University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Folio containing petition to the Rt. Hon. Lord John Russell concerning recent reforms in the Catholic church and the repercussions these could have upon the Church of England, a review of Sir Charles Lyell's 'Travels in North America, with Geological Observations on the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, 1841-42' - 1st published London, 1845; 'A Second Visit to the United States of North America, 1845-46 - pub. London 1850 and a copy Letter of Lyell to Spedding, concerning the geology of...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury.Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...