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Bunsen, Christian Frh. Von, 5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]
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Identifier: Coll-1989/8
Scope and Contents
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]
Howard, George, 30 June 1840, 10 January 1851
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Identifier: Coll-1989/32
Scope and Contents
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
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
Scope and Contents
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
Miscellaneous letters K-Z, 1838-1886
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Identifier: Coll-203/B2/2
Scope and Contents
Continuing series of letters addressed to Charles Lyell, Lady Mary Lyell, Katharine Lyell and other recipients:'K'
19 March 1838, from William [Hamilton?] at the Athenaeum, to Charles Lyell relating to the membership of actor, Charles Kean'L'
9 February 1850 to Charles Lyell from de Lhuys, accepting dinner invitation'M'
Undated letter from HH Milman [could be WH Milman?; this letter could be to Katharine Lyell]
4 May 1880 from Mosely,...
Dates:
1838-1886
Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham, 11 March 1838; 7 Feb. [no year].
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Identifier: Coll-1989/68
Scope and Contents
1. Autograph letter signed from Nicholas Tindal to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 11 March 1838, Bedford Square [London]: "I am sorry we missed each other, when we must both have called for the same purpose. I send you my proxy paper for the Yorkshire Schools, properly signed by me; but I will trouble you to put in the name of the proxy, and also the proper figure apart the boys name; for there is something a little obscure in the two last lines of the N. B. which I had rather leave to the...
Dates:
11 March 1838; 7 Feb. [no year].