane Elizabeth (1845); Charles H. (1848); Emily (1851-1854) 1838-1854 (gaps)
Amherst College: receipts for education of Edward (AC 1849) and Charles (AC 1856) 1845-1848, 1852-1856
Williston Seminary: receipts for education of Jane Elizabeth and Charles 1847, 1850-1852
Real Estate
Account sheet for land purchased from Mrs. F. Thompson 1835 Apr 1
Land valuations for Deerfield real estate 1847, 1862, 1864
Deerfield homestead, articles regarding 1898, 1921, 1961
Tax receipts: town, county and state tax 1838, 1850-1859 (gaps)
Note: This folder contains a complete, detailed listing of additional material relating to real estate which is in Box OS1, Folders 7-10, and described in the following 19 entries.
(Mortgage) Warren S. Howland, for Amherst land, witnessed by Eliphalet Strong and Lucius Boltwood 1828 Apr 13
(Quitclaim) Mary Sexton, for Amherst land, witnessed by Ralph Watson and Peter Pratt 1828 Apr 15
(Quitclaim) Edward Dickinson, for Amherst land witnessed by L.N. Dickinson, Emily [Norcross] Dickinson, and W. A. Dickinson 1861 Nov 26
Warranties
Epaphroditus Champion, for Conway land, witnessed by William Billings and John Williams 1824 May 19
John and Anna Williams, for Conway land, witnessed by William Billings and Epaphroditus Williams 1824 May 19
Ebenezer Sexton, for Amherst land, witnessed by William Billings and Abigail Williams 1828 Apr 15
Warren S. Howland, for Amherst land, witnessed by Eliphalet Strong and Lucius Boltwood. 1828 Apr 30
N[athan] W. Fiske and D.W.V. Fiske, for Amherst land], witnessed by Emeline E. [?] and H.A. Bowker 1828 Jul 23
Enos Baker, for Amherst land, witnessed by George Colt, O. Baker and Lucretia Baker 1830 Nov 3
Austin Hawley, for Amherst land, witnessed by [?] Conkey, Harrison Hawley and Betsey Hawley 1834 Nov 25
Jerusha Dickinson, for Amherst land, witnessed by John Leland and Fanny D. Thompson. 1835 Apr 6
Solomon Eastman, for West Parish Meeting House, Amherst, pew 21, witnessed by Edward Dickinson. 1835 Dec 24
Stillman Taylor, for Hadley land, witnessed by Edward Dickinson Rufus Bisbee and Dorothy W. Taylor 1836 Apr 6
Samuel C. Morgan, for Amherst land, witnessed by William P. Cleaveland and Henry Strong 1839 Sep 13
Jerusha Dickinson, Moses Dickinson and John Dickinson, for Amherst land, witnessed by Edward Dickinson 1840 Mar 28
Bela U. Dickinson, for Pelham land, witnessed by Baxter Eastman, Caleb Newell and Pamela Dickinson 1851 Nov 14
Mary J. Allen, for Amherst land, witnessed by James Boyden 1858 Sep 11
George Baker, for Amherst land, witnessed by Simeon Clark and Nancy Baker 1859 Mar 25
Cemetery Lot 7, West Cemetery, Amherst, witnessed by Samuel Carter, Ezra Ingram and Eleazer Kellogg 1841 May 7
Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE [1815-1863]
This significant series reveals the breadth of Hitchcock's professional activities, career, and acquaintances. Many of the letters are to and from contemporary scientists, including one from Charles Darwin, 5 from Nevil Maskelyne, 15 from Justin Perkins, and several between Hitchcock and Edmund Blunt regarding errors in Blunt's edition of the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1816. There is correspondence with James Deane of Greenfield relating to the controversy about the importance of the fossil footmarks discovered along the Connecticut River. While Hitchcock did not claim to be the discoverer of the footmarks, he maintained that he was the first to recognize their significance and age. Twelve letters between Hitchcock and Henry Van Lennep (AC 1837) relate peripherally to Hitchcock's scientific activities, since Van Lennep illustrated some of Hitchcock's published works, including Illustrations of Surface Geology. Hitchcock's official role as a state geologist is reflected in 18 letters from Massachusetts Governor Edward Everett and 3 letters to New York Governor William L. Marcy. The most significant group of letters in Series 2 is the correspondence between Hitchcock and Benjamin Silliman, editor of the American Journal of Science, and Hitchcock's professor of chemistry at Yale's Sheffield Scientific School. There are 158 letters from Silliman to Hitchcock ( read transcripts of letters from 1817-1829 here) and 77 letters from Hitchcock to Silliman ( read transcripts of letters from 1817-1829 here), which constitute a rich resource for the study of the history of science and of the nature of scientific collegial relationship at that time. These letters are detailed in the series listing. (All transcripts were prepared by Robert Herbert in 2010.)
Sub-series A: Incoming Correspondence
Bigelow, [?] 1817 Apr 22
Bishop, George 1862 Oct 17
Blunt, Edmund M. re: errors in Blunt's Navigator discovered by Hitchcock 1818 Jul 27, Dec 19
See also: Series 6, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS, Blunt's Almanac Controversy, Box 14, Folder 7; Series 7, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS, Sub-series B: Commonplace Books, Box 18, Folder 6
[Number not used]
Child, Lewis 1847 Mar 8
Clay, Joseph A. 1853 May 20
Corning, [?] 1851 Aug 18
Darwin, Charles 1845 Nov 6
Deane, James (3 letters) 1832, 1845, 1846
See also: Series 5, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS, Sub-series D: Ichnology of New England, Box 12, Folder 17; Series 6, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS, Controversy with James Deane, Box 16, Folder 25
Deane, James, partial transcript of letters, in Edward Hitchcock's hand, annotated "Letter from Dr. Deane" 1834 Mar 20
Deane, James, printed monograph, Illustrations of Fossil Footprints at the Valley of the Connecticut, inscribed to Edward Hitchcock 1849 Aug
See: cross-reference in preceding entry
Eustaphius, Alexis 1815 Aug 22
Everett, Governor Edward, re: the Massachusetts geological survey (18 letters) 1837-1839
Geological Society of London 1848 Jan 6
Gould, Augustus A. 1835 Jan 7
Haidinger, Wilhelm 1862 Sep 27
Hallock, Gerard 1837 Nov 16
Hamilton, William J.,
see this sub-series, Geological Society of London
Hitchcock, Charissa 1855 Sep 16
Hitchcock, Charles (AC 1856) 1858 Mar 22
Hitchcock, Edward, Jr. (AC 1849) (14 letters) 1860-1861
See also: Edward Jr. (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Papers
Hitchcock, Orra White
see White, Orra
Hopkins, Mark (3 letters) 1848 Jul 25, 1848 Dec 5, 1858 Aug 28
Horsford, Eben N. 1849 Nov 16
Hoyt, Epaphras, recommendation 1815 Jan 20
Humphrey, Heman re: tribute to Professor Fiske 1848 Jan 14
Humphrey, Heman,
see also Series 1, PERSONAL AFFAIRS, Sub-series B: Professional Life: Amherst College, Box 1, Folder 14
Illinois, State of,
see Unidentified Author (last item in this sub-series)
Mantell, Gideon A. 1845 Jul 11
(no folder 25)
Matthews, J.M. (photocopy) 1845 Mar 12
original at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Medway, John 1851 Nov 25
Morse, Sidney E. 1851 Jan 18
Orton, James 1853 Jul 22
Owen, Richard 1844, 1860
Parrot, Friedrich, extracts from "Journey to Ararat," 1862, by F. Parrot, copied in letter from S. Wells;
see Wells, S., in this sub-series
Perkins, Justin (15 letters) listed by date in folder 1844-1850, 1853-1856
Riddel, Samuel 1845 Jul 7
Rogers, [J.S.] 1827 Jul 14
Sandberger, Guido 1845 Jun 25
Reverend Schneider 1848 Nov 20
Shepard, Charles U.: re: specimens, (2 letters) 1859 Jul
Silliman, Benjamin (16 letters); 1817 Aug 24, Oct 6, Oct 27; 1818 Mar 1, Mar 31, May 22, Jun 22, Sep 25, Dec 11; 1819 Feb 6; 1820 Aug 18; 1821 Feb 24, Apr 21, Jul 27, Aug 11, Sep 20 1817-1821
Transcripts prepared by Robert Herbert, 2010
Silliman, Benjamin (18 letters); 1822 Jan 7, May 8, Aug 2 (enclosing a map drawn and colored by Hitchcock, reviewed and corrected by Silliman and James G. Percival; both enclosed in polyethylene sleeve), Oct 2, Oct 27, Nov 18, Nov 25, Dec 5; 1823 Jan 25, Feb 16 [?--postmarked Feb 15], May 5, Dec 4; 1824 Mar 6, Mar 20, Jun 12, Aug 12, Aug 23, Dec 27 1822-1824
Silliman, Benjamin (20 letters); 1825 Feb 2, Apr 4, Jul 27, Aug 6; 1826 Feb 19, Feb 25, Mar 20, May 3, May 22, Oct 6 (written on a printed announcement relating to the American Journal of Science and Arts, edited by Silliman); 1827 Jun 1, Jul 28; 1828 Mar 10, May 26, Jun 4, Aug 8 (written on a printed announcement about the dissatisfaction of Yale students with their "board"/ meals, dated August 1, 1828), Aug 11 (completed Aug 18), Aug 20, Aug 27, Sep 13 1825-1828
Silliman, Benjamin (19 letters); 1829 Feb 9, Mar 12, Aug 5; 1830 Jan 10, Mar 11, Apr 27, May 9, Jun 21, Oct 5, Nov 19; 1831 Jan 4, Jan 12, Feb 24, Mar 23, May 21, Jun 27, Jul 27, Sep 27, Oct 10 1829-31
Silliman, Benjamin (28 letters); 1832 Jan 19, Feb 24, Mar 8, Mar 12, Apr 4, Apr 14, May 7, Jun 5, Jun 14, [Aug]; 1833 Jan 19 ("To Messrs. S. & H.C. Zane"), Jun 6, Jul 18; 1834 [Nov 10? or 16?], 18?? [Aug ? No year or day -- retained in this location]; 1835 Jan 9, Jan 31, Jul 22, Aug 6, Oct 9, Nov 5, Nov 13, Nov 23, Dec 4, Dec 11, Dec 18, Dec 25 (folded sheet), Dec 25 (single sheet, not folded). Also one empty envelope, postmark unclear, not clearly related to any of these letters 1832-1835
Silliman, Benjamin (23 letters); 1836 Feb 24, Jun 7, Jul 6 (very fragile; do not remove from sleeve), Jul 25, Aug 19, Oct 7, Nov 1, Dec 2, Dec 8, Dec 20 (signature cut out; part of p. 1 missing); 1837 Jan 2, Mar 6, Mar 17, Apr 15, Nov 2, Dec 5; 1838 Mar 17, Apr 14, Aug 18; 1839 Mar 7; 1840 Jan 8, Apr 29, Aug 31, Dec 7. Also one empty envelope, not readily connected with a letter 1836-1840
Silliman, Benjamin (20 letters); 1841 Jan 12, May 25, Jun 15, Jun 28, Sep 23; 1842 Aug 9, Aug 31; 1843 Sep 13, Sep 14, Oct 30, Nov 16; 1844 Jan 29, Aug 2, Aug 10, Sep 12, Sep 19, Nov 1, Dec 9, Dec 19, Dec 19, p.m. (signature cut out) 1841-1844
Silliman, Benjamin (13 letters); 1850 Jun 22, Dec 30; 1852 Apr 1, Oct 27; 1854 Jan 24, ?? 26 (illegible, possibly June?), Jun ?? (Brief note on last page of printed brochure relating to the Mineralogical Cabinet at Yale, dated June 1, 1854, with James D. Dana and Benjamin Silliman listed as authors), Jul 29; 1855 Sep 17, Oct 13, (return address: St. Louis, Missouri), Oct 13, (return address: New Haven) [the preceding two letters should be examined closely, since one appears to be dated erroneously]; 1858 Mar 8; 1860 Feb 2 (with envelope). There are 2 additional empty envelopes in the folder, not clearly related to any of the letters; one has pencilled columns of figures (perhaps money?) on the verso 1850-1860
Smith, Ebenezer 1851 Nov 29
Smith, Hannah A. 1836 Jun 17
[Soltan], Henry W. 1857 May 15
Swett, Charissa,
see Hitchcock, Charissa
Torrey, John 1824 Oct 27
Van Lennep, Henry J. (8 letters) 1838-1843, 1849, 1863
Webster, J.W. (4 letters) 1825, 1839, n.d.
Wells, S. 1844 Oct 6
White, G[eorge] 1828 Apr 9
White, Orra 1837 Sep 29
Whittlesey, Charles S. 1846 Nov 27
Williston, Samuel,
see Series 1, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, Sub-series B: Professional Life: Amherst College, Box 1, Folder 15
Unidentified author, on verso of printed notice (see note in folder) [1853]
Sub-series B: Outgoing Correspondence
Adams, [?], letter of recommendation 1855 May 14
American Academy of Natural Sciences (photocopy) 1841 Mar 24
original at the American Academy of Natural Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science, publishing committee, envelope addressed to "Jeffries Wyman and others" 1849 Oct 30
American Philosophical Society (photocopy) 1841 Jul 10
original at the American Philosophical Society Library
Ames, James G. 1849 May 16
Association of American Geologists (photocopy) 1843 May 2
original at the Academy of Natural Sciences
Bishop, N.W. 1837 Oct 16
Blunt, Edmund M.: re: errors in Blunt's Navigator discovered by Hitchcock, notes and letters ca. 1819
See also: Series 6, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITING--OTHER WORKS, Blunt's Almanac Controversy, Box 14, Folder 7; Series 7, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS, Sub-series B: Commonplace Books, Box 18, Folder 6
Bond, G.T. 1855 Aug 1
Bowditch, Henry J., as printed in Springfield Republican 1859 Apr 1
See also: this sub-series, Deane, James, Box 4, Folder 30
Briggs, George N. (photocopy) 1846 Jul 29
Brooks, John 1857 Oct 26
Carpenter, C.C. 1860 May 23
Cleaveland, Parker (photocopy) 1828 May 13
Deane, James: re: controversy over footmarks 1844 Nov 10, n.d.
See also: this sub-series, Bowditch, Henry J., Box 4, Folder 25; Series 5, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS, Sub-series D: Ichnology of New England, Box 12, Folder 17; Series 6, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS, Controversy with James Deane, Box 16, Folder 25
Eaton, Amos (photocopy) 1824 Aug 12
Edwards, Bela B. 1836 Mar 31
Elliott, Honorable Samuel A.,(8 letters; photocopies) 1847-1848
originals at Harvard University
Eustaphius, Alexis 1815 Aug 8
Gardner, Henry, Governor of Massachusetts (3 letters) n.d., ca. 1855
Grant, Miss P., re: "A female school in the Mt. Pleasant Buildings" 1835 Jul 31
Greene, Thomas A. (photocopy) 1834 Sep 15
Griscom, John (3 letters) 1824, 1828, 1831
Hale, Ebenezer 1849 May 19
Hall, Frederick (photocopy) 1826 Apr 13
Hallock, W.A. 1857 Oct 24
Hentz, W.M. (Prof.)
see Series 5, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS, Sub-series C: Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts, Box 12, Folder 6
Hitchcock, Catharine (photocopy of original from file of Hitchcock, Mary) 1844 May 12
Hitchcock, Edward Jr. (AC 1849) (36 letters) 1841, 1850-1861
See also: Series 5, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WORKS--MAJOR WORKS, Sub-series A: Elementary Anatomy and Physiology, Box 11, Folder 1
Hitchcock, Henry 1850 Jul 12
Hitchcock, Mary (6 letters) 1841-1853 [gaps]
Hitchcock, Orra White,
Hovey, Sylvester (2 letters) 1824, 1831
Humphrey, Heman (addressed "Dr. and Mrs." 1858 Apr 20
The Independent, editors of n.d.
