Benjamin Silliman, “Remarks on Some of the Gold Mines, and on Parts of the Gold Region of Virginia..."
Item
Title
Benjamin Silliman, “Remarks on Some of the Gold Mines, and on Parts of the Gold Region of Virginia..."
Creator
Benjamin Silliman
Contributor
Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Date
July 1837
Description
First page of Benjamin Silliman's 1837 article “Remarks on Some of the Gold Mines, and on Parts of the Gold Region of Virginia..." Silliman failed to mention that most of the mines he observed were worked by enslaved people though he mentioned it in his private journal.
Format
Still image
Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044106433204?urlappend=%3Bseq=118%3Bownerid=27021597765689890-128
Language
en
English
Rights
Public domain
Source
Benjamin Silliman, “Remarks on Some of the Gold Mines, and on Parts of the Gold Region of Virginia, founded on personal observations, made in the months of August and September, 1836,” American Journal of Science 32 (1837): 98-130. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044106433204
