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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. SiHiman, i. 328, 329, 351; ii. 

 247, 248; his history of Harvard 

 College, i. 400, 402; remarks of 

 Prof. Silliman on, ii. 291. 



E. 



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, .svy. 



Robison, I )r. John, letter of President 

 l>\vi--ht to. i. l.Mi. 



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



Roscoe, William, i. 136. 



Kose, Pn.f. II., i. 27. 



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

 Johnston on, ii. 181. 



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



S. 



Salisbury, Prof. Edward K., ii. 130. 



Saratoga Springs in 1797, i. 308. 



Sargrant. John, i. 98. ' 



Sevbert, Dr. A.Iain, i. 215. 



Seymour, Lord Webb. i. 181. 



Shattuek, Dr., i. :J54. 



Sheilirld. Joseph I-:., his benefactions 

 to Yal<> College, ii. 277; his letter 

 to IW. Silliman, ii. 278. 



Sheffield Si-i.-miii,- School, history of 

 the, ii. 274. $eq. 



Shepard. Prof. Cliarlrs II., his char- 

 acter as an a>>i.-taiit of Prof. Silli- 

 man, i. 317; i. 37r>: ii. 8, 337 his 

 remarks on the character of 1'rol'. 

 Silliman, ii. .'570, s< 7. 



Sigourney, L. H., her poem addressed 



to Prof. Silliman, i. 61; her letter 

 to Prof. Silliman, i. 323, 

 SILLIMAN, P.KN.JAMIN, 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, se(j. ; 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; hi.s recollections of his 

 father's death, i. ir>; 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 colK 

 23; his early love of natural 

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

 27; his character in college, i. 28; 

 his diary in college, i. 2i', .-< </. ; his 

 employment after graduation, i. 45 ; 

 teaches in Wetherstield (1798), i. 

 40; a law-student in New Haven, 

 i. 47; his inauguration as tutor, i. 

 50; his early friends, i. .VJ; his fed- 

 eralism, i. 54 ; bis early produc- 

 tions, i. 5. r >, f<'(/. ; IUN correspondence, 

 (1790-1S02) i. i;2. seq.; 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, 

 sry. ; his first interview, on the 

 subject, with I "resident Dwight, i. 

 91 ;'his first winter in Philadelphia, 

 i. 97, se<j. ; his as.-oeiates in Phila- 

 delphia, i. 98; his opportunities for 

 professional improvement, i. 100; 

 attends the lectures of Dr. Wood- 

 house, i. 100; his friendship with 

 Kobcrt Hare, i. 103: attends Dr. 



Barton's lectures, i. lor>; attends 



Dr. AVistar's lectures, i. l()(i; his 

 interview with Dr. Priestley, i. 107; 

 spends the summer of ISO.'! in New 

 Haven, i. 109; his brief residence 

 in Princeton, i. !()!; his second 

 winter in Philadelphia, i. Ill ; his 

 correspondence while a student in 

 Philadelphia,!. 112; his tirst labors 

 as Professor, i. 1'Jl, *iy. ; his subter- 

 ranean laboratory, i. 122: plan of 

 visiting Europe, i. 1-7; I.'ev. John 

 1'ierpont's reminiscences of, i. i;{0; 

 his visit to New York prior to sail- 



