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:
Letter from Winthrop, Robert C. (of Boston, Mass.), to Charles Lyell, 6 April 1874 - 18 May 1874
File — Box Box 3.4: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/101
Scope and Contents
Letters written from Boston, Massachusetts, mainly concerned with Lyell's donation to the Agassiz Memorial Fund:
Summarised as 'R. C. Winthrop of Mass[achusetts] May 19/47 Custom Ho[use] Officers U[nited] S[tates]'. Letter relates Winthrop's thoughts on the quality of the Customs House Officers. People mentioned include: George Bancroft. 18 May 1847
The letter thanks Lyell for donating...
Dates:
6 April 1874 - 18 May 1874
Winthrop, Robert Charles, 3 November 1849, 1 May 1873
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/73
Scope and Contents
Two autograph letters signed from Robert Charles Winthrop to Charles Lyell and Mary Horner Lyell. Boston, 3 November 1849 and 1 May 1873. With portrait photograph by Warren's in Boston, mounted on cardboard carrier, signed.1. In the first letter, dated 3 November 1849 and sent to Charles Lyell, Winthrop expresses delight at reading Lyell's "Second visit" and eagerly anticipates a potential "third visit." The letter acknowledges Lyell's positive allusions and...
Dates:
3 November 1849, 1 May 1873