Kendall, George 1858 Feb 23
Lawrence, Abbott, re: naming the College Observatory in his honor [1848]
Low, Joseph [1857]
Lyell, Charles (photocopies; original at Edinburgh University Library, Department of Special Collections) 1843, 1860
Marcy, William L. (Governor of New York), re: New York geological survey (3 letters) 1836 May-Jun
Markoe, Francis (photocopies) 1844 Aug 27, 1847 Apr 6
Meisra, Prince Malek Kasim (Governor of Azerbaijian)
Miller, Moses 1843 Aug 2
Morton, Samuel G. (6 letters; photocopies) 1832 Jun 11-Oct 28, 1841 Jan 26
originals at the American Philosophical Society Library
Morton, Samuel G. (photocopy, original at the Academy of Natural Sciences) 1833 Nov 30
Murchision, Roderick I. (Sir), manuscript, not in Edward Hitchcock's hand, long discussion of glacial theory 1842 Sep 5
Northrop, Henry, letter of recommendation 1862 Jul 17
Owen, Richard 1861 Jul 4
Perkins, Justin (photocopy) 1842 Mar 3
Pierce, Edwin W. 1838 Aug 20
Salem Lyceum 1840 Jul 29
Silliman, Benjamin (25 letters); 1817 Sep 1; 1818 Apr 6, Jul 6, Aug 25, Sep 28, Nov 8; 1821 Apr 9, Apr (List of specimens "...Sent Mr. Silliman"), Aug 6; 1822 Jul 23, Sep 22, Oct 17, Nov 6, Dec 1; 1823 Jan 23, Feb 12, Oct 20, Nov 25, Dec 17; 1824 Mar 1, Apr 6, Nov 16, Dec 13 1817-1824
Silliman, Benjamin (3 letters; photocopies) 1817 Oct 16, 1824 Mar 17, 1824 May 28
originals at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Silliman, Benjamin (15 letters); 1825 Jan 24, Mar 21, Apr (?); 1826 Apr 18, Jul 8; 1827 Oct 28, Dec 30; 1828 Jan 21, Aug 7; 1829 Jan 8, Apr 1, May 12, Aug 17; 1830 Jan 24, Nov 1 1825-1830
Silliman, Benjamin, (6 letters; photocopies) 1825 Oct 4, 1827 Nov 30, 1828 Jun 27, 1828 Aug 16, 1829 Aug 1, 1831 Jan 30
Silliman, Benjamin (17 letters); 1832 Jan 19, Feb 21, Mar 4, May 4, Jun 8, Jul 16; 1833 Dec 30; 1834 Jan 10, Mar 27; 1835 Mar 15, Jul 30, Oct 23; 1836 Mar 1 (photocopy, oversize, with poem and other writing included), Jun 4, Jun 20, Aug 16; 1837 Mar 12 1832-1837
Silliman, Benjamin, (3 letters; photocopies) 1834 Nov 8, 1835 May 31, 1837 Mar 31
Silliman, Benjamin (22 letters); 1837 Mar 12, Apr 11; 1838 Jan 9, Apr 9; 1839 Jan 8, Jul 20; 1840 Jan 12, Apr 26, Aug 20, Dec 12; 1841 Sep 16; 1843 Nov 13; 1844 Mar 11; 1847 Apr 5; 1853 Nov 3; 1855 Sep 20, Oct 12, Oct 19; 1856 Mar 24; 1863 May 7, Aug 26; [18??] Jul 22 1837-1863
Silliman, Benjamin (9 letters; photocopies) 1844 Sep 16; 1850 Jan 26; 1852 Oct 16; 1854 Jul 16; 1855 Nov 23; 1858 Feb 15, Feb 20; 1859 Dec 26; 1860 Feb 6 1844-1860
Smith, Hannah 1856 Sep 20
Sprague, William B. (3 letters) 1828, 1835, 1856
Tompson, John C. (AC 1829), letter of recommendation (photocopy, original in Tompson's Biographical File) 1832 Nov 17
Torrey, John, 4 lists of specimens sent to same n.d., 1820-1822
Torrey, John (2 letters; photocopies) 1821 Dec 18, 1835 Jun 4
originals at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Torrey, John (16 letters; photocopies) 1819-1836, 1848
originals in the Columbia University Library
Tyler, Reverend William 1835 Jun 4
Van Lennep, Henry J. (4 letters) 1862-1863
Van Renss[e]laer, Stephen 1828 May 3
Van Rensselaer, Stephen (photocopy) 1835 Sep 16
White, Hannah 1857 Aug 31
White [Hitchcock], Orra (3 letters) n.d., 1821
White [Hitchcock], Orra (11 letters, 1 card) 1827-1860 (gaps)
Wyman, Jeffries,
see this sub-series, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Unidentified (2 letters): declining to review a work by Silliman (1831); requesting duplicate specimens (1856)
Hitchcock, Edward, signatures n.d., 1854
See also: Series 1: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS
See also: Series 5: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS
See also: Series 6: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS
See also: Series 10: ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE
See also: Series 14: THE FAMILY OF EDWARD HITCHCOCK
Series 3: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: SERMONS [1819-1861]
Approximately 200 sermons have survived in the Papers. As a group, they illuminate Hitchcock's religious philosophy. Many were delivered on multiple occasions; the dates of delivery are noted on each. Hitchcock's ministry in Conway is well documented by numerous sermons dating from the 1820s. Numbered Sermons (sub-series A) are arranged by the numbering which Hitchcock assigned to them. They are further identified by title in the listing. Most often, the numbering relates to chronological order, but not always. For example, Sermon #10 (1841) is followed by Sermon #11 (1820); and #119 (1824) is followed by #123 (1822). This may be explained by the fact that sermons were preached at a succession of different locations, on different dates. Sermon #10 could have been first preached as much as 20 years earlier, but the notation added only for a later delivery. Un-Numbered Sermons (sub-series B) contains 27 sermons arranged in chronological order by the date the sermon was first known to have been preached. Occasional Sermons (sub-series C) includes sermons preached on the Fourth of July, at ceremonies for naming mountains, including the exercises for Mt. Norwottuck, and at the ordinations and installations of fellow ministers. Sermon Subjects (sub-series D) are arranged alphabetically by the title assigned to the text and contain notes for sermon topics. Sermon Notes (sub-series E) are divided into those prepared for Amherst College (sorted by date) and those (unsorted) identified as "texts and subjects for sermons."
Sub-series A: Numbered Sermons
No. 4: "Death," Ecclesiastes 8:8 1820 Feb
No. 5: "Gospel Marriage," Judges 3:20 1820 Feb
No. 9: "Deceitfulness of the Heart," Jeremiah 17:9 1820 May
No. 10: Luke 19:41 1841 June
No. 11: "Character and Offices of Christ," Luke 24:30-31 1820 Mar 18
No. 13: "Opposition to Religion," Acts 7:51 1820
No. 15: "Religious Condition of the United States," II Chronicles 28:10 1820 Apr
No. 16: "Sins of Omission and Commission," Luke 18:13 1820 Apr
No. 17: "Deity of Christ," John 1:1 1820 Dec
No. 20: "Joys of Heaven," Psalms 16:11 1820 Jun
No. 22: Revelation 3:20 1820 Jun
No. 23: "Characters That Are Shut Out of Heaven," Matthew 25:10 1820 Jun
No. 25: "Day of Judgment," II Corinthians 5:10 1820 Jun
No. 27: Psalms 106:23 1820 Dec
No. 28: "Neglect of Vows," Ecclesiastes 5:4 1820 Sep
No. 29: Ezekiel 44:23; Malachi 3:18 1820 Dec
No. 35: "Reasons Why God Spares the Wicked," Job 21:7 1821 Jan
No. 38: "Submission to God," James 4:6-7, Job 22:29 1820
No. 39: "Christ the Searcher of Hearts," Revelation 2:23 1821 Mar
No. 40: "Godly Sincerity," John 1:47 1821 Mar
No. 42: "The Final Judgment a Test of Our Conduct," II Peter 3:11-12 1821 Jul
No. 43: "General View of the Gospel," John 18:38 1821 Mar
No. 48: "Motives to Reconciliation With God," I Corinthians 5:20 1821 Mar
No. 49: "Efficacy of the Cross," Ephesians 2:16 1821 Mar
No. 51: "Preaching the Gospel," II Timothy 4:12 1821 Mar
No. 52: "A Glance at the Future," Genesis 49:1 1821 Jun
No. 53: "Proper Mode of Exhibiting Divine Truth," II Corinthians, Ch. 4 1821 Jun
No. 56: "Example of the Saints," Hebrews 6:12 1821 May
No. 59: "Connection Between the Moral Character of Parents and Children," Exodus, Ch. 20 1821 Jul
No. 60: "Consecration of All to God," Isaiah 52:1 1821 Jul
No. 61: "Men By Nature Deal in Sin," Exodus 12:33 1821 Jul
No. 63: "Repentance," Luke 13:3 1821 Jul
No. 64: "Efficacy of Prayer," James 5:16 1821 Apr
No. 65: "No Rest to the Wicked," Isaiah 57:20 1821 Aug
No. 66: "Sinner's Plea of Inability," Isaiah 30:7 1821 Aug
No. 67: "Representatives of a Revival," James 5:16 1821 Sep
No. 70: "Rights of God," Samuel 3:18 1821 Sep
No. 71: "Religious Joy," I Thessalonians 5:16 1821 Sep
No. 73: Job 27:8; Romans 5:5 1821
No. 74: "No Hope But in Christ," Acts 4:12 1821 Nov
No. 76: "To the Aged," Genesis 47:29 1821 Oct
No. 78: "History of Revivals," John 12:8 1821 Nov
No. 79: "Effects of Revivals," John 12:8 1821 Nov
No. 82: "Entire Moral Depravity," Ecclesiastes 9:3 1821 Nov
No. 83: "Entire Moral Depravity," Ecclesiastes 9:3 1821 Nov
No. 85: Jeremiah 17:5-6 1821 Dec
No. 86: "Stewardship of Ministers, Teachers and Parents," I Corinthians 4:2 1821 Dec
No. 87: "Neglect of Precious Opportunities," I Kings 20:40 1822 Jan
No. 88: "Moral Value of the Services of the Wicked," Proverbs 15:8 1822 Jan
No. 90: "The Present Moment the Accepted Time," II Corinthians 6:2 1822 Jan
No. 91: "Marks of Friendship for the World," James 4:4 1822 Jan
No. 92: "Characters Who Will Finally Perish," Isaiah 33:14 1822 Feb
No. 94: "Why a Revival Passes," Nehemiah 6:3 1822 Mar
No. 95: "Works of God," Psalms 104:24 1821 Dec
No. 96: "Victory Over Death," I Corinthians 15:55 1822 Feb
No. 98: "All Holy Beings Engaged to Save Sinners," Ezekiel 18:31 1822 Mar
No. 99: "Sin an Infinite Evil," Job 22:5 1822 Mar
No. 101: "Convictions Not Followed by Conversion," Luke 17:32 1822 Mar
No. 103: "Delusions of Satan," Genesis 3:4 1822 Feb
No. 105: "Morality Not Inconsistent With Entire Depravity," Psalms 58:1-2 1822 Apr
No. 106: "Universal Obedience Necessary," I John 2:3 1822 Apr
No. 108: "Unworthy Reception of the Lord's Supper," I Corinthians 11:29 1822 May
No. 109: "Spring," Song of Solomon 2:11-13 1822 May
No. 110: "Mourners Directed to Christ," Matthew 14:12 1822 Jun
No. 111: "Instruction of Children," Proverbs 22:6 1822 Jun
No. 112: "Christ Our Righteousness," Jeremiah 23:6 1822 Jun
No. 113: "Righteousness of Christ," Jeremiah 23:6 1822 Jun
No. 114: "Advantages of Chastity," Proverbs 11:25 1822 May
No. 116: "Forsaking the Camp of the World for Christ," Hebrews 13:13 1822 Aug
No. 117: "Grades of Apostasy," Matthew 26:28 1822 Aug
No. 119: Acts 7:51 1824 Aug
No. 120: Acts 7:51 1824 Aug
No. 123: "Evidences of Christian Character," I Peter 3:15 1822 Jul
No. 125: "Election," Isaiah 64:8 1822 Sep
No. 128: "Noachian Deluge," II Peter 2:5 1823 Jan
No. 129: "Way to Zion," Jeremiah 50:5 1822 Dec
No. 130: "God Warns Men Once," Proverbs 1:30-31 1822 Nov
No. 133: "Resignation," Hebrews Ch. 12; Romans Ch. 8 1822 Nov
No. 135: "Preparation for the Lord's Supper," Revelation 19:7 1822 Nov
No. 136: "Family Government," Psalm 133 1822 Oct
No. 139: "Coincidence Between Natural Theology and Christianity in Regard to the Fallen State of Man," Romans 1:18-20 1822 Dec
No. 142: "Inconsistency in Religion," Galatians 5:7 1822 Dec
No. 143: "Advent of Christ,"Luke 2:10 1823 Jan
No. 145: "Hungering After Righteousness," Matthew 5:6 1822 Nov
No. 148: "Power of Music," I Samuel 16:23 1823 Feb
No. 149: "Forms of Communion with One Another at the Lord's Table," Galatians 5:6 1823 Feb
No. 150: "Only One True Gospel," Galatians 1:6-9 1823 Feb
No. 151: "Idolatry," Exodus 20:3 1823 Feb
No. 152: "Idolatry," Exodus 20:3 1823 Feb
No. 153: "Consideration," Psalm 4:2 1823 Mar
No. 155: "Divine Teaching Necessary to Induce Men to Receive Christ in His True Character," Matthew 16:17 1823 Mar
No. 156: "Divine Influence and Free Agency," Philippians 2:12-13 1823 Mar
No. 158: "Christ Crucified," I Corinthians 2:2 1823 Mar
No. 160: "Secret Prayer," Matthew 6:6 1823 Mar
No. 161: "Examination of the Scriptures," John 5:34 1823 Apr
No. 163: "God's Wisdom Different From Man's," Isaiah 55:8-9 1823 Jun
No. 165: Matthew 22:1-14 1823 May
No. 166: "Future Punishment," Job 31:3 1823 Apr
No. 170: "Perpetuity of the Sabbath," Numbers 15:32-36 1823 May
No. 171: "Concert in Benevolent Efforts," Isaiah 41:6-7 1823 Jun
No. 172: "Wars," James 4:1-3 1823 [Jun]
No. 175: "Intention of the Lord's Supper" 1823 Jul
No. 177: "Nature of Confessing and Forsaking Sin," Proverbs 28:13 1823 Sep
No. 178: "Meditation," Psalms 39:3 1823 Jul
No. 179: "Meditation," Psalms 39:3 1823 Jul
No. 181: "Christian Members of Christ" Ephesians 1:23 1823 Nov
No. 182: "Utility of Natural History", I Kings 4:33 1823 Sep
No. 183: "Sinners Dreaming," Psalms 73:20; Job 20:8 1823 Aug
No. 184: "Heavenly Rest," Hebrews 4:9 1823 Jul
No. 186: "Attendance Upon Public Worship," Nehemiah 13:11 1823 Sep
No. 188: "Duties of Parents," I John 2:13 1823 Oct
No. 189: "Duties of Children," Proverbs, Ch. 4 1823 Oct
No. 190: "No Sacrifice Too Great for Christ," Philippians 3:8 1823 Sep
No. 191: "Indecision in Religion," Joshua 24:15 1823 Aug
No. 192: "Destruction of Jerusalem," Matthew 24:34-35 1823 Aug
No. 195: "Correspondence Between the Character of Men and the God They Worship," Micah 4:5 1823 Nov
No. 196: "Correspondence Between the Character of Men and the God They Worship," Micah 4:5 1823 Nov
No. 200: "Existence of God," Deuteronomy 4:39 1823 Dec
No. 201: "Men's Character Differently Estimated by God and Man," I Samuel 16:7 1823 Dec
No. 202: "Omnipresence of God," Jeremiah 23:24 1823 Dec
No. 203: "Omnipotence of God," Jeremiah 32:17 1824 Jan
No. 206: "Blessings of Redemption," Luke 2:10-11 1824 Oct
