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Notebook No.125, 4 November 1845 - 3 December 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/125
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains a record of the Lyell’s stay in Boston from 4th November to 3rd December 1845. The notes are comprised of discussions about politics and religion, supplemented by commentary about social life, in New England and the United States more broadly, plus field notes and observations about geology and natural history, encompassing descriptions and sketches of regions in anticipation of future field excursions (the Claiborne Formation). Charles visits notable sites in Boston...
Dates:
4 November 1845 - 3 December 1845
Notebook No.126, 3 December 1845-12 December 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/126
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from December 3, 1845 to December 12, 1845 upon leaving Boston and traveling to Philadelphia, with visits in New Haven, Connecticut and New York City, and further enroute to Washington, D.C. The notes are comprised of discussions about politics and religion, supplemented by commentary about social life, in New England and the United States more broadly, plus field notes, observations, and sketches concerned with geology and natural history,...
Dates:
3 December 1845-12 December 1845
Notebook No.132, February 1846- February 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/132
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from January 28 to February 6 1846 while traveling from Montgomery to Mobile (Alabama) via the Alabama River on the steamer Amaranth. He stops at Centerport and Clairborne, with overland excursions to Macon and Clarksville. He then continues his journey to Mobile on the Amaranth. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-115 and 6 uncounted pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches....
Dates:
February 1846- February 1846
Notebook No.139, 27 March 1846-4 April 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/139
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from March 27th to April 4th 1846. The notebook starts in New Madrid, Missouri as Lyell travels north along the Ohio River, visiting Illinois, New Harmony, Indiana, and Kentucky. The index is located in the back of the notebook on 9 unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. In the index, an X or ? is written in the left margin to mark certain entries.Contentwarning: Lyell uses his...
Dates:
27 March 1846-4 April 1846
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 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The index is located in the back of the notebook on eight unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink.Content warning:
Lyell uses his...
Dates:
5 April 1846-14 April 1846