Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 21 June 1880
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/5
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton giving the background details to the current Congress debate concerning the expansion of the United States Geological Survey to incorporate individual State Surveys. He reports that he will shortly be leaving to undertake field work at the Grand Canyon and requests that Geikie send his sister copies of the review he has written of Dutton's book.
Dates
- Creation: 21 June 1880
Creator
- Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Full Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 letter
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Sarah Higgins 24 August 2001
Subject
- Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) (Person)
- Duton, Emily C, fl1880 (sister of Captain Clarence Edward Dutton, American Geologist) (Person)
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- King, Clarence, 1842-1901 (American geologist) (Person)
- United States Geological Survey (Organization)
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