Box Lyell-temp-box 5

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from March 13 to March 20, 1846, while traveling in Natchez, Jackson, Mississippi. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. The index is written by Mary Lyell and is located in the back of the notebook on pages 109-115. Content warning: Lyell uses his Scientific Notebooks to gather evidence, based on both his own observation, by reviewing other people's works, by correspondence,...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from 20th to 27th March 1846, while travelling on the Mississippi River, and considering local environs, particularly interested in the earthquakes at New Madrid, Missouri. The start of the notebook appears to focus on observations of local people and customs - as well as scenery, rather than geology. Notes are primarily in pencil. The index is located at the back of the notebook, is primarily in ink and is in the hand of Mary Horner...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from March 27th to April 4th 1846. The notebook starts in New Madrid, Missouri as Lyell travels north along the Ohio River, visiting Illinois, New Harmony, Indiana, and Kentucky. The index is located in the back of the notebook on 9 unnumbered pages. Content warning: Lyell uses his Scientific Notebooks to gather evidence, based on both his own observation, by reviewing other people's works, by...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from April 5th to April 14, 1846. The notebook starts in Louisville, Kentucky as Lyell travels north along the Ohio River in the steamer Ben Franklin, arriving in Cincinnati on April 7th. On April 13th Lyell resumed travel up the Ohio River, bound for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The index is located in the back of the notebook on eight unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink. Content warning:...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from 26 April 1846 to 4 May 1846 [the stated end date is inferred from the start date of the following notebook]. The Lyells returned to Philadelphia, following an absence of several months, at the end of April. Charles left his wife with friends at Philadelphia and traveled to Richmond, Virginia to resume his examination of the coal fields, ‘left half-finished in December last’. He made excursions to coal mines north and south of Blackheath,...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from January to May 1844 while in London. Notes are in pencil and ink. The notebook index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 112-115. From pp.20-22, 32 - with Darwin Transcription note: The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from 15 April to 25 April 1846 [the stated end date is inferred from the date recorded in the following notebook], having embarked from Cincinnati, Ohio on April 13th and traveling into Pennsylvania. The Lyells traveled on the steamer Clipper, continuing northward on the Ohio River from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh (arrived on April 16th), and then by carriage across the Alleghenies onto Philadelphia, a return visit destination. The Indian Mound south...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from September 19, 1844 to April 30, 1845 while in London. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-114. Notes are in pencil and ink – and there are several different hands writing in this notebook including Mary Lyell. The Notebook starts with a continuation of the work relating to the Haswell Pit Disaster. There are many notes relating to the United States and Lyell's manuscript for his book 'Travels in North America,...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from Sept 2nd to 14th, 1845 and is noted at the front as being written while in London and aboard the Steamship Britannia. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 109-113 and two unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink. The Steamship Britannia refers to the Cunard Line's RMS Britannia, which began her first regular passenger and cargo service in 1840, sailing from Liverpool to Boston. ...

Scope and Contents This notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s visit to the United States of America (started in notebook, Number 121) continuing his travels throughout parts of New England, including Massachusetts with notable site visits in and around Boston and New Hampshire. It is dated from October 12 to November 3, 1845. For the last two thirds of this notebook (and the entirety of the next one, notebook 125) Lyell is centred in Boston for the presentation of his Lowell Lectures, embarking on...