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 8 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Gould, Augustus Addison to Charles Lyell, May 1842 - April 1865
File — Box Box 1.5: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/96
Scope and Contents
This correspondence from A.A. Gould to Charles Lyell is mainly concerned with meetings, writings, and work of their mutual colleagues and friends. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.
'Dr. Gould List of Massach[usetts] shells' May 1842
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Dates:
May 1842 - April 1865
Letters from Redfield, William Charles to Charles Lyell, 28 October 1841 - 28 June 1853
File — Box Box 1.11: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/222
Scope and Contents
The correspondence from W.C. Redfield to Charles Lyell is mainly concerned with his geological discoveries and the activities of their mutual friends. Specific subjects include: catopterus macrucrus, drift, and William King.
Summarised as (2) 'Redfield New Red fishes 1842, (in a larger font) Redfield Ichthyolites'. Includes extract from a letter from W.C. Redfield Esq. on newly discovered Ichthyolites...
Dates:
28 October 1841 - 28 June 1853
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.143, 4 May 1846 - 12 May 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/143
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Lyell’s notes during his second trip to the United States, dated 5 May 1846, to 11 May 1846. The volume starts with Lyell in Baltimore, travelling through Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, and Troy, New York State. On pg. 12 Lyell notes seeing a humming bird in Miss Watson's Greenhouse. Lyell spends much of his time in upstate New York with a few colleagues: Joseph Cogswell (American librarian), Ebenezer Emmons (American Geologist), James Hall (American...
Dates:
4 May 1846 - 12 May 1846
Notebook No.144, 13 May 1846 - 26 May 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/144
Scope and Contents
This Notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s visit to the United States of America (commenced in Notebook 121) recording his visit to New York and surrounding areas, focusing on Albany, Vermont, Saratoga, Syracuse, New Orleans, Long Island, and Mobile. This notebook has detailed notes of geological features, flora and fauna, political discussions, religion, anti-Irish, anti-American, and anti-English issues, as well as recording detailed evidence of the political state of slaves, and...
Dates:
13 May 1846 - 26 May 1846
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