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Letter, 25 May 1882
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Rev. Dr. Horace Carter Hovey was born on January 28, 1833, in Rob Roy, Fountain County, Indiana.
He was a clergyman, cave explorer, geologist, and author. He was a pastor of the Park Street Church, Bridgeport, Conn., and was a member of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution. He is considered the father of American speleology. He published many books on cave exploring, e.g., "Celebrated American Caverns, Especially Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray" (1882) and "Guide Book to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky Historical, Scientific and Descriptive" (1885).
In 1857, he married Helen Lavinia Blatchley (1830-1915). He died on July 27, 1914, in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Letter from H.C. Hovey to John William Dawson, written from New Haven, Conn.