Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 (American geologist and chemist | Professor of Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy in Yale College)
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Charles Lyell Project, May 2021
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Silliman Jr (and possibly Sr)., Benjamin to Charles Lyell, 15 June 1836 - 18 April 1865
File — Box Box 1.12: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/240
Scope and Contents
Possibly includes letters from both Benjamin Silliman Jr and his father Benjamin Silliman Sr. (Earlier letters refer to Dr Silliman, whereas later letters make the distinction of referring to B. Silliman). Includes letter contaning Dr Buckley's statement on the Hydroargos Sea Serpent.
Dates:
15 June 1836 - 18 April 1865
Notebook No.78, 12 August 1839-17 October 1839
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/78
Scope and Contents
This dark maroon coloured leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's specimen lists, to do lists, notes from colleagues publications, sketches, many blank pages. Miscellaneous notes; pp.21-22 - References to Darwin's 'Glen Roy' paper. Front and back cover are blank, index is p. 115-6. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from...
Dates:
12 August 1839-17 October 1839
Notebook No.123, 3 October 1845 - 10 October 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/123
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s visit to the United States of America (started in notebook, Number 121), continuing his travels throughout parts of New England, including New Hampshire and Vermont. The notes are comprised of discussions about politics and religion, supplemented by commentary about social life, in New England and the United States more broadly, and field notes and observations, including some sketches, of the natural history of the visited regions. Notes...
Dates:
3 October 1845 - 10 October 1845
Notebook No.126, 3 December 1845-12 December 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/126
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from December 3, 1845 to December 12, 1845 upon leaving Boston and traveling to Philadelphia, with visits in New Haven, Connecticut and New York City, and further enroute to Washington, D.C. The notes are comprised of discussions about politics and religion, supplemented by commentary about social life, in New England and the United States more broadly, plus field notes, observations, and sketches concerned with geology and natural history,...
Dates:
3 December 1845-12 December 1845
Notebook No.132, February 1846- February 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/132
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from January 28 to February 6 1846 while traveling from Montgomery to Mobile (Alabama) via the Alabama River on the steamer Amaranth. He stops at Centerport and Clairborne, with overland excursions to Macon and Clarksville. He then continues his journey to Mobile on the Amaranth. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-115 and 6 uncounted pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches....
Dates:
February 1846- February 1846
Notebook No.137, 13 March 1846-20 March 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/137
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from March 13 to March 20, 1846, while traveling in Natchez, Jackson, Mississippi. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. The index is written by Mary Lyell and is located in the back of the notebook on pages 109-115. In the index, an X or ? is written in the left margin to mark certain entries.Content warning: Lyell uses his Scientific Notebooks to gather evidence, based on both his own...
Dates:
13 March 1846-20 March 1846
Notebook No.139, 27 March 1846-4 April 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/139
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from March 27th to April 4th 1846. The notebook starts in New Madrid, Missouri as Lyell travels north along the Ohio River, visiting Illinois, New Harmony, Indiana, and Kentucky. The index is located in the back of the notebook on 9 unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. In the index, an X or ? is written in the left margin to mark certain entries.Contentwarning: Lyell uses his...
Dates:
27 March 1846-4 April 1846
Notebook No.150, February 1847- March 1847
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/150
Scope and Contents
This black leather notebook was written whilst Lyell was in London, at 11 Harley Street and starts with memoranda, then a list of 'scientific visitors'. Written in London in the years between his travels in America, this notebook considers giraffe and bony fossil fish, but in particular focuses on the work of William, Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842), Unitarian preacher, and on race, slavery and religion. Lyell's own index...
Dates:
February 1847- March 1847
Notebook No.177 - ABSENT, 23 August 1852- September 1852
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/177
Scope and Contents
This notebook is absent from Lyell's original run of 266 Scientific notebooks. Through the work of Leonard G. Wilson, copies have been identified, and used to create this catalogue entry.
This notebook starts 23 August 1852, when Lyell is two and a half days away from Liverpool, en route to Nova Scotia for his third trip to North America. He lands in Nova Scotia on August 31st. This notebook includes notes taken about scientific articles, the extinction of species, and...
Dates:
23 August 1852- September 1852