Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Correspondence sent to Sir Charles Lyell
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Hartmann, Carl Friedrich Alexander to Charles Lyell, 10 August 1832 - 10 August 1839
File — Box Box 1.6: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/121
Scope and Contents
Hartmann was the German translator of Principles of Geology. Correspondence includes sketches and drawings and relates to the translation of Principles; the death of Friedrich Hoffmann; and the translation of Elements.
Dates:
10 August 1832 - 10 August 1839
Letters from Hunt, Thomas Sterry to Charles Lyell, 15 January 1856 - April 1871
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/141
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises these letters as:
'Hunt on medium laterite & regular to Col. C Bunbury Carvajal Plant' and 'Hunt on Calcium matter in lichen'. There is also a continuation to this letter in the same envelope but sent as one letter.
'Sterry Hunt asking for certificates'. Sterry Hunt is putting himself forward for the Chair of Geology at Columbia College, New York and is asking for a...
Dates:
15 January 1856 - April 1871