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Davis, Henry Samuel, Major, fl January 1846 (British army officer and artist )

 Person

Biography

https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/henry-samuel-davis

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Davis, Henry Samuel to Charles Lyell, 11 December 1845 - January 1846

 File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/58
Scope and Contents

Written at Montreal, and addressed to Lyell via George Ticknor, Boston. On icebergs, including an account of viewing one on board the steamship Britainia [sic] on her voyage from Liverpool to Boston, 1845.

Dates: 11 December 1845 - January 1846

Letters from Woodward, Samuel to Charles Lyell, 29 August 1829

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/301
Scope and Contents

Summarised as: Surface of Chalk perforated by roots of Actini. Actually talks about sea plants.

Dates: 29 August 1829