United States
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Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche , 1831-1873
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Scope and Contents
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:
1831-1873
Letter from Alexis de Tocqueville to Louis Antoine Pagnerre relating to Charles Lyell, 31 December 1850
Item — Box CLX-A-387
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0048
Scope and Contents
Letter in French from Alexis de Tocqueville to Louis Antoine Pagnerre (Paris publisher of Tocqueville's Democracy in America), relating to the publication of Charles Lyell's book about the USA in French. Tocqueville is asking Pagnerre to publish Lyell's book, saying that Lyell doesn't want any money for it and will provide the engravings plates. Sorrento, Italy, 31 December 1850.
Dates:
31 December 1850
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents
- 10 boxes of correspondence
- 2 boxes of miscellaneous papers and lecture notes
- 24 boxes of offprints of papers
- 294 notebooks
Dates:
1820-1874
Pulszky, Ferenc, 1 July 1851 - 23 July 1875
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/57
Scope and Contents
This file consists of five autograph letters signed from Ferenc Pulszky to Lady Mary Lyell and her husband Sir Charles Lyell, sent from Bayswater and Highgate (London), Turin, Budapest, and dated 1 July 1851, 23 June 1857, 18 March 1861, 19 February 1863 and 23 July 1875. Also includes an oval photographic portrait on a larger carrier.1. Letter from Ferenc Pulszky to Charles Lyell, dated 1 July 1851: "I enclose a letter of Mr Mazzini [i. e. the Italian politician and freedom...
Dates:
1 July 1851 - 23 July 1875
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