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.
- Dr. Horsfield on Eruption of Galongoon [Galunggung] in Java, 1822 9 Feb[ruary] 1839 (1)
- Dr. Horsfield (2) Junghuhn Java May 16, 1854, Papandaya subsidence or not?
- No summary; letter concerns sending an article by Junghuhn to Lyell
- 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
- Horsfield, Thomas, 1773-1859 (American physician and naturalist) (Author, Person)
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.
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk