Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 (American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator)

Scope and Contents This notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s visit to the United States of America (started in previous notebook, Number 121), continuing his travels throughout parts of New England, including Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. 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, and field notes and observations, including some sketches, of the natural history of the...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s visit to the United States of America (started in notebook, Number 121) continuing his travels throughout parts of New England, including Massachusetts with notable site visits in and around Boston and New Hampshire. It is dated from October 12 to November 3, 1845. For the last two thirds of this notebook (and the entirety of the next one, notebook 125) Lyell is centred in Boston for the presentation of his Lowell Lectures, embarking on...