Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865 (American planter, agronomist, author, soldier and slaveholder)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 5 January 1794 - 18 June 1865
Created for
Charles Lyell Project, July 2021
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Ruffin, Edmund to Charles Lyell, 25 December 1845 - 12 September 1849
File — Box Box 1.12: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/233
Scope and Contents
Summarised as 1) Mr Ruffin 25. Dec 1845 on V[irgini]a Tertiaries; 2) Mr Ruffin, V[irgini]a with Miocene shells & Weston letter enclosed Sept. 1849I. nteresting use of news article as envelope, sketch included. Pro-slavery work. Virginia planter.
Dates:
25 December 1845 - 12 September 1849
Notebook No.95, December 1841- January 1842
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/95
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through Richmond, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina. 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 platform...
Dates:
December 1841- January 1842