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McCord, J, fl 1842 (Geologist based in Montreal, Canada)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from McCord, J to Charles Lyell, 30 June 1842

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/176
Scope and Contents

Summarised as 'Heights at Montreal', June 1842. McCord also talks of the loss of Captain Bayfield. McCord is referenced as a source of information on the height of shells in Lyell's Travels, volume 2, 1845.

Dates: 30 June 1842

Notebook No.102, June 1842- June 1842

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/102
Scope and Contents This red leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through Toronto, Ontario; Kingston, Ontario; Gananoque, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Burlington, Vermont. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries, as well as comparisons to other geological phenomena. The index is located at the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index",...
Dates: June 1842- June 1842

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Canada -- United States and Ontario -- New York -- Lake -- Ontario 1
England -- Cornwall 1
Limestone 1
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1
Montreal (Quebec, Canada) 1