Hall, George, fl 1825-1843 (Clerk to Sir Charles Lyell)

Scope and Contents Kings College London, May-June 1832. Gaps in extant records can be filled by Lyell's recapitulation in the lectures that follow. Syllabus of a Course of Twelve Lectures, 1832 Lecture 1 - prose draft and notes. Watermark dated 1831. ‘Lecture 1. Notes etc 1832’. 7 pages of notes and scraps of texts, including pp. 14, 16, 17. 3 pages of prose notes, p....

Scope and Contents Kings College London, April-May 1833, including manuscripts for Principles. ‘Lect. 1 K.C. Apr. 30th 1833’. 2 pages of short notes and 1 page of prose notes (7) Lecture 1. Long prose notes, pp. 1-4 & 5-12. Included in these are 4 cuttings from manuscript proofs from Principles of Geology’, vol. 3 (48) Lecture 1. Short notes, pp. 13-19, continuation of 48. First line:...

Scope and Contents Letters summarised by Lyell as: 1) French Geology. Also a review of the social season; Bunbury misses the Lyell's very much. 2) [? Summary hard to read]. Plans for his tour of France. 3) Chalk of Mont Perdu 4) On Bacalite limestone of Valognes. Passage of fossil forms thro' successive cretaceous groups. Bunbury reports that [George] Hall a "most invaluable person" is working to arrange his collections, "indeed withouth his help I do not think I should...

Scope and Contents Lists of subscribers to Lyell's lectures- being lists of the names and addresses of people - including many women. These lists could be written by George Hall, Lyell's Clerk. Subscribers to Mr. Lyell's Course of Geological Lectures, Tickets One Guinea for the Course - name, residence and number of tickets. First name listed is Charles Babbage, and also included are John Murray, Fitton, ...

Scope and Contents From the Series: See also the other series of papers on Lyell's lectures, which formed part of the original tranche gifted to the University in 1927. The items listed here were part of the Acceptence in Lieu (AIL) acquistion of 2020, however, it also contains material that came to the University with the 1927 gift, but, was dissassociated from that original material, coming in to the Library at a different time, and physically alongside the run of Lyell's Offprints. That material was assigned a reference,...

Scope and Contents Royal Institution lectures: Lecture 1. Thursday 25 April. Prose notes, pp. 2-4 and 9, headed, ‘Lectures R.1.’ (probably early drafts). [Originally placed with 23, 24, 25, 26] Lecture 1. Short notes pp. 1-6, headed ‘Lecture 1 R.I.’. 1 page of prose notes, headed ‘Lecture 1 R.I.’ Lecture 1. 2 pages of prose notes, headed ‘Lectures R.I.’ and ‘Lect. 1 R.I.’ (probably drafts...

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Two blank cards, that would be issued to subscribers of Lyell's course of lectures, printed and titles 'Lectures on Geology by Charles Lyell Esq. F.R.S.' with a blank space for subscribers name, and giving the first lecture date of Tuesday 7th March at 3 o' clock, and on the reverse, the dates of the subsequent dates. Marked as 'not transferable'. Signed Geo[rge] Hall, a rare record of Hall's signature. Blue card with a red seal.

Scope and Contents Found within the series of lectures, these documents are a mix of drafts of lectures, som epossibly unused, and manuscripts of Lyell's 'Principles' and 'Elements' highlighting how his work during this period bridged teaching and writing. Prose notes, pp. 20-23, unplaced. Enclosing note: Sidlaw Hills, Fault. Annotated page-proofs of ‘Principles of Geology’, (either 1st or 2nd edition)...