Box Box 1.14

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Copy letter, written by Lyell, completed by Mary, summarised as 'on Balmoral limestone' [trip is document in Scientific Notebook 157].

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Copy letters, sent from Lyell to Roth, summarised as 'Letter to Roth on Translation'. Both letters have indexes to the contents, and relate to the planning of the production of a German translation of Principles. [Roth also features in A-Z correspondence, see Coll-203/B1/84].

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Copy letters, first written by Arabella Buckley, summarised as 'Saltness of Mediterranean', and second by Mary summarised as 'On connection of depth of sea and endemic Landshells in islands'.

Scope and Contents Copy letters written by Arabella Buckley and Mary Lyell, summarised as 'Lyell to Wallace Oldus Revival of Lyell's passsage against Lamarck' dated 21 December 1868 [single unattached sheet - not with any letter], 'Lyell to Wallace Haeckel's work on Creation, Cuvier's theory of the Earth, notes for [W'O?] art[icle] on "Principles"' 19 November 1868 [in which Lyell summarises the impact of his own work, from Hutton's origins], one letter with no summary, similar topic, 21 December 1868, 'Time...

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Two copies of letter from Lyell and Woods reply summarised as 'Glacial Drift - beds age'.

Scope and Contents Copy letters, summarised as 'On Report Parliamentary Committee of British Association'. Includes original letter from Wrottesley to Lyell, 7 May 1855. One of Lyell's drafts is written on the reverse of printed headed paper from The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, thanking Lyell for the communcation of 'On the Train of Certain Erratic Blocks in Massachusetts US on April 27 last, and is signed by John Barlow, Secretary. This folder also include's Wrottesley's copy, sent to Lyell of the...

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This series was originally located within the A-Z correspondence to Charles Lyell, filed under the initial 'M' as 'Miscellaneous'. In fact, it comprises copy letters and notes sent from Lyell, to others. It has been retrieved, and catalogued as a separate series.