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Letters from Horsfield, Thomas to Charles Lyell, 7 February 1839 - 3 July 1854

 File — Box: Box 1.7
Identifier: Coll-203/1/137

Scope and Contents

The correspondence between Horsfield and Lyell is mainly concerned with geological activity in Indonesia, volcanoes, and lava. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.

  1. Dr. Horsfield on Eruption of Galongoon [Galunggung] in Java, 1822 9 Feb[ruary] 1839 (1)
  2. Dr. Horsfield (2) Junghuhn Java May 16, 1854, Papandaya subsidence or not?
  3. No summary; letter concerns sending an article by Junghuhn to Lyell
  4. No summary: this letter is a continuation of Horsfield's and Lyell's conversation about the geology of Indonesia, 3 July 1854

Dates

  • Creation: 7 February 1839 - 3 July 1854

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Full Extent

4 letters

Processing Information

Listed by Andrea Edwards, University of Wyoming, and catalogued by Pamela McIntyre, Strategic Projects Archivist, August 2024.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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