Box Box 1.14

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...

Scope and Contents Letters from Charles Lyell, To Sir J. Clark. Marked 'No 1' on reverse, no summary. Sending a copy of his letter to Lord Wrottesley with a proof of the report to the British Association [this is the Report for the Parliamentary Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science on the question, Whether any measures could by adopted by the Government or Parliament tht would improve the position of Science or its Cultivators in this Country' folio 3711]. Also writes that he...

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Copy of letter, written by Mary, summarised as 'on classification of strata of Devon'.

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Copy letter written by Arabella Buckley, summarised as 'Lyell to Darwin, Sun's heat, Thomson on time, permanence of Continents'.

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Copy letter written by Lyell, then Mary, with corrections, to Geikie, summarised as 'Lyell to Geikie - On 'Quart' Art [sic Quarterly Article]: - Ice-scooping - Aerial erosion'.