Letters from Charles Lyell to his father, mother and sisters, 5 May 1832 - 24 December 1833
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B4/8
Scope and Contents
Covers the period of his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Horner in Bonn, in 1832:
- To Mother, letter written at London. Unpublished. 5 May 1832
- To father, written at Bonn. Unpublished. 22 June 1832
- To Maria Heathcote, sister, written at Bonn. Published with omissions. 3 July 1832
- To Fanny, written at Bonn. Unpublished. 5 July 1832
- To Caroline, Mainz on the Rhine. Unpublished. 14 July 1832
- To Eleanor, written at Heidelberg. Unpublished. 18 July 1832
- To Fanny, written at Strasburg. Published. 22 July 1832
- To Fanny, written at Sumiswald, Switzerland. Published with omissions. 28 July 1832
- To his father, written at Simplon, Switzerland. Published. 5 August 1832,
- To Eleanor and Fanny, written at Paris, by both Charles and Mary Elizabeth Horner. Unpublished. 13 June 1833
- To Marianne, written at Paris. Author Mary Elizabeth Horner. Unpublished. 17 June 1833.
- To mother, written at Heidelberg. Published. 30 July 1833
- To father, written at Manheim, near Pappenheim, Bavaria. Published. 8 August 1833
- To father, written at London, Unpublished. 24 December 1834
Dates
- Creation: 5 May 1832 - 24 December 1833
Creator
Full Extent
1 folder (14 letters)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Lyell, Frances (Fanny), 1800-1873 (Sister of Sir Charles Lyell, Geologist (1797-1875)) (Recipient, Person)
- Lyell, Charles, 1767-1849 (Scottish botanist, translator of Dante) (Recipient, Person)
- Lyell, Caroline, 1802-1886 (Sister of Sir Charles Lyell, Geologist (1797-1875)) (Recipient, Person)
- Lyell, Eleanor, 1805-1866 (Sister of Sir Charles Lyell, Geologist (1797-1875)) (Recipient, Person)
- Heathcote, Maria, nee Lyell, 1809-1843 (Sister of Sir Charles Lyell, Geologist (1797-1875)) (Recipient, Person)
- Lyell, Frances Smith, fl 1796-1850 (Wife of Charles Lyell Botanist (1767-1849), and mother of Charles Lyell, Geologist (1797-1875)) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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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