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Letter to Sir John Franklin. (Manuscript)
1853-03-30
AGC/F/9/1
An undelivered letter from Lady Jane Franklin to her husband Sir John Franklin. Jane Franklin wrote frequently to her husband after his disappearance. She drafted this letter six years after his death, and six years before this was confirmed.…
Letter from Lady Jane Franklin to the Secretary of the Admiralty (Manuscript)
1857-06-01
AGC/51/1
The letter is a response to the Secretary’s request for lists of the officers and men who had served in the Arctic searches for her husband.…
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