Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863 (American geologist and mountaineer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 16 May 1799 - 1 October 1863
Created for
Charles Lyell Project - July 2021
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.96, January 1842- January 1842
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/96
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through South Carolina and Georgia, including a trip down Savannah river. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries. The index is located at the back of the notebook. 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 digital surrogates using the...
Dates:
January 1842- January 1842
Notebook No.102, June 1842- June 1842
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/102
Scope and Contents
This red leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through Toronto, Ontario; Kingston, Ontario; Gananoque, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Burlington, Vermont. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries, as well as comparisons to other geological phenomena. The index is located at the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index",...
Dates:
June 1842- June 1842
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.245, 6 November 1860- March 1861
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/245
Scope and Contents
Teal coloured leather Notebook, the index appears at the back of the book. On this occasion, Lyell creates the index chronologically, with the dates noted first, then page numbers and subjects. The notebook starts with Lyell in London. He creates a table for calculating the rate of rising of land. He is preparing to travel to Paris – listing maps and books to take, Notebooks which document earlier visits to Amiens, Abbeville, articles to read etc. Page 44 notes the weights of both Charles...
Dates:
6 November 1860- March 1861