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

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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook No.145, 28 May 1846 - June 1846

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/145

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 28 May 1846 to 6 June [actual date of 6th presumed, as that is the first date of the next notebook] 1846, covering the end of the Lyells’ visit in the United States through the approximate first half of their ocean passage to England. They had returned to Boston on 21 May, and spent ten days socializing there, prior to embarking on their voyage home to England. They departed from Boston on 1 June, aboard the RMS Britannia, stopping at...

Dates: 28 May 1846 - June 1846

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

Notebook No.153, 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/153

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...

Dates: 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847

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

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

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook No.145, 28 May 1846 - June 1846

Notebook No.153, 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847

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