No. 207: "Sovereignty of God," Daniel 4:35 1824 Mar
No. 208: "Sovereignty of God," Daniel 4:35 1824 Mar
No. 209: "Truth of God," Psalms 57:10 1824 Feb
No. 210: "Mercy of God," Psalms 57:10 1824 Feb
No. 211: "Benevolence of God," Matthew 19:17 1824 Jan
No. 212: "Eternity of God," Hebrews 1:10-12 1823 Dec
No. 213: "Omniscience of God," Psalms 139:6 1823 Dec
No. 214: "Justice of God," Psalms 89:14 1824 Jan
No. 215: "Delineation of Character in the Bible is Proof of its Divinity," II Timothy 3:16 1824 Jun
No. 216: "Wisdom of God," Romans 11:33 1824 Feb
No. 218: "Benevolence of God," Matthew 19:17 1824 Jan
No. 219: Exposition of Romans Ch. 5 1825 Jan
No. 220: Inferences from Romans, Ch. 5 1825 Jan
No. 221: "Danger of Lukewarm Christians," Ezekiel 9:5-6 1824 Sep
No. 223: "Ingratitude to Christ," Jeremiah 2:2 1824 Mar
No. 224: "Manner in Which God Hardens Sinners," Romans 9:18 1824 Feb
No. 225: "Oneness of Christians," John 17:21 1824 Aug
No. 226: Exposition of Romans Ch. 4 1825 Jan
No. 228: Exposition of Romans Ch. 4 1824 Dec
No. 229: "The Only True Happiness," Psalms 4:6 1824 Apr
No. 230: "Service of the World and God Inconsistent," Matthew 6:25 1824 Nov
No. 234: Exposition of Ephesians Ch. 3 1824 May
No. 235: Exposition of Ephesians Ch. 1 1824 Apr
No. 236: Exposition of Ephesians Ch. 4 1824 May
No. 237: Exposition of Romans Ch. 3 1824 Dec
No. 238: Exposition of Romans Ch. 2 1824 Dec
No. 239: Exposition of Romans Ch. 1 1824 Nov
No. 240: Exposition of Ephesians Ch. 2 1824 May
No. 241: "The Beam to be First Cast Out of Our Own Eye," Matthew 7:5 1824 May
No. 242: Exposition of Ephesians Ch. 4 1824 May
No. 243: "Comparison Between Knowledge Derived from the Scriptures and Human Literature and Science," Jeremiah 23:28 1824 May
No. 248: "Persuasives to Early Piety," Proverbs 8:17 1824 Oct
No. 249: "Denying Christ," Matthew 10:33 1824 Nov
No. 250: "Confession of Christ," Matthew 10:32 1824 Nov
No. 253: Exposition of Ephesians Ch. 5 1824 Jun
No. 254: Exposition of Ephesians Ch. 5 1824 Jun
No. 255: "State of the Church and People in Conway," Isaiah 21:11-17 1824 Jan
No. 256: I Corinthians 11:28 1823 Jul
No. 259: "Progress of the Christian Toward Heaven," Job 5:26 1824 Mar
No. 260: "Gospel Liberty," John 8:36 1824 Jul
No. 261: "Aggravations and Alleviations of Afflictions to Those Whose Friends Have Died at a Distance," II Samuel 18:33 1824 Sep
Sub-series B: Un-Numbered Sermons (In order of first known date preached)
Colossians 2:8 1819
Deuteronomy 32:15 1824 Dec
"Oh Lord Revive My Work," Habakkuk 3:2 1825 Feb
Exposition of Romans Ch. 6 1825 Feb
Exposition of Romans Ch. 7 1825 Mar
Genesis 3:5 1825 Mar
Isaiah 40:3 1825 Apr
Exposition of Romans Ch. 8 1825 Apr
Job, Ch. 2 1825 Apr
no title or verse: fast day 1825 Apr
Genesis 19:17 1825 May
I Corinthians 3:11 1825 May
Exposition of Romans Ch. 9 1825 May
Luke 23:28 1825 May
Exposition of Romans Ch. 11 1825 Jun
Acts 8:21 1825 Jul
Matthew 16:24 1825 Aug
Exposition of Romans Ch. 12 1825 Aug
Hebrews 10:25 1825 Aug
Acts 24:25 1835 Apr
no title or verse, annotated "Rewritten in 1846" on cover sheet 1841 Jan
Romans 8:19 1843 Mar
James 4:1-3 1846 May
John 2:47 1846 Jul
Philippians 1:21 1847 May
Psalms 41:3 1859 Apr
Sub-series C: Occasionals
General
Fourth of July n.d.
Order of exercise for naming ceremonies for mountains, instructions for procedures, Mt. Norowattuck naming (1858) ceremony, notes n.d., 1858
Ordinations and Installations
Crawford, Rev., Deerfield, Mass. 1858 Jan 13
Eastman, David (AC 1835), Leverett, Mass. 1840 Feb 12
Harris, Rev., Conway, Mass. 1841 Dec 22
Sermon preached at installations and ordinations for the following:
Mann, Asa, Hardwick, Mass. 1844 Jun 19
Smith, Henry B., West Granville 1847 Jul 22
Smith, William, Warren 1847 Oct 27
Vaill, William, Somers, Conn. 1845 Aug 6
Sub-series D: Sermon Subjects
Nature of Intemperance in Eating," "Pleas for Intemperance in Eating Considered [1834?]
See also: Series 6, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS, 1834 Mar-Nov, Box 15, Folders 9-11
"Regeneration" 1820 Feb
Sub-series E: Sermon Notes
Amherst College sermon notes 1832-1835
Amherst College sermon notes 1836-1839
Amherst College sermon notes 1840-1850 (gaps)
Amherst College sermon notes 1851-1861 (gaps)
"Texts and subjects for sermons," unsorted packet n.d.
Series 4: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: AMHERST COLLEGE CLASSROOM LECTURE NOTES [1826-1855]
The series includes the topics of Bible studies, botany, chemistry, and geology, and documents Hitchcock's classroom lectures and teaching style. The most complete set of lecture notes exists for chemistry. The geology, mineralogy and natural science notes taken by students reflect their analysis of Hitchcock's lectures. The lectures are interesting throughout as they reflect Hitchcock's continuing efforts to reconcile science and religion.
Bible
Bible exercise for teaching the Junior Class the doctrinal books 1828-1829
Botany
Botany lecture series n.d.
Chemistry
"Introductory lecture on Chemistry" 1826-43
Chemistry series: "Heat or Calorie..." n.d.
Chemistry series: "Chemical Affinity..." n.d.
Chemistry series: "Carbon-Carbonic Acid..." n.d.
Chemistry series: "Mercury..." n.d.
Chemistry series: "To prepare Black Flux..." n.d.
See also: Series 6, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS, n.d., "An abstract of the course of chemical lectures ...," Box 17, Folder 35
Geology and Natural History
Geology lecture series: "Natural History..." n.d.
Geology lecture series: "Gentlemen, we are now to direct..." n.d.
Geology lecture series: "Shells...," incomplete notes n.d.
Geology lecture series: "Mineralogy..." n.d.
"Notes to Lectures on Geology" 1834 or after
"Geology of the Deluge: a Lecture" n.d.
"Young gentlemen, all the light we have here comes from above," anecdote at a geology class, printed and mounted on a card n.d.
Students' Notes on Edward Hitchcock's Lectures
Geology lectures, notes by an unknown student 1855 Fall
Mineralogy lectures, notes by an unidentified member of the Class of 1837 1836 Feb-Mar
Natural science lectures, notes by John S. Lee (AC 1845), photocopies 1843-1844
Series 5: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS [1830-1863]
This series contains the working notes, manuscript drafts, correspondence, illustrations and other materials and information relating to writing and publishing Hitchcock's major scientific and religious works. Elementary Anatomy and Physiology (sub-series A), written with his son Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849), contains only two letters regarding editorial changes to the book and a review of the work. Elementary Geology (sub-series B) is also scant. There are three items relating to royalties and several published announcements, notices, and reviews of the work. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts (sub-series C) is richly documented. Material relating to the work, which was written at the request of the Massachusetts State Legislature, includes extensive notebooks kept by Hitchcock recording both his observations and his expenses; plates and maps; catalogues of specimens collected for the survey; and correspondence regarding various editions. Material in this sub-series is arranged by type. Ichnology of New England (sub-series D) contains a virtually complete manuscript draft and several proofs for illustrating plates. Supplement to the Ichnology of New England (sub-series E) is documented by a preliminary version, a manuscript draft, and original drawings for many of the plates. This sub-series also includes a report, notice, and addenda to the work. Illustrations of Surface Geology (sub-series F) is represented by numerous drawings for the illustrations. There is also an account book of expenses for exploration related to the book. The Power of Christian Benevolence (sub-series G) contains only a few letters and an outline for the book. The Religion of Geology (sub-series H) contains a complete manuscript draft and several reviews of the work. Reminiscences of Amherst College (sub-series I) contains a manuscript draft for the preface, letters from Hitchcock asking for comments, a notice of publication, and a map of the geology around Amherst College.
Sub-series A: Elementary Anatomy and Physiology, with Edward Hitchcock, Jr.
Correspondence from Hitchcock to Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849) re: editorial changes, (2 letters) 1859 Jul
Review, The Boston Evening Courier, p.1, (photocopies) 1860 Mar 31
originals in MC6:12:16, restricted for preservation
Sub-series B: Elementary Geology
Letter to M.H. Newman, the publisher re: payment of royalties and the need to make revisions before again reprinting. Not in Hitchcock's hand, [secretarial copy?] 1843 Jun 27
Hitchcock's reply to an inquiry re: bulk purchase and revision of the 4th edition 1846 Sep 29
Royalty statement for 1857 1858 Jan 1
Published announcements, notices, and reviews of the various editions (photocopies) 1840, 1841, 1843, 1845 1847, 1854
Note: Edward Hitchcock's copy of the 1840 edition (RBR WMA 190, copy 5) is interleaved with his notes toward revision. His son Charles took over further revisions of the work after Edward's death; Charles's copy of the 1868 edition (QE22.H67.E45 1868) has his notes toward revision.
Sub-series C: Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts
Notebooks (All contain notes, drawings, and expense records)
Diary and observations, notebook 1830 Jul-Sep
Diary and observations, notebook 1830 Oct-1831 Oct
Diary and observations, notebook 1832 May-1833 Jan
Diary and observations, notebook 1833 May, Sep-Nov; n.d.
Diary and observations, notebook divided in half. The first half contains scripture passages relating to "Creation, deluge and destruction of the world." The second half contains 1835 geological notes 1834-1835
Expenses, notebook (folder includes photocopies of expense records from other notebooks, dates listed on folder) 1830-1833
Expense records 1830-1833, 1837-1838, 1843-1844
"Notes on the analysis of the soils of Massachusetts," bound notebook 1837
"Notes upon the analysis of soils &c, Amherst College Laboratory 1838," bound notebook (numerous loose sheets laid in, mostly used for calculations) 1838
Printed circular, a questionnaire, dated 1837 Aug 5 (4 leaves), to be sent out asking for information for the geology survey (removed from previous folder) 1837 Aug 5
Quotations from other published geological works, notebook ca. 1830-1833
Published abstracts, announcements, notices, mentions, and reviews of the various editions (photocopies) 1833-1836, 1841, 1843
Plates
See also: Series 11, ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: ART, Sub-series C: Drawings and Prints for Edward Hitchcock's Scientific Work
Printed title pages, some disbound, some apparently never used (additional copies of the loose title pages in Box OS3, Folders 1-3) 1841
Printed plates, numbers 1-10, some disbound, some apparently never used; multiple copies of several plates 1841
Printed plates, numbers 11-30 (missing number 22), some disbound, some apparently never used; multiple copies of several plates 1841
Printed plates, numbers 31-51, some disbound, some apparently never used; multiple copies of several plates 1841
Plate number 52, "1841 geological map of Massachusetts", 2 copies, hand-colored 1841
Plate number 53, "Map showing the strike and dip of the strata", 11 copies 1841
Plate number 54, [Cross Sections of Massachusetts Strata], 6 copies, hand-colored 1841
Plate number 26, "Veins of granite & greenstone in Sienite greenstone: Salem at Beverly Bridge," in volume called "Sketch of veins in Sienite, Salem," original drawing n.d.
Catalogue Lists
"Catalogue of paintings executed in 1838 for the government," notebook 1838
"Specimens collected & taken, 1839-July," [no. 609-700], notebook, includes 2 pencil drawings 1839 Jul
"Catalogue of mineral specimens, as finally arranged in the government collection February [illegible] 1840", notebook; "Catalogue of specimens for the government put up in bottles" also included in later part of the notebook 1840
Correspondence
To [T. Greene or J. M. Earle or J. G. Totten] re: revising the catalogue of shells for the second edition (1835) of the Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts 1834 Mar 17
Petitions to the Massachusetts state legislature for payments, drafts (2 letters) 1835, 1842
Presentation correspondence, to:
Bowdoin College, [a geologist there] 1842 Sep 8
Professor W. M. Hentz, who prepared the list of spiders for the 1833 edition ca. 1834
Prince Malek Kasim Meisra, Gov. of Azerbaijan, Persia (unclear if it is for the 1833 or 1841 edition) n.d.
