Lyell, Charles, 1767-1849 (Scottish botanist, translator of Dante)
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence - Letters to Sir Charles Lyell from his Family, 1839-1841
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 3.7: Series Coll-203/B7; Series Coll-203/B6; Series Coll-203/B8; Series Coll-203/B5
Identifier: Coll-203/B5
Scope and Contents
Series containing a letter from Charles Lyell (sen) to his son Sir Charles Lyell, 1841 and three letters to Sir Charles Lyell from other family members c.1839:
1) Kinnordy 14th July 1841 Letter to Charles Lyell, advising to take care of both his own, and Mary's health 'do not fancy you are a man of iron, and never forget, Mary is a wife of gold'. Advise on managing the demands of work involved in the preparation of the Boston Lectures and publishing 'Elements, 'let nothing induce you to...
Dates:
1839-1841
"E. Divines, Metaphysicians, Philologists", 1805-1899
Item
Identifier: Coll-1997/1
Scope and Contents
This volume is entitled "E. Divines, Metaphysicians, Philologists" and contains 175 items: 118 autograph letters and documents 57 portraits, comprising 40 albumen print photographs, 16 engravings, and 1 lithograph.
Ainger, Alfred. ALS to Katharine Lyell. 9 February 1885. 2 pp. Ainger is best known for his memoirs of English authors. Declining a dinner invitation, saying that being in Hampstead Heath he...
Dates:
1805-1899
Miscellaneous letters K-Z, 1838-1886
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B2/2
Scope and Contents
Continuing series of letters addressed to Charles Lyell, Lady Mary Lyell, Katharine Lyell and other recipients:'K'
19 March 1838, from William [Hamilton?] at the Athenaeum, to Charles Lyell relating to the membership of actor, Charles Kean'L'
9 February 1850 to Charles Lyell from de Lhuys, accepting dinner invitation'M'
Undated letter from HH Milman [could be WH Milman?; this letter could be to Katharine Lyell]
4 May 1880 from Mosely,...
Dates:
1838-1886
Phillips, Thomas, 13 March 1824
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/52
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Thomas Phillips, sent from [London] on 13 March 1824 to Charles Lyell, concerning a portrait of his fellow botanist William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865): “I have omitted to answer your kind letter in which you mentioned your desire to have Dr Hooker’s cast off picture. It is yours! And as you desire it in order to manifest your respect for him so let me indulge a feeling of the like nature toward one from whom I have received so much politeness and many favours and...
Dates:
13 March 1824