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science in this country were the following: 

 Mitchell (1764-1831), born in Hempstead, 

 L. I., whose political services have been 

 alluded to above and who published in 1796 

 "A Report of the Geology and Mineralogy 

 of the Hudson," the first work of its kind 

 in the United States; Stephen van Rensse- 

 laer (1765-1839), born in New York City, 

 founder of the Polytechnic of Troy, patron 

 of the first serious geological work in the 

 state; David Hosack (1769-1835), born in 

 New York City, closely associated with De 

 Witt Clinton in the leadership of civic life, 

 promoter of botany and mineralogy, master 

 of John Torrey; Amos Eaton (1776-1842), 

 born at Chatham, tiirned toward science by 

 Mitchell and Hosack, whose survey of Al- 

 bany and Rensselaer counties marked an 

 era in the progress of geology in this coun- 

 try, the master of James Hall; Henry 

 Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), born in 

 Albany county, pioneer explorer of the 

 geology and the mineral wealth beyond the 

 Alleghanies and discoverer of the source 

 of the Mississippi; John Torrey (1796- 

 1873), born in New York City, pupil of 

 Hosack, founder of American botany, 

 master of Asa Gray; Joseph Henry (1799- 

 1878), born in Albany, discoverer of the 

 magneto-electric telegraph, which has put 

 the whole world into communication; Wil- 

 liam Williams Mather (1804-1859), born 

 in Brooklyn, one of the four geologists of 

 the Survey, pioneer geologist of Ohio and 

 Kentucky; James Dwight Dana (1813- 

 1895), born in Utica, geologist of the 

 Wilkes Exploring Expedition, the fore- 

 most geologist of his time in America; 

 Alexander Winchell (1824^1891), born in 

 the Northeast, geologist of Michigan ; Otlmiel 

 Charles Marsh (1831-1899), born in Lock- 

 port, famous vertebrate paleontologist, one 

 of the leaders in the exploration of the 

 western states; Robert Parr Whitfield 

 (1828-1910), born in New Hartford, in- 



vertebrate paleontologist of distinction; 

 Edward Orton (1829-1899), born in Dela- 

 ware county, state geologist of Ohio; John 

 Wesley Powell (1824-1902), born in 

 Mount Morris, explorer of the Grand 

 Canon, famous ethnologist, director of the 

 United States Geological Survey; Israel 

 Cook Russell (1852-1906), born at Gar- 

 rettsville, geologist, explorer and eminent 

 writer. 



We trust space may be found within the 

 new museum, in bust or tablet, to memor- 

 ialize the services of these great men as well 

 as of those who, like Hall, came from other 

 states. In this matter the state may well 

 follow France, which leads the world in 

 appreciation of its men of science and 

 erects more statues to its savants and lit- 

 terateurs than to its military leaders. 



Among the living natives of the state 

 who have rendered or are rendering dis- 

 tinguished service are Raphael Pumpelly 

 (1837), geologist and explorer; John James 

 Stevenson (1841), geologist of the Wheeler 

 and Pennsylvania Surveys; Grove Karl 

 Gilbert (1843), geologist of two state and 

 two of the national surveys; Charles Doo- 

 little Walcott (1853), leading invertebrate 

 paleontologist and administrator of the 

 United States Geological Survey and of 

 the Smithsonian Institution; last but not 

 least, John Mason Clarke (1857), pupil of 

 James Hall, invertebrate paleontologist, 

 distinguished in geology and paleontology. 



From this number the nation has chosen 

 two of the directors of the United States 

 Geological Survey, Powell and Walcott, 

 and two of the secretaries of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, Henry and Walcott. 



Our early political governors and men 

 of science found their inspiration in the 

 state itself, in its splendid area equal to 

 that of all New England, in its scenery — 

 including the Palisades, the Hudson, the 

 Catskills, the Adirondaeks, the Mohawk, 



