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Correspondence - Letters from Sir Charles Lyell , 1829-1874
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/B3
Scope and Contents
A series of letters sent by Charles Lyell, to others. Some of these correspondents also appear in the two A-Z series. It is not clear why these letters have been separated from earlier series of records, however they may have been gathered together by Katharine Lyell in her editorial of 'Life, Letters and Journals', with some marked 'not copied', published or unpublished.
Agassiz Memorial Fund
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Dates:
1829-1874
Letter from Darwin, Charles, to Charles Lyell, 30 July 1837 - 16 February 1882
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/33
Scope and Contents
6 letters, and one partial letter, 4 envelopes, and typescript copy of two letters from Darwin to Lyell extracted from Notebook 69, additional listing and photocopies of Darwin letters, probably held elsewhere. Article ''On the Distribution of the Erratic Boulders and on the Contemporaneous Unstratified Deposits of South America'.
Dates:
30 July 1837 - 16 February 1882
Letters from Darwin, Charles Robert to Charles Lyell, 13 April 1857
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll- 203/1/56
Scope and Contents
Darwin mentions that he is in the process of completing writing his book, however, he finds this process to be "overwhelming".
Dates:
13 April 1857
Letters from Duke of Argyll [Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland] to Charles Lyell, 19 January 1850 - 30 April 1903
File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/9
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises the letters as:
1) Darwin's theory, pigeons not arboreal, 1860
2) Mull tertiary leaves, 1861
3) Non-arboreal habits of pigeons, March 22 1865
4) Darwin on correlation of growth, June 2 1865
5) Variety of Humming Bird, April 24 1867, Gould on ... of species in Humming Bird
6) Humming Birds, not opposed to Darwin's May 1 1867
7) Applicable to Humming Birds May 17 1867
8) Elephant in ivory of Perigord Cave, June 8th 1867
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Dates:
19 January 1850 - 30 April 1903
Letters from Duncan, Peter Martin to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/67
Scope and Contents
Letters are summarised by Lyell as:
1) Dr Duncan on Bolderberg Flabellum [relating to Bolderberg formation in Northern Belgium]
2) Tropical corals, how far corals can indicate climate
3) Corals in Norway sea
4) 60 new Liassic [Early Jurassic] corals, showing imperfection of record
5) Lonsdale notes and Keeling island [Cocos, Australia] specimens
6) Scleractinia of antigua corals and explanation of Duncan's theory
7) reference to his paper on corals
8) Corals dredged up by the 'Porcupine'...
Dates:
3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870
Letters to Huxley, Thomas Henry, from Charles Lyell, 5 June 1865-6 June 1865
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B3/9
Scope and Contents
Detailing Lyell's concerns and proposed actions, relating to a proposal by Huxley, to work to cancel a note and to add a P.S. [postscript] to the preface of 'Antiquity of Man', relating to Lubbock's challenge. Lyell writes that he has shown the resultant correspondance prior to these letters, to Hooker, Busk and then Darwin:
5 June 1865 Lyell writes in haste - Mary takes over the writing - as he is...
Dates:
5 June 1865-6 June 1865