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Autograph Letter Signed from Leonard Horner to his daughter Lady Mary Lyell, 31 July 1860
Item — Box CLX-A-1705
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0015
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This is an autograph letter signed from the geologist and reformer Leonard Horner to his daughter Lady Mary Lyell, widow of Sir Charles Lyell, quoting letters from Thomas Longman and the son of Macvey Napier about an Edinburgh Review article on W. H. Prescott. The letter is dated 31 July 1860.
Dates:
31 July 1860
Bunsen, Christian Frh. Von, 5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]
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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]
Chantrey, Francis Leggatt, 31 October 1820
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Identifier: Coll-1989/14
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Autograph letter signed from Francis Leggatt Francis, [London], Belgrave Place, 31 October 1820, to Leonard Horner in Edinburgh: “My dear Sir. I am this moment returned from Derbyshire and find that Mr. Cunningham has already answered your enquiries respecting the conveyance of the Bust. I hope it has long ere this reached you in safety. With respect to the other enquiries of your letter – My normal price is one hundred guineas for the Bust, and as you have all along treated me with so much...
Dates:
31 October 1820
Cockburn, Henry, 5 May 1845; 19 November 1850; 30 June 1851
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Identifier: Coll-1989/16
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Autograph letters signed from Henry Cockburn to Katharine Murray Lyell, with whom Cockburn seems to have been on very friendly terms.1. Letter dated 5 October 1845: "Thanks for your two letters. I can scarcely tell you how I am relieved by what you say of Mrs Bellen [?]. Long may she be preserved to her friends & family. – You seem to be leading a very pleasant life at least no life is ever unpleasant to me, in which I am let alone. Nevertheless, I wish Leonard was in any...
Dates:
5 May 1845; 19 November 1850; 30 June 1851
Correspondence - Letters from Sir Charles Lyell , 1829-1874
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/B3
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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
Cousin, Victor, 1 January 1838
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Identifier: Coll-1989/17
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Autograph letter signed, in French, from Victor Cousin to Leonard Horner, with thanks for the translation and publication of his Journal d’un voyageur en Holland on the Dutch education system. Cousin mentions the English editor and linguist Sarah Austin (1793-1867) who had translated his previous report on education in Prussia in 1834 and thus introduced it to Britain and the United States. Cousin lets Horner know that he read his introduction to the...
Dates:
1 January 1838
Gladstone, William Ewart, 1843; 1861; 1863; 1 March 1876
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Identifier: Coll-1989/27
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Three autograph letters signed from William Gladstone to Leonard Horner.1. Letter dated 17 May 1843, from 13 Carlton House Terrace: "I beg to return you my best thanks for your kindness in sending me a copy of your valuable pamphlet on the employment of children. I have perused it with great interest [...]".2. Letter dated 21 February 1861, on stationery with letterhead "11 Downing Street, Whitehall"): "I much regret to find myself unable to comply with your request....
Dates:
1843; 1861; 1863; 1 March 1876
Howard, George, 30 June 1840, 10 January 1851
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Identifier: Coll-1989/32
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1. Autograph letter signed ("Morpeth") from William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle to Leonard Horner, dated 30 June 1840, Castle Howard [North Yorkshire]: "I am afraid my answer cannot be quite as definite as you might wish. My Father does not seem to remember very well whether he wrote the inscription entirely, but he says he certainly was concerned in the composition, which may have been arranged with other co-adjutors at Holland House [...]".2. Autograph letter signed...
Dates:
30 June 1840, 10 January 1851
Letter from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], 18 August 1861
Item — Box CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0038
Scope and Contents
This is an autograph letter signed from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], dated 18 August 1861, Bury St Edmonds. The letter relates to the hypothesis that burnt bricks were known in Egypt before the time of the Romans, which Birch, Lyell and Horner defended against Archdeacon John Pratt.
Dates:
18 August 1861
Letters from Lubbock, Sir John to Charles Lyell, 26 February 1835 - 29 May 1865
File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/172
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Letters summarised as: Slow progres of Australians & negros - egro, miocene man may have been all but stationary; Lake Prasias & Takinor - Nile Valley elevations; Horner's Egyptian; Lubbock presscutting in Reader, answer to Sharpe's objection to Horner's Nile mud Chronometer, Statue of Rameses; Lubbock, reference in Antiquity of Man to his paper on Danish mounds and notes for my answer [includes Lyell's own notes - finished by Buckley, on Antiquity of Man, and his defence on...
Dates:
26 February 1835 - 29 May 1865