David [Mack/Mark?] to Governor Lincoln, thanking him for Hitchcock's Report, on behalf of J. Madison (Governor of Vermont?), manuscript copy 1834 Jan 4
See also: Series 1, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, Sub-series B: Professional Life: Massachusetts: Geological Surveys, Box 1, Folders 25-28
Maps
"Sketch of the geology of the eastern part of Massachusetts especially of the junction of the stratified and unstratified rocks--corrected by my examinations in the spring of 1839. The colours correspond to those on the published map," manuscript map, handcolored, annotated by Hitchcock [ca. 1839]
"1833 geological map of Massachusetts," printed (2 copies; detached from the atlas to the 1833 edition of EH's report on the geology of Mass.) ca. 1833
"1834 geological map of Massachusetts," proof copy for the revised atlas to accompany the 1835 edition of EH's report on the geology of Mass., with a ms. note from the printer, William Pendleton, June 17, 1834, on reverse, mentioning that three of the plates in the collection have been completely redrawn ca. 1834
Sub-series D: Ichnology of New England
Manuscript draft, pp. 1-78 ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, pp. 79-150 ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, includes material inserted at page 105, identified by Hitchcock as "Matter from pages 142 no. 8 to page 161 no. 25 of my memoir on the transactions of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences" ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, pp. 151-186 (pages 187-228 missing) ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, pp. 229-281 ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, pp. 282-382 ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, pp. 383-482 ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, pp. 483-600 ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, pp. 601-694 ca. 1858
Manuscript draft, glossary, description of the plates, and numbered index, pp. 695-725, and postscript titled "Who first examined scientifically & described the fossil footmarks in this country?" ca. 1858
See also: Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A and B: Incoming and Outgoing, Deane; Series 6: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS, Controversy with James Deane, Box 16, Folder 25
"Synopsis of the Ichnology of New England to the year 1858" ca. 1858
Chart, in four pieces, following p. 199: "A tabular view of the characters of the Lithichnozoa of the Connecticut River sandstone" ca. 1858
Proofs for illustrations on pp. 77-78, fossil footmarks ca. 1858
Excerpt from a letter of John L. Leconte to Professor Dana, 1862 Apr 15, about identifying the illustration on p. 8 of the text [1852 Apr 15]
Review, in American journal of science, second series, vol. 27 1859 May
Sub-series E: Supplement to the Ichnology of New England
Manuscript of a paper read before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a preliminary version of the published Supplement 1862 Dec 9
Report of the paper (preceding entry) in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Science, December 10, 1862, vol. 6, 2 copies 1862
Manuscript draft 1863
Final version submitted to the governor and legislature of Massachusetts 1863 Dec
Appendix A: "Bones of Megadactylus polyzelus," by Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849); Appendix B: "Descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet of Amherst College," by Charles H. Hitchcock (AC 1856); Appendix C: "Exocampe minima," by Charles H. Hitchcock (AC 1856); "Description of the plates" 1863
Original drawings for plates I through VIII, XI and XII ca. 1863
Original drawings for plates X, XI and XX, fossil footmarks ca. 1863
Notice, in American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 40 (photocopy) 1865 Nov
Addenda to the Supplement, dated 1863 Feb 10, read before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, for May 1862-May 1865, vol. 6 (photocopy) 1866
Sub-series F: Illustrations of Surface Geology
Account book of expenses for exploration, including expenses of work done after the book was published. Also includes "Expenses in building the Nineveh Gallery," for 1857-58 at the end of the notebook 1852-1859
Introduction and remarks for Part I and Part II; title page, table of contents, and list of plates (two manuscript sets of these materials) ca. 1856
Review by James D. Dana in American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 24 (photocopy) 1857 Nov
"Terraces in the gorge at Bellows Falls," unidentified artist, original pencil drawing, annotated "plate 1," published as plate IX, fig. 1 n.d.
"Terraces on the Westfield River. At the railroad station in Russell.", by F. P. Chapin, original pencil drawing, annotated "plate 2," published as plate X, fig. 1 n.d.
"Terraces in Pelham", unidentified artist, original pencil drawing, annotated "plate 3," published as plate IX, fig. 2 n.d.
"Canon de Chelly", unidentified artist, original pencil drawing, annotated "plate 4," published as plate XII, fig. 9 n.d.
"Erosions on the Mamana River, Natal, South Africa", by Mrs. Lydia B. Grout, original pencil drawing, annotated "plate 5," published as plate XI, fig. 2 n.d.
"View of eroded hills near Natal in South Africa", by Mrs. Lydia B. Grout, original pencil drawing, annotated "plate 6," published as plate XI, fig. 1 n.d.
Copy of "View of eroded hills near Natal, South Africa", unidentified artist, original pencil drawing, annotated as "plate 11, fig. 2," published as plate XI, fig. 1 n.d.
"Boulders on Mt. Tekoa viewed from the southwest", by H.B. Nason, original pencil drawing, annotated "plate 7," published as plate X, fig. 2 1855 Jun 15
Drawings for plates
plate I, figures 1-25
plate II, figures 26-42
plate III, "The surface geology chiefly of the Connecticut Valley"
plate IV, "Surface geology along Deerfield River," 2 drawings
plate V, "Terraces in Brattleborough"
plate VI: no. 1, "Terraces at Bellows Fall"; no. 2, "Terraces on Fort River, Pelham"
plate VII, "Terraces on Westfield River," 2 drawings
plate VIII, "Map of drift & glacier straie [sic] & moraines in Massachusetts 1856," 2 drawings
plate XII, figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (figures 7 and 8 missing)
Original full size sketches for figures in plates I and II, figures 1-21 and 24-42 (figures 22 and 23 missing)
Sub-series G: The Power of Christian Benevolence Illustrated in the Life of Mary Lyon
Letter from Hitchcock addressed "Dear Madam" re: the scope and focus of the book 1849 Jun 4
Outline for book 1851 Jul 17
Outgoing correspondence re: the abridged version which omits Hitchcock's name (because little was left of his text), not in Hitchcock's hand [secretarial copies?] (2 letters) 1857 Jun 11, 1857 Aug 10
Sub-series H: The Religion of Geology and its Connected Sciences Illustrated
Manuscript Draft
Manuscript draft, chapters 1-6, bound volume ca. 1851
Manuscript draft, chapters 7-10, 3 sewn signatures ca. 1851
Manuscript draft, chapters 11-14, sewn signatures (part of chapter 11 is missing] ca. 1851
Notes and Reviews
Notice of publication, Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, vol. 51 (photocopies) 1851 Jul
Review of a new edition, 1859, Bibliotheca Sacra, vol. 17, no. 68, pp. 673-708 1860 Oct
Review series, letters 1-13, Boston Investigator (photocopies) 1851
original newsclipping attached to scrapbook pages in Box OS3, Folder 4 and Box OS3, Folder 6, restricted for preservation
Hitchcock's draft reply to an unidentified reviewer 1857 Jun 15
Excerpt of a review headed "From the [Paris?] correspondent," in Hitchcock's hand 1851 Nov 4
Royalty statement from Phillips, Sampson & Co. for 1852 1852
Sub-series I: Reminiscences of Amherst College
Manuscript draft for Preface (pp. 1-6) and pp. 206-227 ca. 1863
Correspondence with [signature unclear] asking him to comment on the Reminiscences manuscript, with his comments [ca. 1862] Oct 10
Notice of publication, in American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 37 (photocopy) 1864 May
"The geology around Amherst College," 6 printed maps detached from the book, 2 are hand-colored 1863
See also: Series 1: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS for material that may relate to Hitchcock's published works
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE for correspondence that may relate to major works
See also: Series 7: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS for material not identified as published
See also: Series 11: ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: ART
Series 6: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS [1812-1863]
Series 6, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--OTHER WORKS contains articles, reports, reviews, papers, letters, sermons and news articles written and prepared by Edward Hitchcock over a period of more than 40 years. Formats include manuscript drafts, printed material (originals and photocopies). Hitchcock writes on a range of topics including politics, religion, temperance, astronomy, meteorology, natural sciences, ichnology (fossil footmarks), and most often geology. Hitchcock was a frequent contributor to the American Journal of Science where his new geological discoveries and reports were often published. There are articles about the geology of Massachusetts and Vermont. Maps from 1840-60 are represented as well. The American Journal of Science printed an exchange between Hitchcock and James Deane about the controversy regarding the discovery and priority of investigation of the fossil footmarks in the Connecticut River Valley. Hitchcock's religious and scientific roles were often combined in his articles seeking to reconcile religion and science, such as "The connection between geology and the Mosaic history of creation," written in 1835. Hitchcock's inaugural address as President of Amherst College is included here as are a few sermons presented at funerals of friends and loved ones. Two unusual items include Hitchcock's endorsements for Ayers cherry pectoral, from 1851, and an advertisement recommending an exhibition of submersion diving apparatus, from 1854. The series also includes a scrapbook containing clippings of more than 70 newspaper articles by Edward Hitchcock written between 1793 and 1864. The clippings cover a breadth of topics and are arranged chronologically. The original scrapbook pages have been removed for preservation and replaced by photocopies. Finally, there are announcements and reviews of Hitchcock's works, written by others, and a single folder of contemporary published material mentioning Hitchcock.
The Amherst College Library's on-line catalogue containing records for Edward Hitchcock's printed books, pamphlets, and other monographic material should be consulted for a complete record of his separately published output. See also Series 5, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS for material about his major scientific and religious publications.
"The appeal"; The Franklin Herald, 1812 Aug 11, manuscript and photocopy of printed article (politics) 1812 Aug 11
"To the people of New England," The Franklin Herald (photocopy of manuscript draft; the last page of the copy is the first page of the next entry) [1812 Oct?]
"...With what rapid strides...," The Franklin Herald, 1812 Nov 10, manuscript draft and photocopy of printed article (politics) 1812 Nov 10
"The country almanack for 1813," manuscript, sewn booklet, 39 pp. (astronomy, meteorology and navigation) ca. 1812
The downfall of Bonaparte. 1815
See: Series 7: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS, Sub-series B: Commonplace Books (no. 3), 1813-[1816], pp. 233-269, Box 18, Folder 6
The Country Almanak 1815 (single clipping) [1815]
Letter on Southampton lead mine in The North American Review, vol. 1, photocopy (geology) 1815 Sep
Blunt's almanac controversy, Hitchcock and Blunt letters in the American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, printed letters and photocopies (astronomy, meteorology and navigation) 1817-1818
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE: Incoming and Outgoing, Blunt, for correspondence relating to errors
"Remarks on the geology and mineralogy of a section of Massachusetts on Connecticut River, with a part of New Hampshire and Vermont," The American Journal of Science, vol. 1, no. 2, printed article and photocopy (geology) 1817 Oct
See also: this series, 1819, "Supplement to the 'Remarks on the geology and mineralogy of a section of Massachusetts, on Connecticut River, &c,'"
"A view of the falls in Connecticut River," (with a photocopy of the plate), The Portfolio, vol. 6 (geology) 1818 Jul-Dec
"On a singular disruption of the ground, apparently by frost," The American Journal of Science, vol. 1, with a photocopy (geology) 1819
"Supplement to the 'Remarks on the geology and mineralogy of a section of Massachusetts, on Connecticut River, etc.'," The American Journal of Science, vol. 1, photocopy (geology) 1819
See also: This series, 1818, "Remarks on the geology and mineralogy of a section of Massachusetts, on Connecticut River, with a part of New Hampshire and Vermont"
[The prodigal], signed "S.H.," The Christian Spectator, vol. 1 (poem) 1819 Jun
"Did Christ advance any new moral precept?," signed "Docendus," The Christian Spectator, vol. 1 (religion) 1819 Aug
"Cylinders of snow," The American Journal of Science, vol. 2 (astronomy, meteorology and navigation) 1820
"Singular case of a man struck by lightening in Conway, Massachusetts," manuscript draft for "Wet or damp clothes, good conductors of lightning" (astronomy, meteorology and navigation); 1822
see also: next entry
"Wet or damp clothes, good conductors of lightning. Illustrated in the case of John Williams Esq. of Conway, Massachusetts" (with a photocopy of the plate), The American Journal of Science, vol. 5 (astronomy, meteorology and navigation); 1822
see also: preceding entry
"Abstract of a meteorological journal kept at Deerfield, (Mass.) beginning March 1817, and ending November 1818. North latitude 42N 34' 32". West longitude 72N 39' from London," The American Journal of Science, vol. 4 no. 2, manuscript journal and printed article (astronomy, meteorology and navigation) 1822
"A general survey of the works of God," The Christian Spectator, vol. 4, no. 7, 2 copies (religion) 1822 July 1
"Description of a new species of botrychium; with a drawing," The American Journal of Science, vol. 6 (geology) 1823
"A sketch of the geology, mineralogy and scenery of the regions contiguous to the river Connecticut; with a geological map and drawings of organic remains; and occasional botanical notices. Read before the American Geological Society at their sitting; Sept. 11th, 1822," (in 3 parts, parts 1 and 2 are photocopies), The American Journal of Science, vol. 6-7 (geology) 1823-24
"New mineralogical hammer," The American Journal of Science, vol. 7, no. 1 (geology) 1824
"Review of 'Outlines of the geology of England and Wales; with an introductory compendium of the general principles of that science: and comparative views of the structure of foreign countries', by Rev. W.D. Conybeare and William Phillips," The American Journal of Science, vol. 7, no. 22 (geology); bound with this is 1824, "Notices of the geology of Martha's Vineyard...", next entry 1824
See also: This series, 1825, "Remarks additional to the review ..."
"Notices of the geology of Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands," The American Journal of Science, vol. 7, photocopy (geology); original is bound with 1824 above, "Review of 'Outlines of the geology of England and Wales..." (preceding entry) 1824
"Notice and review of the 'Reliquiae Diluvianae; or observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge,' by the Rev. William Buckland," The American Journal of Science, vol. 8, no. 2 (geology); 1824 Aug
"[Review of] Reliquiae Diluvianae; or observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge, by the Rev. William Buckland," Christian Spectator, vol. 6, no. 8, 2 copies (religion); 1824 Aug
"Notice of a singular conglomerate, and of an interesting locality of trap tuff or tufa," The American Journal of Science, vol. 8, no. 2, photocopy (geology) 1824 Aug
"Topaz?" The American Journal of Science, vol. 8 (geology) 1825
"Notice of several localities of minerals in Massachusetts," The American Journal of Science, vol. 9 (geology) 1825
"Physiology of the Gyropodium coccineum," The American Journal of Science, vol. 9, no. 1 (geology) 1825
"Remarks additional to the review of Conybeare and Phillips's Geology of England and Wales, (vol. VII no. 2 of this Journal,) with reference to the communication of Professor Eaton in the last no. of this work, p. 261," The American Journal of Science, vol. 9, no. 1; with a photocopy of Eaton's note (geology) 1825
See also: This series, 1824, "Review of 'Outlines ...'"
