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Letters from Mantell, Gideon Algernon to Charles Lyell, 16 December 1851
File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/181
Scope and Contents
Small sketch of musk rat tracks double sided and signed by Mantell.
Dates:
16 December 1851
Mantell, Gideon, 9 February 1833; undated
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B3/10
Scope and Contents
Two copy letters created by Katharine Lyell:
Charles Lyell gives advice to Mantell on his new book- title and price.
Undated letter [early] - invite to dinner at Somerset House in his own rooms "instead of drinking wine below". Lyell doesn't have much time as he is occupied with 'my last difficult chapter & 2 courses [underlined] of lectures'.
Dates:
9 February 1833; undated
Notebook No.43, August 1831- August 1831
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/43
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains Lyell's notes from London and Edinburgh, with lists including "luggage per steamboat" and packings lists, a draft of opening of a second volume, and a sketch of Edinburgh Castle hill with diagram of geological layers. Notes are written in pencil and ink, with many revisions. The front cover reads "August 1831, London, Edin[burgh]." The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from...
Dates:
August 1831- August 1831
Notebook No.47, 27 August 1832-9 September 1832
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/47
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook, contains Lyell's lists of questions and queries, mostly on French geological phenomena. The cover reads August 1832, index pasted to the back cover. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have...
Dates:
27 August 1832-9 September 1832
Notebook No.85, 21 October 1840-8 December 1840
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/85
Scope and Contents
This marbled paper and red leather notebook includes Charles Lyell's geological notes on Kinnordy and surrounding area, as well as other areas of Scotland, illustrated with a watercolor cross section on page 61. There are also 'to do' lists, notes on correspondence sent, meeting agendas and lists of persons to whom papers were sent, and notes on conversations with Agassiz. He makes more observations on glacial moraines, and lists of Faluns fossils. Notes are in pencil and ink and complete...
Dates:
21 October 1840-8 December 1840
Notebook No.86, 8 December 1840-4 February 1841
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/86
Scope and Contents
This dark leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes in ink, occasional pencil, mostly relates to notes on Touraine shells and notes by Mr Bunbury. Short index written in the back of the notebook, along with a list of Touraine shells - and there are links between this list and correspondence with Colonel E.R. Wood. Covers are blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the...
Dates:
8 December 1840-4 February 1841
Notebook No.155, January 1848- May 1848
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/155
Scope and Contents
This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s discussions, ideas, and recordings when in London, starting in January 1848 and including some focus on ’Americana’ before his second travels in American was published in 1849. The first pages (and from p 78] are notes on pages and references relating to the other American notebooks - which could be publishing related or organisational. It covers conversations, queries, and discussions he started in America including geological,...
Dates:
January 1848- May 1848