Notebook No.136, 7 March 1846 - 13 March 1846
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels on the Mississippi River, through Louisiana, New Orleans and Natchez by steamer 'Magnolia' in March 1846. This notebook covers geology and ecology along the Mississippi River, Balize swamp and Pontchartrain estuary around New Orleans, Louisianna. Lyell also takes notes on Creole culture, race relations and politics in this region. Notes are primarily in pencil and include daily journal entries. The index is located at the back of the notebook, is primarily in ink and is in the hand of Mary Horner Lyell.
Lyell uses his Scientific Notebooks to gather evidence, based on both his own observation, by reviewing other people's works, by correspondence, asking questions and analyses. The language used in this index is historical, can be discriminatory and may cause offence.
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 "do". The inclusion of [sic] indicates the misspelling of a word is deliberate and taken from the notebook.
Dates
- Creation: 7 March 1846 - 13 March 1846
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Full Extent
112 folios
Full Extent
56 Leaves
Full Extent
1 volume
Repository Details
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