Hall, James, 1811-1898 (American geologist and paleontologist)
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Hall, James to Charles Lyell, 28 December 1842 - 24 October 1869
File — Box Box 1.5: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/114
Scope and Contents
Summarised as Ontario Land Beach, Taconie System, [Benapts?] Mountain near Hudson, Rogers abandons organic nature of remains found by him, Lochport Icthyodorulite 3ft long, De Veiuneil's Sharpe and E Forbes on Silurian fossil, requesting criticims of footmarks and tracks, Gypsum Man.
Dates:
28 December 1842 - 24 October 1869
Notebook No.139, 27 March 1846 - 4 April 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/139
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from March 27th to April 4th 1846. The notebook starts in New Madrid, Missouri as Lyell travels north along the Ohio River, visiting Illinois, New Harmony, Indiana, and Kentucky. The index is located in the back of the notebook on 9 unnumbered pages. Content warning: Lyell uses his Scientific Notebooks to gather evidence, based on both his own observation, by reviewing other people's works, by...
Dates:
27 March 1846 - 4 April 1846
Notebook No.143, 4 May 1846 - 12 May 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/143
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Lyell’s notes during his second trip to the United States, dated 5 May 1846, to 11 May 1846. The volume starts with Lyell in Baltimore, travelling through Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, and Troy, New York State. On pg. 12 Lyell notes seeing a humming bird in Miss Watson's Greenhouse. Lyell spends much of his time in upstate New York with a few colleagues: Joseph Cogswell (American librarian), Ebenezer Emmons (American Geologist), James Hall (American...
Dates:
4 May 1846 - 12 May 1846
Notebook No.144, 13 May 1846 - 26 May 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/144
Scope and Contents
This Notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s visit to the United States of America (commenced in Notebook 121) recording his visit to New York and surrounding areas, focusing on Albany, Vermont, Saratoga, Syracuse, New Orleans, Long Island, and Mobile. This notebook has detailed notes of geological features, flora and fauna, political discussions, religion, anti-Irish, anti-American, and anti-English issues, as well as recording detailed evidence of the political state of slaves, and...
Dates:
13 May 1846 - 26 May 1846
Notebook No.148, September 1846 - December 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/148
Scope and Contents
This black notebook contains a record on Charles Lyell’s discussions, theories, and ideas in London - with detailed notes of a social nature, of a visit to Bowood - after his return from his second visit to the U.S (Notebooks 121-145). In this notebook, he covers events and locations from both the U.S and the U.K including Durham, Richmond Valley, Harley Street, Prince Edward Island, Mildenhall, New York, etc. Lyell’s comments on America are profuse, but they don’t appear to have made it...
Dates:
September 1846 - December 1846
Notebook No.150, February 1847 - March 1847
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/150
Scope and Contents
This black leather notebook was written whilst Lyell was in London, at 11 Harley Street and starts with memoranda, then a list of 'scientific visitors'. Written in London in the years between his travels in America, this notebook considers giraffe and bony fossil fish, but in particular focuses on the work of William, Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842), Unitarian preacher, and on race, slavery and religion. Content warning:...
Dates:
February 1847 - March 1847
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Slavery--United States 4
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) 1
- America 1
- Basilosaurus 1
- Bowood House (England) 1
- Cockburn Geological Museum 1
- Fossil Fish 1
- Giraffidae 1
- Gneiss 1
- Hummingbirds 1
- Ichthyosaurus 1
- Illinois (United States) 1
- Indiana (United States) 1
- Kentucky (United States) 1
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1
- Mastodon 1
- Megatherium 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Mexico 1
- Missouri (United States) 1
- Mosquitoes 1
- Museums 1
- New York City (New York, United States) 1
- Osteichthyes 1
- Saratoga (N.Y. : Town) 1
- Sivatherium 1
- Texas (United States) 1
- Unitarianism 1
- United States -- Ohio 1
- Upstate New York (N.Y.) 1
- silurian 1 + ∧ less
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