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Large folio of letters written from Boston, Massachusetts, including one copy letter from Prof. G. Ticknor to Prof. Smyth discussing Lyell's 'Travels in North America', accompanied by an explanatory note to Leonard Horner.

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Folio containing abstract of paper by R.H. Tiddleman on 'The Icesheet in the North West of England' and abstract of paper by R.H. Tiddleman on 'The Age of the Icesheet of the Irish Sea Basin'.

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Letter from Von Strombeck to Lyell regarding a translation of Lyell's publication.

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Letter to Lyell thanking him for note, and corrections received. Surprised by Lubbock's note, which he had thought was a mistake, grateful that Lyell has agreed with him. Praises Lubbock's book which includes facts and arguments 'in a clear and forcible manner' though fails to understand why Horner's 'Nile [?] evidence is deemed 'unsatisfactory'.

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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Letters written from Boston, Massachusetts

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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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...