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Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849 (11th President of the United States)

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.128, 25 December 1845 - 2 January 1846

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/128
Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from December 25 1845 to January 2nd 1846 while traveling through Charleston (South Carolina), Savannah (Georgia), and Darien (Georgia). The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 115 and nine unumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. An X is used to mark a pencil cross made at certain entries. A date written in the left margin has been inserted at the beginning of the appropriate...
Dates: 25 December 1845 - 2 January 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.134, 21 February 1846 - 28 February 1846

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/134
Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 20 - 28 February 1846 while traveling around Mobile (Alabama) and New Orleans (Louisiana). The index is written by Mary Lyell and is located in the back of the notebook on pages 105, 107, 109, 111-115, and one unnumbered page. Notes are in pencil and ink, and include field sketches. Content warning: Content warning: Lyell uses his Scientific Notebooks to gather evidence,...
Dates: 21 February 1846 - 28 February 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

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