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Miscellaneous Papers, 1831-1864
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.22 (Formerly Gen 119): Series Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5); Series Coll-203/6 (Lyell 6); Series Coll-203/7 (lyell 7); Series Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8)
Identifier: Coll-203/7 (lyell 7)
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous Papers consists of:
address by Sir Charles Lyell on Charles Darwin receiving the Copley Medal (1864)
list of mollusca by Searles Valentine Wood
printed pages from an article or book in German, translated as 'Excerpts from Letters of Professor Fr. Hoffmann, incomplete. Also, pages detailing in German, Aetna area, the foot of the mountain at the Simeto Valley...
Dates:
1831-1864
Notebook No.89, 24 July 1841-12 August 1841
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/89
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains diverse notes by Charles Lyell in pen and ink, including lists, sketches, observations on a variety of subjects. The front and back cover are blank and the index is written on folded lined paper which has been stitched into the binding at the back of the notebook.Voyage to America; Boston - Newhaven - New York The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own...
Dates:
24 July 1841-12 August 1841
Notebook No.121, 14 September 1845-25 September 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/121
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains a record of Charles and Mary Lyell’s visit to the United States of America, from the end of the voyage on RMS Britannia and their arrival in Boston, to the beginning of their travels throughout parts of New England. The Lyells travel from Boston, Massachusetts to Lynn, Salem, Wenham Lake to New Hampshire, Portsmouth and the White Mountains finally to Maine, Kennebeck [sic Kennebec] River, Gardiner and Portland.
The notes are comprised of commentary about politics...
Dates:
14 September 1845-25 September 1845
Notebook No.124, 12 October 1845 - 3 November 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/124
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s visit to the United States of America (started in notebook, Number 121) continuing his travels throughout parts of New England, including Massachusetts with notable site visits in and around Boston. It is dated from October 12 to November 3, 1845. For the last two thirds of this notebook (and the entirety of the next one, notebook 125) Lyell is centred in Boston for the presentation of his Lowell Lectures, embarking on numerous (possibly...
Dates:
12 October 1845 - 3 November 1845
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