From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 July 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.424
Summary:
When he received JH'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.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project