This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from September 19, 1844 to April 30, 1845 while in London. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-114. Notes are in pencil and ink – and there are several different hands writing in this notebook including Mary Lyell. The Notebook starts with a continuation of the work relating to the Haswell Pit Disaster. There are many notes relating to the United States and Lyell's manuscript for his book 'Travels in North America, Canada, and Nova Scotia, with geological observations' Pages numbered 91-100 and 103-112 are missing - and appear to have been cut out, both sections and whole pages. These sections may form part of Lyell's editorial process, and may exist within that series of records. Sopwith’s name is recorded on page 12.

The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have been expanded using brackets []. When writing is unclear, and transcription is not possible, this is denoted using [...]. Quotation marks are Lyell's own notation for ditto, as is the abbreviation "d'o". The inclusion of [sic] indicates the misspelling of a word is deliberate and taken from the notebook.

Index
No. 118 London Sept[ember] 19/[18]44 to April 30/[18]45.
p. 2 Haswell Report n[umber] of copies
p. 2, 3, & 4 [‘34’ deleted] - [Haswell] Pit, technical terms used
p. 6 Ostrea, Santee Canal. Mr. Davidson
p. 6, 8, 13, 16, 17 Journal estimate of pp. p. 11 Dawson’s paper on Nova Scotia
p. 12 & 13 Journal, proposed title of,
p. 23 Woodward, maps lent to
p. 26 Repudiation
p. 30 Suffrage in America
p. 32 Equality of rights
p. 32 Universal suffrage
p. 34 Mildenhall plants
p. 38 Footprints of birds in Bay of Fundy
p. 40 Voters in America
p. 41 Amethyst and gypsum
p. 42 Population of U.S.
p. 42 Upper Perm[ian], Silurian shells
p. 42 Falkland Island shells
p. 43 Dr. Percy, Spec[imens] of coal sent to
p. 44 Essex Co[unty]. Surveyors, uncultivated wilderness
p. 44 to 48 Frostburg coal, shells
p. 46 Title of U.S. Journal
p. 48 Pentremite in Europe, De Verneuil
p. 49 Mr. Woodward maps let to
p. 52 to 58 De Verneuil, fossils named by
p. 59 Illustrations of Journal
p. 62 Aroostook River, Coal on
p. 64 Lake Huron, corals
p. 66 Mayence shells
p. 67, 68 Meinheim shells, Hamilton
p. 70 to 79 Oxford university college system
p. 80 Trans[actions] of Linn[ean] Roy[al] Soc[iety] last rec[ord]
p. 100 Gardner, estimate of map [Page 100 is not present in this notebook. Page 90 does contain notes about an estimate made by Gardner.]