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 434 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Carpenter, W.B to Charles Lyell, 09 July 1850 - 9 January 1866
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/44
Scope and Contents
Letter concerning the identification of a sample fossil from the Nummulites species, the engagement of a draughtsman, the contents of a paper read by Williamson at the Royal Microscopic Society concerning Ortbitolina and foraminifera and an invitation to dinner. 9 July 1850
Letter, with envelope, accompanying the return of a signed book which had been sent in error. Discusses a public letter by Falconer accusing Lyell of plagiarism. Refers to an item in the Athenaeum concerning the...
Dates:
09 July 1850 - 9 January 1866
Letters from Carruthers, William to Charles Lyell, 29 August 1866 - 21 November 1873
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/45
Scope and Contents
Notes by William Carruthers – a slip of paper referred to in Coll-203 Gen. 109 Lyell 1/527, giving detailed botanical editorial instructions concerning kelp and the growth of coal period trees, vegetation patterns and the resultant fossils. c 29 August 1866 Letter relating to fossils found in coal including Pothocites, Autholithes, [Carfioliltes] Helictoides. He mentions an ongoing scientific discussion between Brongniart, Ettingshausen and Morris as to the determination of the species...
Dates:
29 August 1866 - 21 November 1873
Letters from Chantrey, Francis, to Charles Lyell, 19th century
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/24
Scope and Contents
Autograph of Sir Francis Chantrey
Dates:
19th century
Letters from Childs, George W., to Charles Lyell, 6 May 1864 - 7 October 1868
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/25
Scope and Contents
Sales of 'Antiquity of Man' in Philadelphia, USA, and closing and settling of Lyell's account after Childs left the publishers.
Dates:
6 May 1864 - 7 October 1868
Letters from Claparède, René-Édouard, to Charles Lyell, 6 October 1859
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/46
Scope and Contents
Letter, with envelope, to Sir Charles Lyell from Rene-Edouard Claparede sending information on the nature of the research of Johan Japetus Steenstrup and Johan Georg Forchhammer relating to the former peoples of Denmark. He states that although they are interesting from an archaeolological point of view, they do not have the importance that Lyell attaches to them. The findings do not have the same import as the axes discovered in France or Devon. He then gives a precis of the research, 6...
Dates:
6 October 1859
Letters from Clark, Joseph, to Charles Lyell, 25 April 1846
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/48
Scope and Contents
Letter from Joseph Clarke containing observations on North American terrapins. Clark also writes to Mary, see folder 147.
Dates:
25 April 1846
Letters from Clark, Joseph to Lady Mary Lyell, 7 April 1863
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/47
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Letter to Lady Mary Lyell from J. Clark expressing his surprise and pain at a libelous attack made upon Sir Charles Lyell at the Athenaeum, 7 April 1863. Clark also write to Charles, see folder 148.
Dates:
7 April 1863
Letters from Cogswell, Joseph E., to Charles Lyell, 19th century
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/26
Scope and Contents
Discussion of the laws in US concerning wills and the possibility of leaving equal shares to all children (male and female), not just to the eldest son.
Dates:
19th century
Letters from Colebrooke, Henry Thomas to Charles Lyell, 10 August 1827
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/49
Scope and Contents
Letter, with envelope, from H Colebrooke regarding species of crocodile that are found in the Ganges, its tributary and contiguous waters, includes article from the Edinburgh Advertiser on the subject of alligators.
Dates:
10 August 1827
Letters from Conrad, T. A, to Charles Lyell, February 1840 - 12 August 1853
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/50
Scope and Contents
Letter from Timothy Abbott Conrad concerning fossil and shell specimens, the geological age of Canada shells, number of extinct shells in fluviatile deposits, number of freshwater shells in Middle and Lower Tertiary strata and the localities of tertiary strata and their fossils, February 1840;
Letter describing a voyage to the Gulf of Mexico where he made observations on fossil shells and rock types of the Florida Keys, Tampa Bay and the Mississippi River, 17 October 1845;
Letter...
Dates:
February 1840 - 12 August 1853