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Notebooks of barometrical observations made during the
expedition
in search of Sir John
Franklin
in HMS
1850-1855
CLS/31
Franklin
, Sir John, Rear-Admiral, 1786-1847. (Manuscript)
1819-1845
FRN
Letter to Sir John
Franklin
. (Manuscript)
1853-01-01 - ?
AGC/F/9/1
Sketch of David Wilson, Ice Quarter Master, during the 1850-1852 Arctic
Expedition
in Search of Sir John
1850-1852
HRR/4/3
Journal kept by Sir Richard Collinson on board HMS ENTERPRISE during the
Franklin
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expedition
to
1850-1855
CLS/21
Facsimile of the last message found by McClintock's
Expedition
in 1859. (Manuscript)
1847-01-01 - ?
FAC/1/2
Logbook kept during the FOX
expedition
, 1857-1859. (Manuscript)
1857-1859
MCL/16
Journal of the FOX
expedition
, 1857-1858. (Manuscript)
1857-1858-12-31
MCL/18
Letter from Lady Jane
Franklin
to the Secretary of the Admiralty (Manuscript)
1857-06-01
AGC/51/1
Notebook kept during the FOX
expedition
, 1857-1859. (Manuscript)
1857-1859-12-31
MCL/21
King, dealing with matters of topical interest, naval politics, scientific subjects and the Arctic
expedition
1850 - 1863
BLC/1
Sir John
Franklin
, Arctic explorer. Message despatched from HMS EREBUS. (Manuscript)
1845-06-30
PST/23
Volume of letters written by Sir John
Franklin
to his niece Mary Anne Kay and to Lieutenant Edward Kendall
1820-1845-12-31
FRN/1/1-26
A handwritten compendium of three items concerning the
Expedition
(Manuscript)
10 Mar 1850
HRR/4/6
The Last of the Arctic Voyages, a narrative of the
expedition
on HMS ASSISTANCE, by Sir Edward Belcher
1855
BLC/17
‘The New Arctic
Expedition
’ extracted from the ‘Plymouth Journal (Manuscript)
10 Mar 1850
HRR/4/5
Logbook kept during the FOX
expedition
, June 1857 to January 1858. (Manuscript)
1857-06-30 - 1858-01-05
MCL/16/1
Logbook kept during the FOX
expedition
, January 1858 to July 1858. (Manuscript)
1858-01-06 - 1858-07-14
MCL/16/2
Logbook kept during the FOX
expedition
, July 1858 to September 1859. (Manuscript)
1858-07-15 - 1859-09-23
MCL/16/3
A copy of the journal titled 'my father's
expedition
to the North Pole' by John Buchan and typed notes
1818-01-01 - ?
HSR/B/19
present time, with the details of the measures adopted by her majesties government for the relief of the
expedition
1850
HRR/6/1
Items concerning or printed on board during the Arctic
Expedition
, 1850-1852. (Manuscript)
1850-1852
HRR/4/1-19
Letters relating to early British Arctic exploration and the search for Sir John
Franklin
(Manuscript
1857 - 1863
AGC/51
Correspondence and press cuttings relating to Schwatka's
expedition
, 1880-1881. (Manuscript)
1880-1881
MCL/45/1
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