"Notice of 'The new method of determining the longitude by the culmination of the moon and stars: being a paper read before the Astronomical Society of London. To which are now added an Appendix, and a List of Stars, applicable to the purpose for the year 1825. By Francis Baily, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S.'," The American Journal of Science, vol. 9 (astronomy, meteorology and navigation) 1825
Association of Ministers, article on faith, Boston Recorder & Telegraph, vol. 10, no. 28, new series, photocopy (a photostat of the article is in Box OS1, Folder 18) (religion) 1825 Jul 8
Letter to H.A.S. Dearborn, no. 25 in Report of the Commissioners of the State of Massachusetts, on the routes of canals from Boston Harbour, to Connecticut and Hudson Rivers, photocopy (geology) 1826
"Topaz," (with Benjamin Silliman), The American Journal of Science, vol. 10 (geology) 1826
"Chlorophoeite [and] Andalusite," The American Journal of Science, vol. 10, photocopy (geology) 1826 Feb
"Extract from a farewell discourse," The Christian Spectator, 2 copies (religion) 1826 Mar
"[Review of] A manual of chemistry, on the basis of Professor Brande's; containing the principal facts of the science, arranged in the order in which they are discussed and illustrated in the lectures at Harvard University, N.E. Compiled from the works of Brande, Henry, Berzelius, Thomson and others. By John Webster," The North American Review, vol. 23, no. 53 (new series, vol. 14, no. 28), photocopy (natural science) 1826 Oct
"Influence of nervous disorders upon religious experience," The Christian Spectator, vol. 9 (new series vol. 1, no. 4), 2 copies (religion) 1827 Apr
"Rarified air balloons," The American Journal of Science, vol. 12, 2 photocopies (astronomy, meteorology and navigation) 1827 Jun
"Miscellaneous notices of mineral localities, with geological remarks," The American Journal of Science, vol. 14 (geology) 1828 Jul
"Why do you not exchange with Unitarian ministers?," (in 2 parts) The Spirit of the Pilgrims, vol. 1, no. 9-10, photocopies (religion) 1828 Sep-Oct
"Importance of an early consecration to the missionary service," The Christian Spectator, vol. 10 (new series, vol. 2, no. 11), 2 copies (religion) 1828 Nov
"[Review of] 1. Essai sur la temperature de l'interieur de la terre. Par M.L. Cordier, 2. Essay on the temperature of the interior of the earth. By M.L. Cordier, translated from the French, by the junior class in Amherst College. 3. Considerations on volcanoes, by Poulett Scrope," The North American Review, vol. 28, no. 63 (new series, vol. 19, no. 38), 2 photocopies (geology) 1829 Apr
"Tin in Massachusetts," The American Journal of Science, vol. 16 (last page is a photocopy) (geology) 1829 Jul
"Review of works on the structure of the Earth: Essay on the temperature of the interior of the earth, by M.L. Cordier; Considerations on volcanoes, by Poullet [i.e. Poulett] Sc[r]ope; Outline of the course of geological lectures given in Yale College, by Benjamin Silliman," Christian Spectator, vol. 11 (religion, geology) 1829 Sep
"German collections of rocks, minerals, &c.," The American Journal of Science, vol. 17, no. 2 (geology) 1830
See also: This series, 1840, "Specimens of minerals and rocks [at Heidelberg]"
"Topaz in the White Mountains of New Hampshire," The American Journal of Science, vol. 20 (geology) 1831
Amherst College series, The Boston Recorder, vol. 17, nos. 15-22, 8 articles, photocopies 1832 Apr-May
"Report on the geology of Massachusetts; examined under the direction of the Government of that State, during the years 1830 and 1831," The American Journal of Science, vol. 22, no. 1, photocopy (geology) 1832 Jul
Unsigned review of Hitchcock's pamphlet Argument against the manufacture of ardent spirits, in The Christian Examiner, vol. 14, no. 55 (new series vol. 9, no. 25), photocopy (temperance) 1833 Mar
"On the meteors of Nov. 13, 1833," The American Journal of Science, vol. 25, no. 2 (also one partial copy) (astronomy, meteorology and navigation) 1834
"Nature of intemperance in eating," The American National Preacher, vol. 8, no. 10, 5 copies (2 in original wrappers) (temperance) 1834 Mar
See also: Series 3: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: SERMONS, Sub-series D: Sermon subjects, Box 9, Folder 14
"Consequences of intemperance in eating," The American National Preacher, vol. 8, no. 12, 3 copies (1 in original wrapper) (temperance) 1834 May
See also: cross-reference in preceding entry
"Blessings of temperance in food," The American National Preacher, vol. 9, no. 6, 4 copies (2 in original wrappers); with a photocopy of the reprint in The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, vol. 59, 1836 (temperance) 1834 Nov
"The connection between geology and the Mosaic history of the creation," draft, manuscript notebook (religion); ca. 1835
"The connection between geology and the Mosaic history of the creation," manuscript with missing pages supplied by a portion of the printed version from the Biblical Repository, 1835 Oct (religion); ca. 1835
See also: This series, 1835 Apr and 1835 Oct, for the published version
"The connection between geology and natural religion," manuscript (religion); ca. 1835
"The connection between geology and natural religion," Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer, vol. 5, no. 17 (religion); 1835 Jan
"The Pangynaskean Seminary," Mount Holyoke series, The Boston Recorder, vol. 20, nos.9-11, 3 articles, photocopies 1835 Feb-Mar
"The connection between geology and the Mosaic history of the creation," [Part I], The Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer, vol. 5, no. 18 (with photocopy of the reprint in The Congregational Magazine, 1836) (religion) 1835 Apr
See also: This series, ca. 1835 and 1835 Oct, "The connection between geology and the Mosaic history ..."
"On certain causes of geological change now in operation in Massachusetts," Boston Journal of Natural History, vol. 1, no. 2 (geology) 1835 May
"The connection between geology and the Mosaic history of the creation," [Part II], The Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer, vol. 6, no. 20, 3 copies (religion) 1835 Oct
See also: This series, ca. 1835 and 1835 Apr, "The connection between geology and the Mosaic history ..."
"Ornithichnology--description of the foot marks of birds, (ornithichnites) on new red sandstone in Massachusetts," The American Journal of Science, vol. 29, and photocopy of a report on this article by a Committee of the Association of American Geologists (1841) (geology); 1836
"Ornithichnites in Connecticut," The American Journal of Science, vol. 29, and photocopy of a report on this letter by a Committee of the Association of American Geologists (1841) (geology); 1836
See also: This series, 1836 Sep, "Ornithichnology defended"
"Remarks on Professor Stuart's examination of Gen. 1. in reference to geology," Biblical Repository, vol. 7, no. 22, 2 copies (religion) 1836 Apr
"Ornithichnology defended," The Knickerbocker, vol. 8, 2 copies (geology); this is a response to a review of Edward Hitchcock's 1836, "Ornithichnology..." 1836 Sep
See also: This series, 1836, "Ornithichnites in Connecticut..."
"The sandstone bird," The Knickerbocker, vol. 8, photocopy, with photocopies of two manuscript drafts of the poem 1836 Dec
"Fossil footsteps in sandstone and graywacke," The American Journal of Science, vol. 32 (geology) 1837
"Letter on the geological survey of Massachusetts," Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Senate Document no. 9, photocopy (geology) 1837 Jan
Geological questionnaire, photocopy 1837 Aug 5
(original is in Series 5: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS, Sub-series C: Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts, printed circular, 1837, Box 11, Folder 16
"The historical and geological deluges compared," manuscript outline (geology; religion); ca. 1837-1838
"The historical and geological deluges compared," American Biblical Repository, (3 articles) 1837 Jan, 1837 Oct, 1838 Jan (2 copies of nos. 1-2) (religion); 1837-1838
"Basaltic rocks at Mount Holyoke, Mass." Parley's Magazine, photocopy (geology) [ca. 1839?]
"Analysis of Marl from Farmington, Conn.," The American Journal of Science, vol. 36 (geology) 1839
"Specimens of Minerals and Rocks [at Heidelberg]," The American Journal of Science, vol. 39 (geology) 1840
See also: This series, 1830, "German collections..."
"First anniversary address before the Association of American Geologists, at their second annual meeting in Philadelphia, April 5, 1841," The American Journal of Science, vol. 41, photocopy, with a photocopy of resolution to publish address (geology) 1841 Oct
"Remarks upon Mr. Murchison's anniversary address before the London Geological Society," The American Journal of Science, vol. 43 (geology) 1842
"[Review of] A muck manual for farmers, by Samuel L. Dana," The American Journal of Science, vol. 43 (agriculture) 1842
Berkshire County scenery series, The Boston Recorder, vol. 27, nos. 6, 10, 16, 23, 38, 39, 40; vol. 28, no. 2, 8 articles, photocopies 1842 Feb-1843 Jan
"Description of five new species of fossil footmarks, from the red sandstone of the valley of Connecticut River," Reports of the First, Second, and Third Meetings of the American Association of Geologists and Naturalists, 1843, photocopy, with later typescript copy (geology) 1843
"Description of several species of fossil plants from the new red sandstone formation of Connecticut and Massachusetts," Report of the First, Second, and Third Meetings of the American Association of Geologists and Naturalists, 1843 (photocopy, with later typescript of printed article) (geology) 1843
"The phenomena of drift or glacio-aqueous action in North America, between the Tertiary and Alluvial periods" in Reports of the First, Second, and Third Meetings of the American Association of Geologists and Naturalists, 1843, 3 photocopies (geology) 1843
"Notes on the geology of several parts of western Asia," Reports of the First, Second, and Third Meetings of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, 1843, original and photocopy, with a second copy of p. 393-408 of the original (geology) 1843
"Two dams in Northampton, Mass." [a section of "On vibrating dams," by Elias Loomis], The American Journal of Science, vol. 45, no. 2 (natural science) 1843 Oct
"Hints on the iceberg theory of drift, in a letter from Mr. Peter Dobson to Edward Hitchcock" The American Journal of Science, vol. 46, no. 1 (geology) 1843 Dec
"Analysis of coprolites from the new red sandstone formation of New England; by Samuel L. Dana, M.D.--with remarks by Prof. Hitchcock," The American Journal of Science, vol. 48 (geology) 1844
"Analysis of wines from Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor, and of specimens of American cider," The American Journal of Science, vol. 46, no. 2; with a photocopy of the reprint of the article in The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, v. 36, no. 73 (temperance) 1844
"Discovery of more native copper in the town of Whately in Massachusetts, in the valley of Connecticut River, with remarks upon its origin," read before the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists at Albany, April 1843, The American Journal of Science, vol. 47 (geology) 1844
"Discovery of the yttro-cerite in Massachusetts," The American Journal of Science, vol. 47, 2 copies; and a note about Hitchcock's paper on copper and yttro-cerite in The American Journal of Science, 1843 Oct, vol. 45, photocopy (geology) 1844
"Extract of a letter from Prof. Hitchcock, respecting the Lincolnite," The American Journal of Science, vol. 47 (geology) 1844
"Report on ichnolithology, or fossil footmarks, with a description of several new species, and the coprolites of birds, from the valley of Connecticut River, and of a supposed footmark from the valley of Hudson River," The American Journal of Science, vol. 47, 3 copies (geology) 1844
"Geological Map of Massachusetts... by Edward Hitchcock" inset in "Topographical Map of Massachusetts ..." (geology) 1844
"On the original discovery of the fossil footmarks of New England," letter to Benjamin Silliman, editor of the American Journal of Science, intended for publication; apparently a precursor to the exchange between Deane and Hitchcock published in vol. 47, no. 2 of the journal (geology); [1844?]
Controversy with James Deane regarding discovery and priority of investigation of fossil footmarks 1844, 1859
"On the discovery of fossil footmarks," by James Deane
"Rejoinder to the preceding article ...," by Edward Hitchcock, "Answer to the 'Rejoinder' ...," by James Deane, all from The American Journal of Science, vol. 47, no. 2, 1844 Jul-Sep (2 copies)
"Dr. Hitchcock and Dr. Deane: who first scientifically investigated and described the fossil footmarks of the Connecticut Valley?' Reprints 2 letters of Edward Hitchcock (1859 Apr 1 to Henry I. Bowditch and 1859 May 10 to the "Springfield Republican"), 2 copies (geology);
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Incoming and Outgoing, Deane, James
Obituary for Mrs. Harriet W. Fowler, New York Observer, vol. 22, no. 15, photocopy (religion) 1844 Apr 13
"Description by Captains Cook and Flinders of birds' nests of enormous size on the coast of New Holland," The American Journal of Science, vol. 47, no. 1, 2 photocopies; with a reprint of the article in The American Magazine of Natural History, vol. 14, 1844, photocopy (geology) 1844 Apr-Jun
"Extract of a letter from Prof. E. Hitchcock, embracing miscellaneous remarks upon fossil footmarks, the lincolnite, &c, and a letter from Professor Richard Owen, on the great birds' nests of New Holland," The American Journal of Science, vol. 48, no. 1 (geology) 1844 Oct-Dec
"[Review of] On dinornis, an extinct genus of tridactyle struthious birds, with descriptions of portions of the skeletons of six species, which formerly existed in New Zealand, by Professor Owen," The American Journal of Science, vol. 48, no. 1 (geology) 1844 Oct-Dec
Letter to C.B. Adams re: the geology of Vermont, in First Annual Report on the Geology of the State of Vermont, 1845 (geology) 1845
"Case of optical illusion in sickness, with an attempt to explain its psychology," manuscript of Hitchcock's two letters to N.W. Fiske; only the first was published (natural science); 1845 Apr
"Case of optical illusion in sickness, with an attempt to explain its psychology," New Englander, 1845, vol. 3, 2 copies (natural science); 1845 Apr
"The highest use of learning," incomplete, later typescript of inaugural address given in 1845 Apr, copy 1 (religion) 1845 Apr
"The highest use of learning," incomplete, later typescript (carbon) of inaugural address given in 1845 Apr, copy 2 (religion) 1845 Apr
"Mount Holyoke," Hampshire and Franklin Express (speech given at the dedication of a horse path up Mount Holyoke) (geology) 1845 Jul 4
"Description of a singular case of the dispersion of blocks of stone connected with drift, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts," The American Journal of Science, vol. 49, no. 2, 2 copies (geology) 1845 Jul-Sep
Letter to C.B. Adams re: the geology of Vermont, in Second Annual Report on the Geology of the State of Vermont, 1846 (geology) 1846
Religious Lectures on Peculiar Phenomena in the Four Seasons, "Spring," manuscript notes, 2 pp.; with a review of the book from The Christian Examiner, 1850, photocopy (religion) ca. 1847
"Description of two new species of fossil footmarks found in Massachusetts and Connecticut, or, of the animals that made them," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 4, no. 10 (geology) 1847 Jul
"On the trap tuff, or volcanic grit of the Connecticut Valley, with the bearings of its history upon the age of the trap rock and sandstone generally in that valley," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 4, no. 11, 2 copies (geology) 1847 Sep
"On the river terraces of the Connecticut Valley, and on the erosions of the Earth's surface," Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Second Meeting (1849), 1850, photocopy and later typescript (geology) 1850
"On terraces and ancient sea beaches, especially those on the Connecticut River, and its tributaries in New England," Report of the Twentieth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1850), 1851, photocopy and later typescript (geology) 1851
"On the erosions of the Earth's surface, especially by rivers," Report of the Twentieth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1850), 1851, photocopy and later typescript (geology) 1851
Ayer's cherry pectoral endorsement, Liberator (Boston), photostat and photocopy 1851 Apr 18
"On the terraces and sea beaches that have been formed since the drift period, especially those along the Connecticut River," in Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sixth Meeting (1851), 1852, photocopy (geology) 1852
"Description of a slide on Mount Lafayette, at Franconia, New Hampshire," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 14, no. 40, 2 copies (geology) 1852 Jul
"Murders of fathers and murderers of mothers," (published by the American Tract Society, N.Y.), manuscript pages, loose (religion); 1853
"Murders of fathers and murderers of mothers," (published by the American Tract Society, N.Y.), manuscript, sewn (religion); 1853
see also: previous entry
"Description of a brown coal deposit in Brandon, Vermont, with an attempt to determine the geological age of the principal hematite ore beds in the United States," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 15, no. 43, 2 copies (geology) 1853 Jan
"Report on certain points in the geology of Massachusetts," Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House Document no. 39, 2 copies (geology) 1853 Mar
"Report on the coal field of Bristol County and of Rhode Island," Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House Document no. 45 (geology); 1853 Mar
"The coal field of Bristol County and of Rhode Island," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol 16, no. 48, photocopy; with a photocopy of a reprint in Mining Magazine, vol. 1, no. 6, 1853 Dec (geology); 1853 Nov
"Geology of the Hoosac Mountain. Testimony of President Edward Hitchcock, before the Legislative Committee," [Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House Documents] (geology) ca. 1854
"Geology [of Western Massachusetts]--theoretical, economical and scenographical," 3 articles in The Springfield Daily Republican, photocopies (originals in MC6:12:17, restricted for preservation) (geology) 1854 May 8-22
"Special divine interpositions in nature," Biblioteca Sacra, vol. 11, no. 44, 3 copies (religion) 1854 Oct
"A sister's death-bed," obituary for Emelia Billings, in unidentified newspaper (religion) 1854 Oct 2
Recommendation of an exhibition of submarine diving apparatus, photograph of poster (physics) 1854 Oct 28
"Address on retiring from the presidency" detached from Discourses and Addresses at the Installation and Inauguration of the Rev. William A. Stearns, D.D., as President of Amherst College, and Pastor of the College Church, 3 copies (education, religion) 1855
"Charge at the installation [of Amherst College President William A. Stearns]," detached from the same work, 2 copies (education, religion)
"Account of the discovery of the fossil jaw of an extinct family of sharks, from the coal formation," Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 9th Meeting (1855), 1856, photocopy (geology) 1856
"Additional facts respecting the tracks of the Otozoum moodii on the liassic sandstone of the Connecticut Valley," Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 9th Meeting (1855), 1856, photocopy (geology) 1856
Address at the dedication of the State Geological Hall, Albany, N.Y., extracted from New York Senate Document 109, photocopy (geology) 1856
"Description of several sections measured across the sandstone and trap of Connecticut River valley in Massachusetts," Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 9th Meeting (1855), 1856, photocopy (geology) 1856
"The future condition and destiny of the earth," from "The Time of the End:" A Prophetic Period, Developing, as Predicted, an Increase of Knowledge Respecting the Prophecies and Periods that Foretell the End, Boston, 1856, photocopy (religion) 1856
"Inferences from facts respecting the erosions of the earth's surface, especially by rivers," Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 9th Meeting (1855), 1856, photocopy (geology) 1856
"On a new fossil fish, and new fossil footmarks," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 21 (geology) 1856
"The religious bearings of man's creation," (address delivered 1854-56, in various venues, published in Albany, 1856); [incomplete?] manuscript, apparently as delivered to the Theological Society at Dartmouth College, with 3 letters (1856 Sep 11, 1856 Sep 13, 1856 Oct 4) about publishing the sermon (religion) 1854-1856
"Traces of ancient glaciers in New England," Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 9th Meeting (1855), 1856, photocopy (geology) 1856
"Description of a large bowlder in the drift of Amherst, Massachusetts, with parallel striae upon four sides," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 22 (geology) 1857
"Catalogue of the Massachusetts State Cabinet, under charge of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture" [rocks, minerals, and fossils] (geology) 1859
"[Report] to the Hunterdon Copper Company," in Report of the Geological Survey and Condition of the Hunterdon Copper Company's Property, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with Maps and Drawings, includes title page of report (geology) 1859
Remarks in response to the presentation of the silver plate by Amherst College faculty and students; for newspaper account 1859
see: Series 1, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, Sub-series B: Professional Life, Amherst College presentation of the silver plate, 1859, Box 1, Folder 17
See: This series, 1844, Controversy with James Deane ...
