Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873 (American sculptor)
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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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The index is located in the back of the notebook on eight unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink. Content warning:...
Dates:
5 April 1846 - 14 April 1846
Notebook No.179, October 1852 - December 1852
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/179
Scope and Contents
Notebook 179 begins in late September and ends in mid-October 1852. Lyell starts at the New York Harbour, then travels on to Albany (New York), Amherst (Massachusetts), Bellow Falls and Brandon (Vermont), and examines the boulder trails in Canaan and Richmond Valleys of Berkshire Massachusetts. At times, Lyell traveled with James Hall and Edward Hitchcock. Transcription note: This notebook is written in ink and pencil and does not include an...
Dates:
October 1852 - December 1852