Impressions from a Lost World: The Discovery of Dinosaur Footprints

"Rejoinder to the preceding Article of Dr. Deane", American Journal of Science, October 1844

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Edward Hitchcock responds to James Deane's claim to credit for the discovery of fossil footprints and his accusations that Hitchcock had wrongly robbed him of this credit. Hitchcock recounts the events as he remembers them and makes his own claim to discovery.

Creator:
Edward Hitchcock
Date:
1844
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