On the Brandon frozen well, The Freeman, copy of letter to the editor, not in Hitchcock's hand, requesting corrections to the note published on 1859 Sep 15 (natural science) 1859 Sep 15
"Geological map of Massachusetts made by order of the legislature by Edward Hitchcock 1860," hand colored, annotated "from Wallings edition of Borden's map 1860" (geology) 1860
"Geological map of the United States. Compiled by Professor Edward Hitchcock, L.L.D. 1860," hand colored (geology) 1860
"Exegesis of I Corinthians 15:35-44, as illustrated by natural history and chemistry," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1860 Apr, later transcript (religion) 1860 Apr
"Distorted pebbles," Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. 7, p. 353, later typescript summary (geology) 1860 Oct 3
"Remarks upon certain points in ichnology" (geology) 1861
"On certain conglomerated and brecciated trachytic dykes in the lower silurian rocks of Shelburne, in Vermont; with special reference to the degree of heat at the time of their production " (geology) 1861
"Additional facts respecting the Clathropteris of East Hampton, Massachusetts." 1861
All detached from: Proceedings of The American Association of Science for 1860, 1861, vol. 14 (with a photocopy of each item) (geology)
"'Geological map of the United States. Compiled by Professor Edward Hitchcock L.L.D. and C.H. Hitchcock A.M. of Amherst College. 1861' for R. P. Smith's wall map of the United States 1861," hand colored (geology) 1861
"The cross in nature and nature in the cross," Bibliotheca Sacra, vol. 18, no. 70 (religion) 1861 Apr
"On the conversion of certain conglomerates into talcose and micaceous schists and gneiss, by the elongation, flattening and metamorphosis of the pebbles and the cement," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 31, one offprint and one detached copy (geology) 1861 May
Remarks at 25th anniversary of exercises at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 4 photocopies of printed version; photocopy of manuscript of the remarks, as sent on 1862 Sep 1 (education) 1862
"The law of nature's constancy subordinate to the higher law of change," Bibliotheca Sacra, vol. 20, no. 79 (religion) 1863 Jul
"New facts and conclusions respecting the fossil footmarks of the Connecticut Valley," The American Journal of Science, second series, vol. 36, no. 106, 2 copies (geology) 1863 Jul
Testimonial, dated 1863 Nov 21, in Catalogue of the Academy Series of Casts of Fossils from the Principal Museums of Europe and America, by Henry A. Ward, photocopy (geology) 1870
"An abstract of the course of chemical lectures and recitations in Amherst College," photocopy (chemistry) [ca. 1830]
See also: Series 4, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: AMHERST COLLEGE CLASSROOM LECTURE NOTES
"A reply to some of the strictures contained in Deacon Hitchcock's journal of Mr. Willard's preaching &c.;" manuscript copy of [Willard's] published reply to Hitchcock's previously published remarks; journal unidentified, copy not in Hitchcock's hand (probably not Edward Hitchcock, who never held or used the title of Deacon) n.d.
"A synopsis of the genera and species of the lithichnozoa of the Hitchcock Ichnological Museum of Amherst College," printed list n.d.
Scrapbook collection of approximately 70 newspaper articles by Hitchcock on a range of subjects, photocopies (originals in Box OS3, Folders 5-6, restricted for preservation) 1817-1860
Announcements and reviews of writings, printed and photocopies [1820s-1850s] (with gaps)
Published writings mentioning Edward Hitchcock, photocopies [1820s-1850s] (with gaps)
See also: Series 1: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS for material that may related to Hitchcock's published works
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE for correspondence that may relate to other published works
See also: Series 5: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED--MAJOR WORKS
Series 7: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS [1809-1864]
Notes at New Haven [Yale?] (sub-series A) contains Hitchcock's notes of "Silliman's chymical lectures," dated 1819-1820, and "Notes 1819," describing his religious activities, travel, and lectures by Silliman and others while he was in New Haven in 1819 and 1820. Series 2, Edward Hitchcock: CORRESPONDENCE contains 235 letters between Hitchcock and Silliman. Commonplace books (sub-series B) includes scientific calculations, essays, notes, poetry, and letters kept by Hitchcock early in his life, ca. 1811-1819. He also kept a book of quotations, and extracts from religious and literary readings. Some of these are interesting for their early decorated paper covers. Diaries (sub-series C) cover a period of more than 40 years (ca. 1820-1864) and include personal and religious reflections, his so-called "private notes," and his scientific and travel notes from his European trip in 1850. These demonstrate Hitchcock's ongoing pattern of reflecting on his life. Essays, lectures, notes, maps, charts, and sketches (sub-series D), though never published, reflect Hitchcock's ongoing interests in religion, geology, and more. Local history, health and temperance, agriculture, and meteorology were among his interests. Astronomy, botany, and philosophy are also represented. Like his published religious works, the unpublished essays reflect Hitchcock's continued attempts to reconcile science and religion, a notebook on "Natural religion defended and illustrated," for example. In the Geology section of Essays, the geological notebooks contain observations and geology essays are of particular note. Notes and material relating to essays and lectures about fossil footmarks and geological maps are heavily represented. It is possible that the geological and religious writings relate in some way to Hitchcock's published works, but specific relationships have not been identified. Plays (sub-series E) contains only a single work, a lengthy play called "Never despair; or the siege of Berne." Poetry (sub-series F) contains more than two dozen poem fragments, and notes quoting poetry, most of which are undated. Of particular note is "The portrait of Miss Orra White" written for his future wife. Works of others: notes, commentaries and quotations by Hitchcock (sub-series G) contains four sets of notebooks, with Hitchcock's observations and notes on the works of Joseph Butler, Gregory Olinthus, William Paley, and Gottlob Storr. This sub-series represents Hitchcock's lifelong practice of making notes on writings he found inspirational.
Sub-series A: Notes at New Haven [Yale?]
"Notes 1819," includes diary entries, notes on religious activities, travel, and lectures by Silliman and others during June and July, 1819 1819
"Notes A.D. 1819-20 Silliman's chymical lectures," lecture notes on chemistry and mineralogy (among others) for Dec 1819-Jan 1820; also includes "Geological notes 1823" on last 6 pages 1819-1820, 1823
See also: Series 2: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A and B: Incoming and Outgoing, Silliman, Benjamin
Sub-series B: Commonplace Books
Commonplace book (no. 1), containing geometrical and astronomical calculations and two essays: 1811-1812
"On the present state of liberty" (written in 1809 or 1810, copies made in 1811)
"An introductory address, delivered before the Society of Literary [?], at their seventh anniversary. Aug 8th 1811"; includes a manuscript index at end of the volume
Loose notes including calculations and charts removed from front of Commonplace book (no. 1), preceding entry 1811-1812
Commonplace book (no. 2), containing astronomical observations and calculations and a list of books owned by Hitchcock 1811-1819
Commonplace book (no. 3), containing copies of letters to and from Edmund M. Blunt, among others, and essays including: 1813-[1816]
"Man"
"Immortality"
"A Separation of the United States"
"Genius and application"
and poetry including:
"The downfall of Bonaparte" (published in 1815, according to Hitchcock's Reminiscences)
"Letter to a friend a short time before his marriage":
see below, sub-series F: Poetry, "Letter to a friend a short time before his marriage" for a typescript of the poem
See also: Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A and B: Incoming and Outgoing, Blunt, Edmund
"Elegant extracts," poetic quotations, notebook, decorated paper cover ca. 1814
"Excerpta sacr scriptur," Biblical extracts, notebook, decorated paper covers [ca. 1810s]
"Miscellaneous notes, literary & religious," notebook, decorated paper covers [1819 or later]
"Excerpta elegantia," Greek and Latin extracts, quotations, notebook of sewn signatures 1814 Mar-?
Sub-series C: Diaries
"Memorandum" on Hitchcock's "conversion to Christ and the Orthodox faith" ca. 1820-1830
Hitchcock's reflections on his health and a consecrating prayer written on the birth of his son, Edward, Jr. (AC 1849) 1828 May 24
"Private Notes," pp. 1-86, sewn signatures 1829 Feb 8, 1843 Dec
"Private Notes," pp. 87-258, sewn signatures 1843 Dec, 1854 Jun 18
"Private Notes," pp. 259-466, sewn signatures 1854 Jun 18, 1864 Feb 5
Notebook of European tour 1850 May 15-Aug 9
Notes on European tour describing sites, collections and geographic features of places the Hitchcocks visited, 3 sewn signatures 1850
See also: Series 1: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, Sub-series E: Financial Records, Box 2, Folder 14, for a record of tour expenses; and this series, Sub-series D below, Essays, Lectures, [etc.], Box 22, Folder 16
Sub-series D: Essays, lectures, notes, maps, charts and sketches
Geology
Lecture on the phenomena of "drift and glacio-aqueous action" [ca. 1842]
"Facts respecting the magnetism of rocks," with 6 sheets of observations and diagrams (5 additional sheets are oversize) n.d.
see next entry
"Facts respecting the magnetism of rocks," 5 sheets of oversize drawings n.d.
see also preceding entry
Field notebook, geological observations 1852 Aug-1860 Aug
Introduction to a lecture on fossil footmarks at Deerfield, Mass. ca. 1850
Pencil sketches of fossil tracks (noted as Wethersfield and Middletown, Conn.); also includes apparently unrelated quotations from two books (1 in French); the quotations may date between 1820-27, the tracks are probably later, mid-1830s [ca. 1820-27?][ca. mid 1830s?]
"Geological epochs in the Connecticut Valley" n.d.
"Geological notes 1823," 1823
see above, sub-series A: Class Notes at Yale, "Notes A.D. 1819-20," last 6 pages of notebook, Box 18, Folder 2
"Geological sections" n.d.
Geology and topography of Palestine and Syria," lecture; annotated "Before the Amherst Lyceum March 1843 1843 Mar
Junction of granite & mica slate, B[u?]rnell [...] Woodcut," sketch; annotated on back: "Bank of the Westfield River 1839 May 1
"Lecture 1. General structure and temperature of the globe"; "Lecture 2. Organic remains." n.d.
"Lecture on causes of geological change now in action," outline and notes n.d.
Notes and outline for a geological lecture n.d.
Memoranda, May 1830. Geology of the region from New Brunswick, N. Jersey, to Easton in Pennsylvania. 1830 May
Mt. Monadnock, New Hampshire, description and sketch [? Jun 3]
Notes for a lecture upon Massachusetts before the Amherst Lyceum, Jan 4th, 1831 1831 Jan 4
Notes for further lectures n.d.
Notes of a geological & mineralogical survey of the eastern part of New York, commencing in the summer of 1836. 1836 May-1839 Oct
Notes on the nature of the earth, photocopy n.d.
"Notes on river terraces and erosions 1849," notebook 1849-1851 Sep
"Outlines of a Lecture on Fossil Footmarks," bound notebook; and a sketchy lecture outline, sewn; additional notes, and newsclippings 1852-1853
"Report on the Taconic System" n.d.
Summary of and extract from 'Agassiz' Etudes Sur les Glaciers, Neuchatel, 1850' 1840
"Supplement to ornithic[hnology]," photocopy 1836
"Valley of the Connecticut," notes n.d.
Geology: maps, charts, and drawings, drawn or annotated by Edward Hitchcock relating to unidentified writing
Working map for geology: printed map of Massachusetts, mounted on cloth, with geological formations noted in Hitchcock's hand n.d.
"Section in modified drift. Amherst West Street 1859" 1859
Map showing types of rock formations in western Massachusetts townships, mounted on cloth n.d.
"East & west section through Amherst College" and "East & west section through Mettawampe," together on 1 drawing n.d.
Unidentified drawings and a sketch of fossil footmarks not found in any published book n.d.
Other Sciences
"Astronomical observations made at Deerfield...on the comet of 1811" [1811]
See also above, sub-series B: Commonplace books, for astronomical observations and calculations, Box 18, Folders 1-6, preceding
Balloons, French instructions for filling a balloon with hydrogen (with a drawing); Hitchcock's translation n.d.
Botanical drawings and notes, 1 sheet ca. 1825
"Explanation of the enlarged drawings of plants executed at New Haven Dec. 1825"; with a later manuscript copy by Catharine Hitchcock 1825 Dec
Notes on giant birds with a drawing, copied from published journals; early notes not in Hitchcock's hand; includes a much later addition in his hand n.d.
"Philosophy," notebook containing 6 essays: [pre 1825]
back cover has notation: "E. Hitchcock Deerfield Jun 25"
3 on pneumatics
1 on hydrostatics
1 on astronomy
1 on magnetism
"Remarks on fungi painted 1821," botanical notebook 1821
"Remarks upon fungi collected & painted in the summer of 1821," botanical notebook 1821
Temperature records ca. 1832, 1835-1836
Religion
"Biblical criticism," remarks on Biblical books, not in Hitchcock's hand n.d.
"The connection verified between the prayers & efforts of parents & the conversion of their children" n.d.
(Note: according to Hitchcock's Reminiscences, p. 170, this was published "in several newspapers, according to a general practice")
"Notes and remarks on the Christian Doctrines no. 1," notebook n.d.
"[Notes and remarks on the Christian Doctrines no. 2]," notebook; covers missing and possibly first part of text n.d.
"[Notes and] remarks on the Christian Doctrines no. 3," notebook n.d.
