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An excerpt from a Thomas Moore poem, "Farewell -- but whenever," handwritten on a sheet with an embossed boarder. The transcriber is not identified.

A certificate entitling Edward Hitchcock to four shares in stock of The Metropolitan Soap Stone Company. Signed by the President of the company, Charles B. Stuart and its Secretary, whose name could not be deciphered.

A portrait of Edward Hitchcock, facing right, with caption, made by Boston lithographer J.H. Bufford. This image was used as the frontispiece for Hitchcock's "Reminiscences of Amherst College," published in 1863 by Bridgman & Childs.

One of 61 drawings done by Orra White Hitchcock for use in Professor Edward Hitchcock's classes on geology and natural history.

A plate printed from an illustration by Orra White Hitchcock showing a view of the Connecticut River in Hadley, Massachusetts. The plate is plate 5 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."

A plate printed from illustrations by Orra White Hitchcock depicting the feet and corresponding tracks of certain types of animals. This is plate 51 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."

A plate printed from an illustration by Orra White Hitchocck showing a view of Turners Falls, Massachusetts. This is plate 10 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."

Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864. Final report on the geology of Massachusetts – Illustrations

A printed plate of a drawing of North Adams, Massachusetts by Orra White Hitchcock. This plate is Plate 3 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."

A watercolor drawing of a cedar sprig with cones by Orra White Hitchcock.