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Letters from Lyell, Charles to Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 9 October 1846-26 October 1840

 File — Box: Box 1.14
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/26

Scope and Contents

Copy letters, started by another but completed by Lyell, to Ramsay, summarised as 'On denudiation & upheaval of Mendips', 'Ice-erosion', 'Wallace & Hansard E[ast] L[ondon] Museum - L[or]d Gray & Kensington Museum - Borrowing India House specimens' - in which Lyell recommends Wallace for the post of Curator 'in Ethnology & material history & in the art of making the museum a good educational Institution for the working classes'.

Dates

  • Creation: 9 October 1846-26 October 1840

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Full Extent

5 letters (folio 3914-3930)

Full Extent

2 envelopes

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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