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Letters from Westbeck, O.J. to Charles Lyell, 18 January 1845
File — Box Box 1.13: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/284
Scope and Contents
Summarised as 'Mr. Westbeck's letter on Södertälje Canal'. Original letter is in Swedish, with the translation apparently completed by its transporter, Andrew Gibbs. Concerns Westbeck's own observations of sea levels in Sweden, Westbeck apologies for 'scrawl' written as Gibbs is proceeding under sail, and 'I have committed these lines to paper with a trembling hand'.
Dates:
18 January 1845