Part of Collection

University Archives and Manuscripts

Title

Notebook No.143

Creators/Contributors

Object Type

Folios

Collection

Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Production Date

4 May 1846 - 12 May 1846

Shelfmark (Identifier)

Coll-203/A1/143

Internal Type

Archives Space

URI

https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/180301

Subjects

• Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
• Texas (United States)
• Mexico
• Hummingbirds
• Mexican War, 1846-1848
• Slavery--United States
• Fossil Fish
• New York City (New York, United States)
• Upstate New York (N.Y.)
• Museums

Last Modified Date (in Catalogue)

2024-07-24T13:57:36Z

Description

This notebook contains Lyell’s notes during his second trip to the United States, dated 5 May 1846, to 11 May 1846. The volume starts with Lyell in Baltimore, travelling through Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, and Troy, New York State. On pg. 12 Lyell notes seeing a humming bird in Miss Watson's Greenhouse. Lyell spends much of his time in upstate New York with a few colleagues: Joseph Cogswell (American librarian), Ebenezer Emmons (American Geologist), James Hall (American Paleontologist), and John James Audobon (American ornithologist). This notebook primarily focuses on the geological features of the Adirondack and White Mountain ranges and surrounding areas. Lyell also comments on the politics of the United States, namely the Mexican American War, slavery, and the 1846 midterm elections.

Language

eng