Bowditch, Mary Ingersoll (Widow of American mathematician, navigator and writer Nathaniel Bowditch. )
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Notebook No.124, 12 October 1845 - 3 November 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/124
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. 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 numerous (possibly...
Dates:
12 October 1845 - 3 November 1845
Notebook No.140, 5 April 1846-14 April 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/140
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from April 5th to April 14, 1846. The notebook starts in Louisville, Kentucky as Lyell travels north along the Ohio River in the steamer Ben Franklin, arriving in Cincinnati on April 7th. On April 13th Lyell resumed travel up the Ohio River, bound for Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The index is located in the back of the notebook on eight unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink.Content warning:
Lyell uses his...
Dates:
5 April 1846-14 April 1846