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Identifier: Coll-1989/1
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Two autograph letters signed from Sir William Armstrong to Sir Charles Lyell.1. Letter dated 21 July 1863: "It will be quite convenient to receive you & Lady Lyell with her servant on the 29th Aug[us]t & Lady Armstrong and I hope you will not hesitate to come. I have several houses available for sleeping within a few hundred yards of my own & I have abundance of room in all other aspects [...]".2. Letter dated 29 August 1863: "I am very sorry that we are...
Dates:
21 July 1863; 29 August 1863
File — Box Box 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/61
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Letter about publishing
Dates:
2 May 1864
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Identifier: Coll-1989/6
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1. Autograph letter of excuse from William Boxall to Katharine Murray Lyell following an invitation (dated 31 January 1867): "I have been in bed two days with one of my bad attacks in the throat. I hoped till this moment that I might have had the pleasure of dining with you on Saturday but I am so unwell that I feel that it will be impossible for me to leave the house. – I am most grateful to you and to Col. Lyell and to Sir Charles and your sister for unremitting kindness and I cannot help...
Dates:
31 January 1867; 13 January 1877
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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/3
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All written whilst Charles is in London, except one:
14 November 1852
10 June 1854
10 July 1854
15 November 1854
7 July 1857
1 October 1858, written at Casa Inglese, Etna
16 November 1859
15 February 1860
17 November 1860
16 November 1862
2 November 1863
1866
14 November 1867
Dates:
14 November 1852-14 November 1867
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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/2
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110 letters, in 6 folders, mostly written from London, some Scotland, dated:
1844-1849
1850-1854
1855-1858
1860-1864
1865-1869
1870-1874
Dates:
1844-1874
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Identifier: Coll-1989/8
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1. Autograph letter signed from Christian von Bunsen to Leornard Horner, dated 5 August 1858: "Welcome in Germany! I was afraid you had gone to Hekekiah and Sesustesen instead of my dear country, and am happy to know you so near. You threaten to overthrow the balance of the minor states however, by all settling in such numbers in one Dukedom only: and as I ever not wish you to separate, we might hope you would put up headquarters for a week or two at Heidelberg where there are plenty of...
Dates:
5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]
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Identifier: Coll-1989/9
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Autograph letter signed from Decimus Burton to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 14 May 1814: "I have considered the subject put to me in your note. I take the superficies of London, Westminster[,] Southwark, Finsbury[,] Marylebone etc. to be 16 sq. miles. I suppose the cubical mass of stone, brick & paving stone over that area to be 74,000,000 cubic yards in the Houses, Churches, Public Buildings etc. Taking the number of Houses to be 250,000 – and this would give about 5 feet thickness or...
Dates:
14 May 1814
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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/4
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Thanks for transferring The Edinburgh Review volumes, that appear to have been left to him by Aunt Nancy, and, for the 'french bonbons'. Talks of Rosamond and nephews dancing at Richmond, then comments on 'those articles of the Siecle' asking why 'a government which interferes so much with press and arrests so many on slight pretexts permits such bold expression of opinion'.
Dates:
14 November 1867
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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/5
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Note of reassurance in support of Charlesworth, possibly against Hawkins [letter marked 'Hawkins v Charlesworth], who also appears in Lyell's wider correspondence, but is as yet unidentified.
Dates:
15 February 1839
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Identifier: Coll-1989/15
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This is an autograph letter signed, in French, sent from Christian VIII of Denmark to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 15 October 1836, Copenhagen. It concerns Lyell's research in Denmark and the Prince's collection of fossile molluscs. There is also a 1 page letter on behalf of Prince Christian Frederick dated 31 May [1834] and a lithograph portrait of Christian VIII / Christian Frederick from 1835."J’ai reçue quoique tard, au mois de Juillet, la lettre que Vous m’avez adressée en date...
Dates:
31 May [1834]; 1835; 15 October 1836
