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Pencil drawing of Sir Henry Raeburn done by Francis Chantrey at W Horners house in Charlotte Square 1818.

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Letter written from 117 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London.

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Letters written from Admiralty, Whitehall and the Hydrographic Department. One letter describes 'Investigations of the Gibraltar Current' - from research aboard HMS Shearwater.

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Letter written from Berlin.

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Letters containing an extract from the Address of the President of the Royal Society on presenting The Copley Medal to Sir Charles Lyell and an extract from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, No. 78; Obituary notice concerning Leonard Horner, 1785-1864.

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Skyring briefly commanded the Beagle during the survey of 1826-1830. He was killed at Cape Roxo, Senegal.

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Mary Somerville writing to Charles Lyell thanking him for his letter giving advice on the publisher Murray. Also detailing how she is making Lint in Italy for the wounded and her family have a sailing boat.

Scope and Contents Folio containing petition to the Rt. Hon. Lord John Russell concerning recent reforms in the Catholic church and the repercussions these could have upon the Church of England, a review of Sir Charles Lyell's 'Travels in North America, with Geological Observations on the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, 1841-42' - 1st published London, 1845; 'A Second Visit to the United States of North America, 1845-46 - pub. London 1850 and a copy Letter of Lyell to Spedding, concerning the geology of...