Ref NoLDGSL/1098
TitleLetters from Sir Charles Lyell
Date1861-1976
LevelFile
Extent1 file
FormatDocument
DescriptionTwo manuscript letters from Sir Charles Lyell to Dr Garth Wilkinson, requesting the return of a map, 5 October 1861, and to Lyell's 12 year old niece Annie Pertz, describing the habitiat of a fossil musk ox, 9 October 1867. Included in the file are: letters to Muriel Arber from Annie's sister Dorothea Pertz, sending her the Lyell letters, 1936; typescript transcripts of the letters and rough family tree by Pertz, and a covering letter from Muriel Arber to Professor L G Wilson, 3 March 1976.
ProvenancePresented by James Robertson on behalf of Muriel Arber, May 2004.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameLYELL | Sir | Charles | 1797-1875 | 1st baronet | geologist
Previous referenceLDGSL 1098
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/16LYELL; Sir; Charles (1797-1875); 1st baronet; geologist1797-1875
DS/UK/961WILKINSON; (James John) Garth (1812-1899); Swedenborgian writer and homoeopath1812-1899
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