Rogers, Henry Darwin, 1808-1866 (American geologist | Professor of Natural History and Geology, University of Glasgow)

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from 15 April to 25 April 1846 [the stated end date is inferred from the date recorded in the following notebook], having embarked from Cincinnati, Ohio on April 13th and traveling into Pennsylvania. The Lyells traveled on the steamer Clipper, continuing northward on the Ohio River from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh (arrived on April 16th), and then by carriage across the Alleghenies onto Philadelphia, a return visit destination. The Indian Mound south...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 19 July 1847 to 18 September 1847 [the stated end date is inferred from the start date of the following notebook]. There is an abstract of a ‘Times Sept. 6. 1847’ article and a discussion in response to a letter from Charles Darwin dated 8 September 1847. Lyell is home in Kinnordy with no excursions or visited locales being explicitly recorded during this time. The approximate first third of the daily entries are focused on the management of...