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A watercolor drawing of viola tricolor by Orra White Hitchcock with a faded caption at the bottom of the sheet. The drawing features four flowers (three in full bloom) along a stem with many leaves. The bottom left corner of the paper is torn. The…

A poem by Edward Hitchcock on the refuge of God after loss, written in part from the perspective of a widow and her orphans wailing over the loss of the husband and father.

Disbound printed title page of Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts"

Two versions of a poem by Edward Hitchcock that appears to be about moving on in life after graduation, using the ocean as a metaphor for life.

A painting of four leaves in autumnal colors by Orra White Hitchcock, possibly done in pastels. The top three leaves are all leaves from the sassafras tree, which can have three-lobed leaves, mitten-shaped leaves, and simple leaves. Two fruits of the…

A fragment of a poem by Edward Hitchcock in which the poet laments being unable to gaze upon the sights he once could see, especially the stars and planets.

A plate printed from illustrations by Orra White Hitchcock depicting various types of animal tracks. This is plate 50 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."

A painting of a sprig of three maple leaves in autumnal colors by Orra White Hitchcock, possibly done in pastels. The artwork is housed in a mat for conservation.

A poem by Edward Hitchcock written about the death of his friend, Jackson [probably Jackson Dickinson].

A plate printed from illustrations by Orra White Hitchcock depicting nineteen different fossils from the Eocene Tertiary. This is plate 19 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."