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

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Scope Note: Correspondence sent to Sir Charles Lyell

Found in 434 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Wood, S.V. And Harmer, F.W., to Charles Lyell, February 1872

 File — Box Box 3.4: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/104
Scope and Contents

Original journal article 'An Outline of the Geology of the Upper Tertiaries of East Anglia'. Detailed fold out map showing ‘A map of the Crag district, showing all the UPPER TERTIARY formations’.

Dates: February 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 'Acceptance in Lieu' tranche

Letter from Woodward, S.P., to Charles Lyell, 8 July 1856

 File — Box Box 3.4: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/103
Scope and Contents

Letter containing extract from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - 'On the Land and Freshwater Shells of Kashmir and Tibet, collected by Dr. T. Thomson'.

Dates: 8 July 1856
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 'Acceptance in Lieu' tranche

Letter from Ziegler, J. M., to Charles Lyell, 6 February 1856

 File — Box Box 3.4: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/105
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z. 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. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the letter itself, or, on the associated envelope. These summaries have been used as the basis of the catalogue...
Dates: 6 February 1856
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 Abbot, Henry to Charles Lyell, 10 January 1866 - 8 May 1866

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/1
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Letters from Abbot responding to enquiries from Lyell on the Mississippi Delta. Includes a letter from Humphreys to Abbot.

Dates: 10 January 1866 - 8 May 1866
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Abich, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von to Charles Lyell, 28 November 1866

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/2
Scope and Contents

Abich on American Hatchet. The following lines crossed out as deleted on the original envelope: 'to be acknowledged, referred to John Evans after the specimen reaches me' dated 19th Jan 1866.

Dates: 28 November 1866
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Adams, Andrew Leith, to Charles Lyell, 5 June 1874 - 15 June 1874

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/1
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Looking for support from Lyell in the author's bid for the Toronto Natural History Chair, and then thanking him for testimonial

Dates: 5 June 1874 - 15 June 1874
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 Adams, Charles Baker to Charles Lyell, 5 December 1845

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/3
Scope and Contents Summarised as 'Shells of of the Gulf of Champlain - Pleistocene'. Adams writes of his geological report on shells of the Gulf of Champlain, which Adams wishes to appeal not to a geologist, but to a community who do not know there is a structure to the Earth - "intending to form an opinion, constrained by the facts observed". Lists fossils which he has to hand from these deposits. Letter is headed with an illustration of Middlebury College, alongside is a note in pencil that the scene and...
Dates: 5 December 1845
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Agassiz, Alexander to Charles Lyell, 1 December 1869 - 17 April 1874

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/4
Scope and Contents Letters from Agassiz on Temnechinus [Sea Urchin] of Crag, dredged off of Florida, and Salensia of Chalk. Makes reference to D'Archiac's research on Nummulites of India and similarities with Florida. Dredge depths given. Letters also on Glacial of America. On the death of his father, he writes to ask Lyell for any correspondence between him and his father, or reviews or publications, as he and his mother are compiling his father's biography. Final letter thanks Lyell for his contribution...
Dates: 1 December 1869 - 17 April 1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Agassiz, Louis, to Charles Lyell, 9 March 1855

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/2
Scope and Contents

1) On Prof. Agassiz filling the Natural History Chair at the University of Edinburgh; 2) Synopsis of various lectures given by the author

Dates: 9 March 1855
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 Ainger, Alfred, to Charles Lyell, 5 May 1882 - 1 December 1884

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/3
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Declining dinner engagement; Arranging to give Lyell a copy of 'Blake's Life' as promised; Setting the date for a play production - play still to be decided upon; On possible visit

Dates: 5 May 1882 - 1 December 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 'Acceptance in Lieu' tranche