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Letters from Airlie, Lord, to Charles Lyell, 20 October 1863
1) Report by Airlie on his Factor, Mr Geekie taking and recording levels of river, and difficulties with the equipment, weather, and density of woods. 2) List of measurements (made by Geekie) written on the front page of the 'Catalogue of the Maps, horizontal and vertical sections and other publications of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland to June 1863'. 3) Answers to queries by Lyell as to the Barrier at Glenarm, Parish of Cortachy
Letters from Airy, George Biddel to Charles Lyell, 6 March 1835 - 27 March 1865
Letters from Allan, Robert to Charles Lyell, 1 December 1829
Summary of plans for Icelandic excursion between Lyell and Allan. References to previous excursion undertaken by Sir George Mackenzie.
Letters from Andrews, Thomas to Charles Lyell, 18 December 1844
Lyell summarises the letter as 'Dr Andrews, Belfast 1845, presbytarian protest against Unitarian Professors'. Contains extract from Lardner's 'Geology', and a pamphlet 'Speech by Rev. James Morgan delivered at the Special Meeting of the General Assembly' held at Cookstown on Tues 17th September 1844, printed Wm McComb, Belfast.
Letters from Appleton & Co., to Charles Lyell, 1 February 1874
'Sales of 'Principles of Geology'. Cheque issued on Union Bank London for £27 13 1 in payment of above
Letters from Archiac, Adophe d' [EJAD] to Charles Lyell, 14 August 1839 - 3 April 1861
Lyell summaries the letters as:
1) Exchange of duplicates, Belgium etc.
2) On Crag duplicates sent to him
3) [? Cannot identify name] Amphistegina of Messina
4) On Horner's Address.
Letters from Argyll, Duke of, to Charles Lyell, 20 October 1869 - 9 June 1873
Thanks to Lyell for sharing more details as to the extent and service Hooker made to India Office. Condolences on the death of Mary E. Lyell.
Letters from Aymard, Auguste to Charles Lyell, 5 September 1859 - 11 November 1859
Two handwritten letters in French relating to the Fossil of Denise. Summary by Lyell on reverse includes reference to 'Ossiferous breccia [?] etiscor? [word hard to read - question mark is Lyell's].
Letters from Barrett, Lucas to Charles Lyell, 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858
A collection of three letters with an illustration sent by Lucas Barrett from Cambridge on bird bones and whales. The letters refer to bird bones that are crucial in understanding developed bird wings. The first letter has an illustration of a bird metacarpus by Barrett (May-November 1858). Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Bird's bone from upper Green Sand
2) Fossil bird upper Gr[een]. S[an]d. also Whales from Gr[een].
3) Bird bones in Kimmeridge Clay.