"Result of a council convened August 18, 1841 by the request and at the house of Rev. Theophilus Packard D.D. in Shelburne, Massachusetts" re: animal magnetism 1841 Aug 18
"Geology of the Bible" n.d.
Lecture on the "influence of scenery upon intellectual and moral character," address before the New Hampton Theological Seminary n.d.
"Inspirations of the Scriptures," notes found in notebook called "Notes on Gregory's evidences of Christianity,"
see below, sub-series G: Works of Others, Olinthus, Gregory, Box 23, Folder 5
"On the Mosaic chronology of the world compared with the ancient monuments of arts science and history" n.d.
Natural religion, part I: demonstration of the existence & illustration of the attributes of the deity n.d.
"Natural religion defended and illustrated," bound notebook n.d.
"Natural religion defended and illustrated," loose notes from inside cover of bound notebook in preceding entry n.d.
"Natural theology & geology," lecture n.d.
"Natural theology as illustrated by science," lecture outline n.d.
"Heads of lectures on natural theology as illustrated by science," annotated "An unfinished product of President Hitchcock" by Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849) n.d.
"The religious bearings of geology," nos. 1-2 of a series of 4 lectures: n.d.
lecture 1, "Principles of inorganic geology bearing upon religion"
lecture 2, "Principles of organic geology bearing upon religion"
"The religious bearings of geology," no. 3 of a series of 4 lectures: n.d.
lecture 3, "Illustrations of natural religion from geology"
"The religious bearings of geology," no. 4 of a series of 4 lectures: n.d.
lecture 4, "Illustrations of revealed religion from geology"
"The sea of life," manuscript draft of a religious allegory, 168 pp. n.d.
"The sea of life," manuscript fragments n.d.
"The sea of life," two allegorical maps, hand colored n.d.
A synopsis of the doctrines, evidences and duties of natural and revealed religion n.d.
"Systematic theology," outline and questions for review n.d.
Religion--Notes and fragments
Missions and Missionaries
Notes about "B.J. Bettelheim, M.D. missionary on the Lew Chew Islands." n.d.
Lecture notes about James Brooke, missionary to Borneo; annotated "College April 1849" 1849 Apr
"Missions in South Africa;" annotated "Amherst College June 1847" 1847 Jun
"Uses of Physical Science in the missionary work;" annotated "Amherst College Monthly Covents June 1848" 1848 June
Notes mentioning religious revivals and conversions 1830s-1840s, 1852
Miscellaneous notes n.d.
Temperance and Health
"Ardent spirit [sic] banished from the church and the world converted--an argument addressed to professing Christians" [after 1830]
Two temperance letters addressed to the editor of the Boston Recorder, signed "Philo Udatus" [1837-1838]
"The duty of the churches as to the use of wine at the Lord's Supper by Antivenenean," 2 versions, one may be a draft ca. 1835
The wine question," another version of the preceding entry, with a cover letter to the editor of the New York Observer dated "[Jany] 1, 1836 ca. 1835
"Reasons for attention 'to health,'" Amherst College 1845 Nov 1
Notes on attention to health n.d.
Notes, lectures, reports, letters, and temperance society meeting notes [ca. 1830s-1840s]
Miscellaneous subjects
"Agricultural schools of Europe. 'Expenses of a tour of Europe.' Agriculture & Norfolk society"; notes, accounts, correspondence 1850 May-Oct
See also: Series 1, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, Financial Records, Box 2, Folder 14; and sub-series C above, Diaries, Box 19, Folders 6-7
"Anthropology," outline and notes n.d.
"Eulogy on J. Dickinson," given before the Society of Adelphi, Deerfield Academy; decorated paper covers [ca. 1815]
"Facts relating to the doings of the early settlers of Pocumtuck," notes n.d.
Notes on the differences between federalism and democracy (some are photocopies) n.d.
"Fortification," manuscript with a drawing n.d.
"Hardships of the farmers in Hampshire County" n.d.
"How shall I perpetuate an honorable name among men?" n.d.
"New England ingenuity" n.d.
On friendship and parting, address to the community at Deerfield Academy 1817 Oct
"On genius and application," manuscript n.d.
See also: Commonplace book (no. 3) for another version of this essay, Box 18, Folder 6, preceding
Reflections on the western United States, lecture fragments n.d.
Sub-series E: Plays
Never despair; or, the siege of Berne 1816 May 25
Sub-series F: Poetry
"Archbishop Whately when a student at Oxford wrote the following on the supposed death of Dr. Buckland," handwritten copy by Hitchcock n.d.
"Be kind to the loved ones at home," some lines set to music; not in Hitchcock's hand n.d.
Call not them poets, who, like me, compose in verses, so very near allied to prose n.d.
See also below, "Humility of science" and "The humility of true science," Box 22, Folders 35-36
"For Eddie"; not in Hitchcock's hand n.d.
"The golden calf" [1814]
"The hermit"; not in Hitchcock's hand n.d.
"Humility of science" n.d.
See also next entry, and above, "Call not them poets, who, like me, compose in verses, so very near allied to prose," Box 22, Folder 31
"The humility of true science" n.d.
See also preceding entry, and above, "Call not them poets, who, like me, compose in verses, so very near allied to prose," Box 22, Folder 31
"Letter to a friend a short time before his marriage" n.d.
original in Commonplace book (no. 3), 1813-[1816], on pp. 224-227, Box 18, Folder 6
"Mount Katadhin," [not in Hitchcock's hand?] n.d.
"An original hymn. By Rev. E. Hitchcock, DD."; annotated "Sung in the College Church Oct 2nd 1853," not in Hitchcock's hand [1853]
"A poetical geognosy" [1834 Apr?]
"A poetical sketch of democracy in the county of Hampshire 1809," annotated "Probably the first intellectual effort of President Edward Hitchcock which was made public" by Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849); presumably published, but no published version found 1809
"The portrait of Miss Orra White" [before 1821 May 31]
"Soliloquy" n.d.
"Spring" n.d.
"The summons" n.d.
"Udoriad" [On water] n.d.
"The widow and orphan's refuge" n.d.
See also: Commonplace book (no. 3), for additional poetry, Box 18, Folder 6, preceding
Untitled poems, fragments, and notes quoting poetry n.d.
Untitled poems, fragments, and notes quoting poetry, oversize 1814 May 25, n.d.
Sub-series G: Works of others: notes, commentaries and quotations by Hitchcock
Butler, Joseph, The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and the Course of Nature, notebooks 1-3 n.d.
Butler, Joseph, The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and the Course of Nature, notebooks 4-6 n.d.
Butler, Joseph, The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and the Course of Nature, notebooks 7-9 n.d.
Butler, Joseph, The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and the Course of Nature, notebook of extracts; decorated paper covers n.d.
Olinthus, Gregory, Letters to a Friend on the Evidences, Doctrines and Duties of the Christian Religion, notebook, reverse side of notebook contains "Inspirations of the Scripture" notes by Hitchcock n.d.
Paley, William, View of the Evidences of Christianity, 1826, two notebooks with marbled paper covers n.d.
Storr, Gottlob C., and Flatt, An Elementary Course of Biblical Theology, two notebooks n.d.
Series 8: EDWARD HITCHCOCK: IMAGES [1853-1863]
Portraits of Edward Hitchcock (sub-series A) contains more than a dozen distinct images of Hitchcock, in a range of formats including engravings, lithographs, and albumen prints. Many of the portraits were taken for yearly Class Albums compiled for the students at Amherst College. All the images are of Hitchcock as an adult. Amherst College owns two formal portraits of President Hitchcock; one hangs in Johnson Chapel and one in the Pratt Museum. General (sub-series B) includes snapshots of Hitchcock's family homes and a photograph of Hitchcock's gravestone. There is also one photograph album which includes identified photographs of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock and some immediate family members. It may contain ancestors, relatives and friends of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock and includes pictures of Crego, Childs, and Huntington family members.
Sub-series A: Portraits of Edward Hitchcock
Head and shoulders, facing left, from 1853 Class Album, identified as a "crystalotype" ca. 1853
Head and shoulders, facing left, lithograph, from 1854 Class Album, 22 copies ca. 1854
Head and shoulders, facing left, lithograph, from 1854 Class Album, trimmed, 2 copies ca. 1854
Head and shoulders, facing right, steel engraving, from Annual of Scientific Discovery 1854, 2 copies, (one trimmed), with facsimile note "Respectfully yours, Edward Hitchcock" [ca. 1854]
Head and shoulders, facing right, lithograph, same image as preceding entry, 2 copies, (one trimmed) [after 1854]
Head and shoulders, facing left, later photographic reproduction of engraving from 1854 Class Album (Box 24, Folder 3), trimmed n.d.
Head and shoulders, facing right, lithograph, from 1857 Class Album [ca. 1857]
Head and shoulders, facing right, later photographic reproductions of engraving from 1857 Class Album ca. 1857
Head and shoulders, facing right, with a fur collar coat, photograph, from 1858 Class Album ca. 1858
Head and shoulders, facing left, albumen print, from 1859 Class Album, carte de visite, 12 copies ca. 1859
Head and shoulders, facing left, photograph (retouched), same image as in an 1865 Class Album ca. 1860
Head and shoulders, facing left, albumen print, same image as in 1865 and 1866 Class Albums, as well as an 1859 Class Album (Box 24, Folder 10) ca. 1860
Head and shoulders, facing left, albumen print, same image as in an 1867 Class Album, as well as an 1859 Class Album (Box 24, Folder 10) ca. 1860
Head and shoulders, facing left, with facsimile signature, steel engraving, same as image in 1859 Class Album (Box 24, Folder 10) [after 1859]
Head and shoulders, facing left, with facsimile signature, later photographic reproduction of steel engraving, based on the image in 1859 Class Album (Box 24, Folder 10) 20th century
Head and shoulders, facing left, with facsimile signature, printed photographic reproduction of engraving, based on the image in 1859 Class Album (Box 24, Folder), tear sheet from Amherst Graduates' Quarterly 1920 Nov
Head and shoulders, facing left, albumen print, same as image in 1859 Class Album (Box 24, Folder 10) [ca. 1860]
Head and shoulders, facing left, lithograph, frontispiece for Hitchcock's Reminiscences of Amherst College, 8 copies ca. 1860
Head and shoulders, facing left, photographs, from 1860 and 1861 Class Albums, 3 copies, one signed ca. 1860
Full length, in fur coat, albumen print, same as the image from 1863 Class Album, 2 cartes de visite and 1 later photographic reproduction ca. 1863, n.d.
Seated in chair, in fur coat, albumen print, same as the image in 1863 Class Album, carte de visite, 2 copies ca. 1863
Seated in chair, at a table, holding a book, photograph [ca. 1860s]
See also: Amherst College Class Albums, 1853, 1854, 1857-1867
Sub-series B: General
Hitchcock gravestones: 2 snapshots [20th cent.]
-Grave of Edward Hitchcock n.d.
-Grave of the first child of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock n.d.
Deerfield house where Edward Hitchcock was born, postcard, annotated "The house in Deerfield where father was born. E.H. Terry" 20th cent.
Conway house where Edward and Orra Hitchcock lived when he was minister, snapshot, annotated "The house in Conway where Pres. Hitchcock lived when he was pastor in that town" 20th cent.
Marble bust of Edward Hitchcock, 3 prints including one carte de visite. The carte de visite is annotated "This bust was secured by Professor Richard H. Mather '57, and placed in the Appleton Cabinet in 1865. The artist was Willmore of Boston." Another photograph annotated: "Chauncey B. Ives, sculptor (signed on back), no other information." [19th cent.]
Photograph album with cartes de visite of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock, Jason Hitchcock, Martha Hitchcock, Henry Hitchcock, Elizabeth Hitchcock Childs, and Cassius and Emily Hitchcock Terry [and other Hitchcock related family members?], members of the Crego, Childs and Huntington families [19th cent.]
"Home: Photographs of Five Generations of Edward Hitchcocks" [photocopy] 1937 Dec
Series 9: ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS [1863, n.d.]
Biographical materials (sub-series A) includes general biographical material. Death of Orra White Hitchcock (sub-series B) includes W.S. Tyler's funeral oration for Orra White Hitchcock, Our Wife and Mother, and an obituary, "A virtuous woman," from The Congregationalist. Most significant are the condolences written to her husband Edward and her daughters. These letters reflect the high esteem in which Orra White Hitchcock was held by family, friends, and the greater community.
General folder n.d.
Sub-series B: Death of Orra White Hitchcock
"Our wife and mother", W.S. Tyler, biographical sketch given at her funeral, photocopy 1863 May 28
"A virtuous woman," obituary notice, The Congregationalist, p. 1, photocopy 1863 Jun 12
Condolences to Edward Hitchcock (7 letters), from: 1863 May-Jul
Vaill, Joseph
Mussey, R.D.
Huntington, E.H. [cousin Eunice?]
[Ely], A.
Burrows, P.
Van Lennep, Henry (photocopy)
White, Bela (OWH's brother)
Condolences to Orra White Hitchcock's daughters (2 letters)
Addressed "To the three sisters" from Emily Jessup 1863 Jun 4
To Mary Hitchcock from [L.E.?] Tappan 1863 Jun 20
Series 10: ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE [1816-1860]
This small series contains very few letters. Incoming correspondence (sub-series A) includes seven letters from Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849), to his mother describing his life at Williston Seminary. It also includes miscellaneous letters from several correspondents. Outgoing correspondence (sub-series B) contains fifteen letters from Orra White Hitchcock to her son, Edward, for the years 1849 through 1860. The little additional family correspondence includes letters to her children, brother, and cousin.
Correspondence between Orra White Hitchcock and her husband Edward Hitchcock, are contained in Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE.
Chapin, L. 1824 Mar 30
[Grout?][Grant?], Mr., two cards with "seaweed from the shore of the Indian Ocean" 1854 [Feb 21]
Hitchcock, Edward.
See: Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series B: Outgoing, for Edward Hitchcock's letters to Orra White, Box 5, Folders 31-32
Hitchcock, Edward Jr., (AC 1849), (son) describing his life as a student at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., (7 letters) 1844-1845
Lyell, Mary, Boston (wife of paleogeologist Charles Lyell). [cross-reference only; original is pasted down on hand-numbered page 67 in Edward Hitchcock's autograph album, Box OS-3, folder 10] 1842 Apr 28
Newhall, George Harrison (AC 1845), includes typed transcript 1849 Mar 6
White, George (brother) 1833 Sep 23
Unidentified [C.A.B.?]; description of a wilderness experience in the Adirondacks [1852?] Oct 30
Fiske, Mrs. Nathan W. 1834 May 9
Fowler, Lucy 1820 Feb 19
See: Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A: Incoming, for her 1837 letter to Edward Hitchcock, Box 4, Folder 13
Hitchcock, Edward Jr., (AC 1849) (son) (13 letters and 2 undated fragments) 1850-1860, n.d.
Hitchcock, Mary (daughter) (4 letters) 1843, 1849, n.d.
Hitchcock children, addressed "Dear Children", from Orra White Hitchcock and Edward Hitchcock, (8 letters) 1843, 1847-1848, 1850
Huntington, Eunice (cousin) 1856 Feb 11
Jackson, Rebecca, photocopy 1818 Dec 12
White, Bela (brother) 1831 Sep 15, 1846 Oct 26
Two unidentified fragments, one signed "OWH," one written on verso of "form letter" with a printed a description and a lithograph of Amherst College 1816 Jul 6, n.d.
