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 Horsfield, Thomas to Charles Lyell, 7 February 1839 - 3 July 1854
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/137
Scope and Contents
The correspondence between Horsfield and Lyell is mainly concerned with geological activity in Indonesia, volcanoes, and lava. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.
Dr. Horsfield on Eruption of Galongoon [Galunggung] in Java, 1822 9 Feb[ruary]...
Dates:
7 February 1839 - 3 July 1854
Letters from Hughes, Thomas Mckenny to Charles Lyell, 1 June 1874
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/138
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises the letter as: 'Hughes - Original drawings of Agostino Scilla in Cambridge Museum June 1874'.
Dates:
1 June 1874
Letters from Hull, Edward to Charles Lyell, 16 May 1856 - 8 March 1876
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/139
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises the letters as:
Raised beach and oyster bed in Bantry Bay - May 18 1856
Review of the true directions of chief lines of disturbance in carboniferous region of Lancashire and Yorkshire - May 25/68
Dec. 1868 Permian Nest basins and carboniferous ridge - attenuation of carbonif. beds southward
14 Dec 68, If Permian and Jurassic rocks...
Dates:
16 May 1856 - 8 March 1876
Letters from Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson to Charles Lyell, 24 June 1865 - 28 May 1866
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/140
Scope and Contents
Correspondence consists of:
Lyell summarises first letter as: Gen. Humphreys to queries on the Missi[ssippi] Delta - 24th June [18]'65. Letter also contains a small diagram and discusses the geology of New Orleans and the presence of types of clay.
Letter containing a memorandum of sediment papers collected at Carrolton by the Delta Survey in 1851 and reporting in of the results of...
Dates:
24 June 1865 - 28 May 1866
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
Letters from Jackson, Charles Thomas to Charles Lyell, 22 March 1845 - 20 September 1866
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/142
Scope and Contents
The correspondence between Charles Thomas Jackson and Charles Lyell mainly concerns the geology of the United States and Jackson's discoveries. Specific subjects include: Ether, New Brunswick, Paleonisci, and Abraham Gesner. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.
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Dates:
22 March 1845 - 20 September 1866
Letters from James, Sir Henry to Charles Lyell, 24 October 1863 - 24 February 1866
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/143
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury.
Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...
Dates:
24 October 1863 - 24 February 1866
Letters from James, W to Charles Lyell, 21 May 1858
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/144
Scope and Contents
Original letter listed in this arrangement as W James, but the writing is very similar to H James, though signature is different. Letter in reponse to Lyell, on education, the relevance of Classical and general Architecture, and his pleasure at learning University of London is proposing a degree in Science, under the group Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology and Natural History.
Dates:
21 May 1858
Letters from Jamieson, Thomas Francis to Charles Lyell, 14 May 1860 - 22 February 1870
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/145
Scope and Contents
Letters to Darwin fro Lyell within the Jamieson folders on Moel Tryfan and Glen Roy 1861.
Dates:
14 May 1860 - 22 February 1870
Letters from Jeffreys, John Gwyn to Charles Lyell, 17 June 1860 - 22 February 1870
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/146
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises the letters as:
1) Gwyn Jeffreys Oct 14 1861 Scrobicularia Piperata, climate of
2) Gwyn Jeffreys - Feb 22/70 Returning Cobboldia [?] which he makes same species
3) Gwyn Jeffreys Pagham and Selsea Elephas antiquar bed June 17 1860
4) Copy of letter from Gwyn Jeffreys to Mr Jamieson. Fort William arctic shelf 1862
5) Gwyn Jeffreys Shells mentioned in ""Antiquity of Man"" March 10 1863
6) [?] of species in Japan more than...
Dates:
17 June 1860 - 22 February 1870