| Reference number | MS/257/1/23 |
| Alternative reference number | Sa.23 |
| Previous numbers | ES1/3/23 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Viscount Adare, Paris to Edward Sabine |
| Date | 25 October 1835 |
| Description | Adare describes his travels, spending time Fontainebleau with the Gore-Booths. Adare remark that Sir [Robert] Gore-Booth and Lady Gore-Booth travelled to on to Paris. Adare refers to his geological tours, and comments on geologists quarrelling about different rocks. Reference to [Roderick] Murchison’s series [of formations]. Reference to reasoning of geologists, in particular [William] Buckland.
Adare recently heard from ‘Griffin’ and just returned from the observatory, and describes what has been done and seen about the ‘comet’. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6071 | Wyndham-Quin; Edwin Richard Windham (1812 - 1871); 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl | 1812 - 1871 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |