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Letters from Bayfield, Henry Wolsey to Charles Lyell, 4 May 1834 - 24 February 1867
File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/13
Scope and Contents
Summarised by Lyell as
1) Captain Bayfield. Cliffs of sand and clay of Lake Erie
2) transport of rocks by icebergs etc. fossils of Beaufort formation
3) Boulders
4) mingling of Tert[iary]and Recent shells - ballast with fossils from English strata thrown into St. Lawrence. Recent and Tert[iary] shells sent home. Boulders
5) List of Genera (according to Lamarck) found by Captain Bayfield in the Gulf and River St Lawrence
6) Contortion in sand hills carried by...
Dates:
4 May 1834 - 24 February 1867
Letters from Dawson, John William to Charles Lyell, 12 October 1842- 28 August 1849
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll- 203/1/60
Scope and Contents
Written by Dawson whilst in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Contents include 'Dawson on geology of Nova Scotia', 'Shubenacadie section maps', 'Foot tracks of animals in coal strata', ‘Dawson Scriptural' , 'Prince Edward, coal? or New Red?', 'travels', 'animal tracks and the impact of rain on these tracks.
Dates:
12 October 1842- 28 August 1849
Winthrop, Robert Charles, 3 November 1849, 1 May 1873
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/73
Scope and Contents
Two autograph letters signed from Robert Charles Winthrop to Charles Lyell and Mary Horner Lyell. Boston, 3 November 1849 and 1 May 1873. With portrait photograph by Warren's in Boston, mounted on cardboard carrier, signed.1. In the first letter, dated 3 November 1849 and sent to Charles Lyell, Winthrop expresses delight at reading Lyell's "Second visit" and eagerly anticipates a potential "third visit." The letter acknowledges Lyell's positive allusions and...
Dates:
3 November 1849, 1 May 1873