Correspondence of Benjamin Silliman
Excerpt from correspondence sent to Benjamin Silliman from the Commercial Bank, San Francisco, April 16, 1875.
Collection area: History of Science
Collection dates: 1875-1884
Letters from George A. Treadwell and others, relating to mining ventures in Arizona, with 2 post cards, a drawing, and 2 newspaper clippings. Also included are two letters to George Treadwell.
Chemist; professor at Yale, from 1853. Son of Benjamin Silliman, also a chemist, geologist, and Yale professor, 1802-1852.
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