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Letter from Somerville, Mary, to Charles Lyell, 23 June 1866
File — Box Box 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/89
Scope and Contents
Mary Somerville writing to Charles Lyell thanking him for his letter giving advice on the publisher Murray. Also detailing how she is making Lint in Italy for the wounded and her family have a sailing boat.
Dates:
23 June 1866
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