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

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

Found in 434 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Mantell, Gideon Algernon to Charles Lyell, 16 December 1851

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/181
Scope and Contents

Small sketch of musk rat tracks double sided and signed by Mantell.

Dates: 16 December 1851
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Marcou, Jules to Charles Lyell, 13 September 1872

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/182
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: 13 September 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Marett, C to Charles Lyell, 25 February 1863 - 26 January 1871

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/183
Scope and Contents

Writes with remarks on Lyell's Antiquity, and summarised as 'deaths in fancy', 'Dranse running 11 miles an hour', '10 or 15 persons drowned annually in Southampton water', and 'on changes in an estuary'.

Dates: 25 February 1863 - 26 January 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Marsh, Othniel Charles to Charles Lyell, October 1864

 File — Box Box 1.10: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/184
Scope and Contents

Includes Lithograph of Helminthodes antiquus and paper in the American Journal of Science.

Dates: October 1864
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Martineau, James, to Charles Lyell, 11 June 1873 - 30 July 1873

 File — Box Box 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/67
Scope and Contents

Letters written at London and Aviemore.

Dates: 11 June 1873 - 30 July 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 'Acceptance in Lieu' tranche

Letters from Maury, Matthew Fontaine to Charles Lyell, 22 June 1853 - 20 November 1853

 File — Box Box 1.10: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/185
Scope and Contents

Includes figure sketch written in French. Summarised as' Levelling - Valley of Somme.

Dates: 22 June 1853 - 20 November 1853
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Maw, Henry Lister to Charles Lyell, 19th century

 File — Box Box 1.10: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/186
Scope and Contents

Summarised as 'on Hatfield Chase'. Watermark reads 1827.

Dates: 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from McClure, Captain R. to Charles Lyell, 5 July 1855

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/175
Scope and Contents

Summarised as 'Capt. Maclure [sic] R.N. on Blocks drifted by coast ice in Arctic regions' [was previously GEN1999/10/11]

Dates: 5 July 1855
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from McCord, J to Charles Lyell, 30 June 1842

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/176
Scope and Contents

Summarised as 'Heights at Montreal', June 1842. McCord also talks of the loss of Captain Bayfield. McCord is referenced as a source of information on the height of shells in Lyell's Travels, volume 2, 1845.

Dates: 30 June 1842
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from McIlvaine, William to Charles Lyell, 8 March 1842 - 1 June 1847

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/177
Scope and Contents Includes two letters to Mary Lyell from McIlvaine from 1846-47. Earliest dated letter is summarised as 'on Hopkins 400m of crust of earth 1846', the other letters are conversational in manner, updating both Lyells [tone assumes both are reading the letters] on local news and associates - summarised as to Charles 'on Holy Innocents', and to Mary on 'Glenroy, Season for Cropping, [Mayall's] Daguerreotype, Calendars, Meteor, Abolitionist, Black Church, Tariff', to Mary, an unsummarised letter,...
Dates: 8 March 1842 - 1 June 1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche