Letter from Thomas Cooper to Parker Cleveland

Letter from Thomas Cooper to Parker Cleveland
Number of Pages: 
6
Date: 
July 20, 1817

Former Dickinson College Professor Thomas Cooper writes Parker Cleveland, a Professor of Mineralogy at Bowdoin College, and asks for advice regarding about his plans to teach a class on mineralogy at the University of Philadelphia. "I propose using your book as the manual for my class," as Cooper notes. Cooper also asks Cleveland to send any available "specimens of the minerals of New England." Transcript included.

Time Period: 
Location: 
I-Purchase-1950-1
Origin: 
Library Purchase