Box Box 3.4

Scope and Contents Letters written from Boston, Massachusetts, mainly concerned with Lyell's donation to the Agassiz Memorial Fund: Summarised as 'R. C. Winthrop of Mass[achusetts] May 19/47 Custom Ho[use] Officers U[nited] S[tates]'. Letter relates Winthrop's thoughts on the quality of the Customs House Officers. People mentioned include: George Bancroft. 18 May 1847 The letter thanks Lyell for donating...

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Letter containing extract from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - 'On the Land and Freshwater Shells of Kashmir and Tibet, collected by Dr. T. Thomson'.

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Original journal article 'An Outline of the Geology of the Upper Tertiaries of East Anglia'. Detailed fold out map showing ‘A map of the Crag district, showing all the UPPER TERTIARY formations’.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the letter itself, or, on the associated envelope. These summaries have been used as the basis of the catalogue...

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This letter answers Lady Lyell's questions about the early history of Massachusetts.People mentioned: Henry Torrey. Places mentioned include: Massachusetts, and Vermont. Subjects mentioned include: History of New England by John Palfrey, History of Salem Witchcraft by Charles Upham, President of the United States, Senate, and the Athenaeum Library.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the letter itself, or, on the associated envelope. These summaries have been used as the basis of the catalogue...

Scope and Contents This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the letter itself, or, on the associated envelope. These summaries have been used as the basis of the catalogue...