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INDEX. 



ance with i. 107; remarks of, i. 

 127. 

 Prince, Rev. T. D., D. D., i. 360. 



Q. 



Quincy, Eliza, correspondence of 

 Prof. Silliman with, ii. 284, seq. 



Quincy. Josiah (Sen.), his letters to 

 Prof. 'Silliman, i. 328, 329, 351 ; ii. 

 247, 248; his history of Harvard 

 College, i. 400, 402; remarks of 

 Prof. Silliman on, ii. 291. 



R. 



Rebellion, the Southern, feelings of 

 Prof. Silliman concerning, ii. 283, 

 290, 292, 294, 296 ; remarks on, ii. 

 284, 288, 289 ; the support derived 

 from England and France by. ii. 

 289. 



Redfield, William C., ii. 153. 



Rawdon, Lord, his appearance, i. 183 ; 

 remarks of Prof. Silliman on, i. 

 183. 



Ritter, Carl, his letters to Prof. Silli 

 man, ii. 105, seq. 



Robison, Dr. John, letter of President 

 Dwight to, i. 156. 



Rogers, Prof. W. B., ii. 182. 



Roscoe, William, i. 136. 



Rose, Prof. H., i. 27. 



Russia, remarks of Prof. J. F. W. 

 Johnston on, ii. 181. 



Ryland, Rev. John, D. D., i. 147. 



8. 



Salisbury, Prof. Edward E., ii. 130. 



Saratoga Springs in 1797, i. 308. 



Sargeant, John, i. 98. 



Seybert, Dr. Adam, i. 215. 



Seymour, Lord Webb, i. 181. 



Shattuck, Dr., i. 354. 



Sheffield, Joseph E., his benefactions 

 to Yale College, ii. 277; his letter 

 to Prof. Silliman, ii. 278. 



Sheffield Scientific School, history of 

 the, ii. 274, seq. 



Shepard, Prof. Charles U., his char 

 acter as an assistant of Prof. Silli 

 man, i. 317; i. 375; ii. 8, 327; his 

 remarks on the character of Prof. 

 Silliman, ii. 370, seq. 



Sigourney, L. H., her poem addressed 



to Prof. Silliman, i. 61 ; her letter 

 to Prof. Silliman, i. 323. 

 SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN, his birth, i. 1; 

 origin of his family, i. 1, 2; his 

 father's Revolutionary services, i. 

 3, 4; his ancestors in the maternal 

 line, i. 4, seq. ; his father's capture 

 by the British, i. 6; his mother's 

 retirement to Trumbull, i. 8; his 

 father's character and manners, i. 

 10; his maternal grandmother, i. 

 11 ; his visit, in 1792. to Stonington, 

 i. 12 ; his training in respect to man 

 ners, i. 14; his recollections of his 

 father's death, i. 15; his early re 

 ligious training, i. 17 ; his first 

 school, i. 19 ; his mother and her 

 family after his father's death, i. 

 21; his preparation for college, i. 

 23 ; his early love of natural scen 

 ery, i. 25 ; enters Yale College, i. 

 27; his character in college, i. 28; 

 his diary in college, i. 29, seq. ; his 

 employment after graduation, i. 45; 

 teaches in Wethersfield (1798), i. 

 46 ; a law-student in New Haven, 

 i. 47 ; his inauguration as tutor, i. 

 50; his early friends, i. 52; his fed 

 eralism, i. 54 ; his early produc 

 tions, i. 55, seq. ; his correspondence 

 (1796-1802) i. 62, sej. ; his early 

 religious views and impressions, i. 

 78, seq. ; unites with the college 

 church, i. 83; his appointment to 

 the professorship of chemistry, i. 87, 

 seq. ; his first interview, on the 

 subject, with President Dwight, i. 

 91 ; his first winter in Philadelphia, 

 i. 97, seq. ; his associates in Phila 

 delphia, i. 98; his opportunities for 

 professional improvement, i. 100; 

 attends the lectures of Dr. Wood- 

 house, i. 100; his friendship with 

 Robert Hare, i. 103: attends Dr. 

 Barton's lectures, i. 105; attends 

 Dr. Wistar's lectures, i. 106; his 

 interview with Dr. Priestley, i. 107 ; 

 spends the summer of 1803 in New 

 Haven, i. 109 ; his brief residence 

 in Princeton, i. 109; his second 

 winter in Philadelphia, i. Ill; his 

 correspondence while a student in 

 Philadelphia, i. 112 ; his first labors 

 as Professor, i. 121, seq. ; his subter 

 ranean laboratory, i. 122; plan of 

 visiting Europe, i. 127 ; Rev. John 

 Pierpont's reminiscences of, i. 130; 

 his visit to New York prior to sail- 



