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Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to

 Subject

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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Correspondence sent to Sir Charles Lyell

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Davis, Henry Samuel to Charles Lyell, 11 December 1845 - January 1846

 File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/58
Scope and Contents

Written at Montreal, and addressed to Lyell via George Ticknor, Boston. On icebergs, including an account of viewing one on board the steamship Britainia [sic] on her voyage from Liverpool to Boston, 1845.

Dates: 11 December 1845 - January 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Woodward, Samuel to Charles Lyell, 29 August 1829

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/301
Scope and Contents

Summarised as: Surface of Chalk perforated by roots of Actini. Actually talks about sea plants.

Dates: 29 August 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche