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INDEX. 



of Lowell lectures, i. 394; his fourth 

 course of Lowell lectures, i. 396; 

 his lectures in Southern cities, ii. 1, 

 seq. ; his lectures in Pittsburgh, ii. 

 2 ; his lectures in Baltimore, ii. 4 ; 

 his visit to Charleston, ii. 8; his 

 visit to Montgomery (Ala.), ii. 13; 

 his lectures in New Orleans, ii. 14, 

 seq. ; his letters to a lady on the 

 subject of religion, ii. 17, seq. ; his 

 lectures in other cities, ii. 20, seq. ; 

 his reflections on his public labors, 

 ii. 22; attends Commencement at 

 Cambridge (1846), ii. 30; his cor 

 respondence with Berzelius, ii. 35 ; 

 his correspondence with W. Mac- 

 lure, ii. 40 ; his correspondence with 

 R. Bakewell, ii. 51; his reminis 

 cences of Col. Trumbull and re 

 marks on his paintings, ii. 66, 

 seq. ; his religious reflections, ii. 

 85, 93, 100, 234, 253, 298, 300; his 

 visit to his early home, ii. 87 ; his 

 proposal to resign his professor 

 ship, ii. 90 ; his second visit to Eu 

 rope, ii. 101, seq. ; letters to him 

 from Humboldt and Carl Hitter, 

 ii. 103, seq. ; his second marriage, ii. 

 108 ; his letters to Dr. John Griscom, 

 ii. 108, seq. ; his notice of the death 

 of Prof. Stuart, ii. 115; his notice 

 of the death of Prof. Kingsley, ii. 

 116; his interview with Daniel 

 Webster, ii. 118; his resignation of 

 his professorship, ii. 125, seq. ; his 

 correspondence with Dr. Edward 

 Hitchcock, ii. 132, seq. ; his view 

 of the Mosaic Cosmogony, ii- 132 ; 

 letters to him from Prof. Agassiz, 

 ii. 150, seq. ; from Sir Charles Lyell, 

 ii. 161, seq. ; from Sir R. I. Murchi- 

 son, ii. 167; from Prof. R. Owen, 

 ii. 169; from Prof. Charles Dau- 

 beny, ii. 172; from Sir J. F. \V. 

 Herschel, ii. 178; from Prof. Cony- 

 beare, ii. 180; from Prof. J. F. W. 

 Johnston, ii. 181; his correspond 

 ence with Dr. Mantell, ii. 183, seq. ; 

 his second book of travels in Eu 

 rope, ii. 233 ; his last lecture in col 

 lege, ii. 234 ; his opinions on slavery, 

 ii. 238; his action respecting Kan 

 sas, ii. 241, seq. ; letters to him from 

 John P. Hale, ii. 245 ; from Josiah 

 Quincv, ii. 247 ; his interviews 

 with Washington Irving, ii. 249; 

 his presence at the dedication of 

 the Dudley Observatory, ii. 250; 



his interest in the religious welfare 

 of his friends, ii. 253 ; his part in 

 the New Haven correspondence 

 with Mr. Buchanan, ii. 257, seq. ; 

 letters to him from Lyman Trum 

 bull, ii. 261; from Charles Sumner, 

 ii. 261 ; from Edward Hitchcock, ii. 

 262 ; his correspondence with John 

 Taylor, ii. 263 ; his situation in his 

 closing years, ii. 271, seq. ; the pros 

 perity of his departments of in 

 struction in Yale College, ii. 274, 

 seq. ; his agency in the establish 

 ment of the Sheffield Scientific 

 School, ii. 276, seq. ; tributes of re 

 spect paid to him in his old age, ii. 

 279 ; his views of the Southern re 

 bellion and the war, ii. 283; his 

 correspondence with Miss Quincy, 

 ii. 284, seq. ; his letters to Rev. Dr. 

 Sprague, ii. 292, seq. ; his letters to 

 Miss Lindsley, ii. 294, seq. ; his part 

 in the commemoration at North 

 Stonington, ii. 304; his last illness, 

 ii. 311, seq. ; his death, ii. 317 ; his 

 funeral, ii. 318; his personal traits, 

 ii. 318, seq. ; his intellectual quali 

 ties, ii. 318 ; his merits as a lecturer, 

 ii. 320, seq. ; his services to science, 

 ii. 326, seq. ; his services to Yale 

 College, ii. 335 ; his character as a 

 college officer, ii. 336, seq. ; his love 

 of esteem, ii. 339; his kindness, ii. 

 353; his domestic traits, ii. 359; 

 testimonies to his excellence, ii. 

 369, seq. 



Silliman, Benjamin, Jr., his useful 

 ness as the assistant of his father, 

 i. 318, 364, 393 ; ii. 128 ; his agency 

 in founding the Yale Scientific 

 School, ii. 274, 275 ; letter of Prof. 

 Silliman to, ii. 314. 



Silliman, Benjamin (3d), ii. 308. 



Silliman, Benjamin D., becomes an 

 assistant of Prof. Silliman, i. 315; 

 his subsequent history, i. 316. 



Silliman, Daniel, i. 1. 



Silliman, Ebenezer, i. 3. 



Silliman, Gen. Gold Selleck, his ser 

 vices in the Revolutionary war, i. 

 3 ; his capture by the British, i. 6 ; 

 his return to his home, i. 9; his 

 death, i. 15. 



Silliman, Mrs. Gold Selleck, her 

 character, i. 6 ; her account of her 

 retreat from Fail-field, i. 8; her 

 death and character, i. 274; ii. 84. 



Silliman,Gold Selleck (Jr.), i. 8, 9, 10, 