Series 11: ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: ART [ca. 1812-ca. 1854]
Most of the art was not dated at the time it was created. Dates have been attributed to some items while processing the Papers. Art, General (sub-series A) contains items owned by, attributed to, or created for Orra White Hitchcock. The sub-series includes a blank artist's book from France, and a watercolor of an eagle and other patriotic symbols, "executed by Jane Inglee at Mrs. Haswell's Academy Boston 1812." Material is arranged by type. Art by Subject (sub-series B) is further divided into five subject categories: Amherst College; Flowers; Fruit; Fungi; and Leaves. Amherst College contains some of the earliest sketches of the young college, ca. 1821. Flowers contains 18 watercolors and 2 pencil drawings of flowers, organized by name of the flower, when identified. Fruit contains two watercolors of a bowl of strawberries. Fungi includes only two pen and ink drawings. Leaves contains 5 pastels and one watercolor drawing, which include drawings of a birch sprig, a cedar sprig, a sugar maple sprig, and an oak leaf. Drawings and Prints for Edward Hitchcock's Scientific Works (sub-series C) is further divided by the title of the work they were created for. This series contains printed plates and photographic reproductions of plates. A highlight from this sub-series is the original pen and ink drawing for plate 27, "Fossil vegetables from Mansfield," for the Final Report of the Geology of Massachusetts. There are additional plates from the Final Report and items from Plates Illustrating the Geology and Scenery of Massachusetts. "The Traveler's Return" (sub-series D) includes photographic reproductions of the painting by Orra White Hitchcock and the original on which her work was based. There is also a folder of printed material about the painting. Art from Edward Hitchcock Autograph Album (sub-series E) is further divided into three categories: Landscapes; Portraits; and Tableaux. Each category is arranged alphabetically as appropriate. All the items are pen and ink drawings. The 5 Landscapes include "Bath, near Bristol," "Dickinson College," "The great bend of the Susquehannah River," "Mitchell Lighthouse on Long Island," and "View of the East River." The 8 Portraits include "James Abercrombie," "Maria Louisa," "Count Plantoff," "Commodore Preble," "Philip Schuyler," "Ezra Stiles," and two unidentified portraits, one male, one female. The 3 Tableaux include "The arts," "Nor heaven nor seas now roaring ..." and "Kate is Craz'd." This series contains much of the art created by Orra White Hitchcock that has survived at the College.
In addition, the Archives and Special Collections has a collection of Classroom Drawings which contain drawings and paintings on cloth, created by Orra White Hitchcock for illustrating Edward Hitchcock's classroom lectures. The Mead Art Museum also holds several items by Orra White Hitchcock. All of these should be consulted by anyone reviewing the body of Orra White Hitchcock's artistic work.
Sub-Series A: Art, General
Artist's book from France, blank, (acc. #87-148) ca. 1854
"Fern and Wood Moss," printed card, [by OWH?], 4.5" x 2.5", n.d. n.d.
Eagle and other patriotic symbols, watercolor, "executed by Jane Inglee at Mrs. Haswell's Academy Boston 1812," [for OWH?] 1812
Turtle, pencil outline, [by OWH?], 6.5" x 10.25", n.d. n.d.
Sub-series B: Art (by Subject)
Amherst College in 1821, two photographic (1 color, 1 sepia) reproductions of an oil painting; original at the President's House n.d.
"Amherst College in 1821," photocopy of watercolor, original watercolor in Box OS1, Folder 15 ca. 1821
Amherst College in 1821," pencil sketch on tissue paper showing South College, the old church and the horse stables, 6.25" x 9.75 ca. 1821
Flowers
5 watercolors, 1 pencil sketch: Asters, 8.75" x 11.25", annotated as "asters" in Orra White Hitchcock's hand n.d.
Watercolor: Carnation, 7.25" x 4.25", with pencil sketch of same on verso n.d.
Watercolor: Cleome (spiderflower), 4.5" x 2.5", (acc. #87-143); a color photograph of this painting is located in Box 25, Folder 43 n.d.
Watercolor: Geranium, 7.25" x 4.5" n.d.
Watercolor: [Oxalis?], 4.5" x 2.5", (acc. #87-143); a color photograph of this painting is located in Box 25, Folder 43 n.d.
Watercolor: Pinks, 4.5" x 2.5", (acc. #87-143) n.d.
Watercolor: Rose, 9.75" x 7.75", on sheet with embossed borders, cover sheet reads, "A bit of your grandmother's painting, with her initials at the bottom of the sheet-- also one of her endless chains--Merry Christmas," initials in bottom border n.d.
Watercolor: Rose, 8" x 11.75" (acc. #2000-059) n.d.
Watercolor: Rose and bluebell [petunia?], 4" x 5" n.d.
Pencil drawing: Viola Pubescens, 6.25" x 4.5" n.d.
Watercolor: Viola Tricolor, 6.75" x 5.5", (acc. #96-057) n.d.
Watercolor: Witch hazel, 4.5" x 2.5", (acc. #87-143) n.d.
Watercolor: Unidentified flower, 4" x 2.5", (acc. #87-143) n.d.
Watercolor: Unidentified flower, 7.75" x 5" n.d.
Watercolor: Sprig of three blossoms (unidentified), 4.5" x 4.5" n.d.
Photographs of 2 of the flower paintings listed above, cleome and oxalis n.d.
Fruit
Watercolor: Strawberries, in a bowl, version 1 of 2, 3.25" x 3.5" (acc. #87-143) n.d.
Watercolor: Strawberries, in a bowl, version 2 of 2, 3.75" x 5" n.d.
Fungi
Pen and ink: Agaricus, 4.25" x 2.5" (acc. #87-143) n.d
Pen and ink and watercolor: Menilius Cornucopioides, 4.25" x 2.5" (acc. #87-143) n.d.
Leaves
[Pastel?]: Birch sprig, 4 leaves, autumn color, 9" x 7.5" n.d.
Watercolor: Cedar sprig, with cones, 4.5" x 8" n.d.
[Pastel?]: Sugar maple sprig, leaves, autumn color, oval, ca. 10" x 8" n.d.
[Pastel?]: Oak leaf, autumn color, 6.625" x 4.125" n.d.
[Pastel?]: Unidentified, three types, autumn colors, 10.25" x 8.125" n.d.
Pastel: Unidentified, two sprigs (one possibly sumac), autumn color, 3.375" x 9" n.d.
Sub-series C: Drawings and Prints for Edward Hitchcock's Scientific Works
See also: Series 5, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS, Sub-series C: Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts
Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts, plate 27, "Fossil Vegetables from Mansfield" (title in Edward Hitchcock's hand), five original pen and ink wash drawings on one sheet, 8.25" x 11" ca. 1830s
Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts, printed plates 3-5 and 10, by Orra White Hitchcock, disbound ca. 1840
Plates Illustrating the Geology and Scenery of Massachusetts, plates 2-6 and 8-10, plate 11, photographic reproductions (originals in Box OS1, Folder 16 [including acc. #87-135], restricted for preservation) n.d.
"Rocking stone: Fall River," woodcut (proof?), annotated "Fig. 68," but published as fig. 75 in the Final Report ca. 1840?
Four shells (on one sheet), annotated "Fig. 64," but published as figs. 242, 244, and 245 in the Final Report; pen and ink, 2.625" x 2.5" ca. 1840?
Nine shells (on one sheet), colored ink, calligraphy sample on verso, 4" x ca. 6" n.d.
Oil painting of glacier of Viesch, information and photograph; reproduced in the 1841 2nd edition of Elementary Geology and in the postscript to the Final Report (original [acc. #79-099] in MC6:12, access restricted for preservation) ca. 1841
Sub-series D: "The Traveler's Return"
Orra White Hitchcock version, photographic reproduction n.d.
Original version by unidentified artist, photographic reproduction n.d.
Printed material about work 20th cent.
Sub-series E: Art from Edward Hitchcock Autograph Album (attributed to Orra White Hitchcock)
Landscapes
"Bath Near Bristol," pen and ink n.d.
"Dickinson College," pen and ink n.d.
"The Great Bend of the Susquehannah River," pen and ink n.d.
"Mitchell Lighthouse on Long Island," pen and ink n.d.
"View of the East River," pen and ink n.d.
Portraits
"James Abercrombie," pen and ink n.d.
"Maria Louisa," pen and ink n.d.
"Count Platoff," pen and ink n.d.
"Commodore Preble," pen and ink n.d.
"Philip Schuyler," pen and ink n.d.
"Ezra Stiles," pen and ink n.d.
Unidentified female, pen and ink n.d.
Unidentified male, pen and ink n.d.
Tableaux
"The Arts," pen and ink n.d.
"Nor heaven, nor seas now roaring ...", pen and ink n.d.
"Kate is Craz'd," pen and ink n.d.
Series 12: ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS [1810-1854]
It contains several notebooks that have survived from Orra White Hitchcock's school days, diaries and journals, and some poems. The diaries include a journal kept by Orra White Hitchcock during a trip to Europe in 1850 and one for 1854. The small notebooks contain pencil sketches as well notations about the sites and experiences of visiting England and France. There is also a diary of a trip to Richmond, Virginia, which contains pencil sketches, as well. Of the two poems in the series, only one, "Disappointment," is dated (1818). The second poem, "Should fate do her worst," is undated.
School notebooks (2 notebooks):
Mathematics 1810
Penmanship and poetry with "Eloquence, extracted from Curran's speeches" on last 8 pages 1816
Poem: "Disappointment" 1818 [Mar 4]
Poem: "Should Fate Do Her Worst" n.d.
Diary of trip to Europe (England and France), some pencil sketches with two small bound notebooks (a later partial typed transcript for June 1850 is included) 1850 May-Oct
Diary for 1854, small sewn notebook 1854
Diary of a trip to Richmond, Virginia, includes some pencil sketches and recipes, small sewn notebook 1847 Spring
Diary of a trip to Richmond, Virginia: photocopy (see folder 26a) 1847 Spring
Series 13: ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: IMAGES [ca. 1860]
Series 13, ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: IMAGES consists of photographs (or reproductions of photographs). The photographs are undated, but appear to be mid 19th century prints, showing Orra White Hitchcock, as an older woman. There are two images, both head and shoulders portraits, showing her in a white lace collar and cap. The last image is a twentieth century photograph of Orra White Hitchcock's birthplace in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Portrait, version 1, head and shoulders, wearing white lace collar and cap with tails, carte-de-visite, 4 copies ca. 1860
Portrait, version 1, head and shoulders portrait, wearing white lace collar and cap with tails ca. 1860
Portrait, version 2, head and shoulders portrait, wearing white lace collar and cap, 4 copies, all later photographic prints ca. 1860
Portrait, full length, version 3, photocopy of photographic image (original in PVMA, Deerfield, Mass.) n.d.
Birthplace of Orra White Hitchcock, Amherst, photograph 20th cent.
Series 14: THE FAMILY OF EDWARD HITCHCOCK [ca. 1805-1910]
It contains material relating to Edward Hitchcock's father Justin Hitchcock, his brother Henry Hitchcock, his sister Marissa Hitchcock, and his children, Catherine Hitchcock Storrs, Charles Henry Hitchcock, Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849), Emily Hitchcock Terry, Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Putnam, and Mary Hitchcock. Much of the information in the series consists of references to material located in different parts of the collection. Of particular interest are Mary Hitchcock's drawings of Amherst College during its early period.
Father: Justin Hitchcock (1752-1822)
Diary entries for 1772-1779 (with gaps); later typescript copy, 2 pp. n.d.
Manuscript copy of letter (1778 Apr 3) from Justin Hitchcock to David and Silence Hoyt, asking to marry their daughter, Mary n.d.
Terms of indenture, 1766, later manuscript copy in handwriting of Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849) --
Sister: Charissa Hitchcock (1781-1855)
Concerning the gift of a gown, with her response; manuscript copy n.d.
See also: Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A: Incoming, Box 3, Folder 17, for her 1855 letter to Edward Hitchcock
Brother: Henry Hitchcock (1783-1861)
Music notebook, manuscript, with music and some words 1805 Apr 25
Daughter: Catherine Hitchcock Storrs
Letter to her sister Mary (pencilled addendum to a letter by Orra; original in box 25, folder 15) 1843 Dec 18
Letter to Mrs. --- March 1848 Sep 23
See also: Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series B: Outgoing, Box 4, Folder 42, for his 1844 letter to Catherine Hitchcock
See also: Edward Jr. (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Papers for Catherine Hitchcock's correspondence with her brother and sister-in-law (46 letters)
Son: Charles Henry Hitchcock (AC 1856)
Envelope addressed to William A. Stearns, Amherst College President 1865 Dec
Warranty from: Charles H. Hitchcock to Calista Hitchcock, for Deerfield land, witnessed by Moses Foster, H.N. Fay, Martha B. Hitchcock 1867 Jun 27
See also: Series 1, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, Sub-series E: Financial Records: Education of his children, Box 2, Folders 27-29
See also: Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A: Incoming, Hitchcock, Charles, Box 3, Folder 18
See also: Edward Jr. (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Papers: Amherst College Personal Affairs, Obituaries and Correspondence
Son: Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849)
See: Correspondence in 3 series: Series 2, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A and B: Incoming and Outgoing; Series 5, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PUBLISHED WRITINGS--MAJOR WORKS, Sub-series A: Elementary Anatomy, for co-authorship with Edward Hitchcock, Box 11, Folder 1-2; Series 10, ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series A and B: Incoming and Outgoing
Daughter: Emily Hitchcock Terry
Letter to her sister Mary n.d.
Letters (2) to Emily Hitchcock Terry, from Simeon Gilbert and William Hayes Ward 1910 Sep 11, 27
"Happy New Year" Composition, possibly written for a class at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, ca. 1856-1859] n.d.
Twenty-second Annual Catalogue of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary... 1858-59. (Emily Hitchcock is listed as a Senior on p. 5; Edward Hitchcock is listed as a trustee) 1859
Hitchcock Terry, Emily, seated, reading, photograph (as an older woman) [after 1900]
See also: Edward Jr. (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Papers: CORRESPONDENCE
Daughter: Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Putnam
See: Series 1, EDWARD HITCHCOCK: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, Sub-series E: Financial Records: Education of His Children, Box 2, Folders 27-29
See also: Edward Hitchcock, Jr. (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Papers: CORRESPONDENCE
Daughter: Mary Hitchcock
Drawing, "Amherst College in 1821" (annotated by Edward Hitchcock, Jr. [AC 1849]); pencil (and ink wash?), 4" x 7.75" (on sheet 4.5" x 7.75") n.d.
Drawing, "Amherst College in 1821 with the horse sheds" (annotated by Edward Hitchcock, Jr. [AC 1849]); pencil, 6" x 9.75" n.d.
Lithograph, "Amherst College 1821" (annotated "From President Hitchcocks Reminiscences. Mary Hitchcock"); 3.5" x 5 11/16" (on sheet 4 11/16" x 7 13/16") n.d.
Drawing, "Amherst College in 1824. With the Bell Tower" (annotated by Edward Hitchcock, Jr. [AC 1849]); pen and ink, 12.25" x 18.25" n.d.
Drawing, "The President Hitchcock home as it was in the 60s" (annotated by Edward Hitchcock, Jr. [AC 1849]); pencil, 5" x 7" [1860s]
Letter to Mary, signed "[??] Harrison"; return address is Andover Theological Seminary 1847 Nov 17
Calling card decorated with plant pressed by Mary; also pressed plants which she gathered into an herbarium of 6 linked panels and sent to Sarah J. Cowles of Amherst, Mass. n.d.
Hitchcock, Mary, showing the back of her head, holding "one of the babies," albumen print, carte de visite n.d.
See also: this series: Hitchcock, Catherine; Hitchcock, Emily
See also: Series 10, ORRA WHITE HITCHCOCK: CORRESPONDENCE, Sub-series B: Outgoing