| RefNo | HS/11/424 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Sir Charles Lyell to Sir John Herschel, dated at 16 Hart St. |
| Creator | Charles Lyell |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 5 July 1846 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. When he received John Frederick William Herschel's request to give a lecture on American geology he did not treat it seriously. Now R. I. Murchison has made a similar request so thinks he could work up a popular lecture on the Mississippi Delta. Will keep off his old ground. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | 16 Hart St., London |
| Origin coordinates | 51.488610, -0.109700 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11512
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8255 | Lyell; Sir; Charles (1797 - 1875) | 1797 - 1875 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |