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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook No.93, September 1841- October 1841

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/93
Scope and Contents This notebook contains notes by Charles Lyell from his travels in Albany, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Notes are mostly pencil, occasional ink. Covers are both blank, indexes are located in the back of the notebook. 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 Transkribus. When...
Dates: September 1841- October 1841

Notebook No.125, 4 November 1845 - 3 December 1845

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/125
Scope and Contents This notebook contains a record of the Lyell’s stay in Boston from 4th November to 3rd December 1845. The notes are comprised of discussions about politics and religion, supplemented by commentary about social life, in New England and the United States more broadly, plus field notes and observations about geology and natural history, encompassing descriptions and sketches of regions in anticipation of future field excursions (the Claiborne Formation). Charles visits notable sites in Boston...
Dates: 4 November 1845 - 3 December 1845

Plan of Philadelphia, 1840

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/5/17
Scope and Contents

Scaled Plan with index of streets and elevations of the United States Bank: The Exchange etc.

Dates: 1840

Plan of Philadelphia, 1840, c.1914

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/5/18
Scope and Contents

Reproduction photographic print of Plan of Philadelphia, 1840 (Ref: Coll-1167/A/5/17). Showing scaled Plan with index of streets and elevations of the United States Bank: The Exchange etc.

Dates: c.1914