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A Matter of Life and Death
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armament t&e, ammunition: ball, musket(11 pieces)
armament t&e, ammunition: cartridge, wire(3)
armament t&e, ammunition: lid, powder case
armament t&e, ammunition: screw plug, powder keg
armament t&e, edged weapon: pike head
Brimstone match
Brimstone matches
Button
ceremonial artifact: flag: ensign, naval(fragment)
clothing, outerwear: glove(fragment)
clothing accessory: button
food processing t&e: stove(3 pieces)
food service t&e: cup, tea(fragment)
food service t&e: rations: bone, pork(fragment)
food service t&e: stave, water keg bung
Glove
Hinge
Iron fitting
Iron plug
lighting device: match, brimstone(6)
Manuscript
Musket ball
Musket balls
Naval ensign
Packet of needles
personal gear: goggles, snow(part)
personal symbol: broad arrow
Pike-head
Pike head
Pork bone
Powder-case lid
Powder case lid
Powder case screw-plug
Powder keg screw-plug
Powder keg screw plug
Record tin
relic: fitting, iron
relic: plug, iron
Sextant eyepieces
Shako plate
Snow goggles
Stove
surveying & navigational t&e: eyepiece, sextant(two)
Teacup fragment
textileworking t&e: needles, packet of
Three wire cartridges
Two eyepieces, sextant
uniform accessory: plate, shako(Royal Marine cap badge)
Water keg bung-stave
Water keg bung stave
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
Wire cartridges
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F. Barnes & Co
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London
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
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Fox (1855)
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Hobson, William Robert
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19th
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Packet of 'Sharps No. 1' needles (Packet of needles)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 3' needles (Packet of needles)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 4' needles (Packet of needles)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 6' needles (Packet of needles)
Three wire shot cartridges (Wire cartridges)
Twisted copper hinge (Hinge)
A steel-rimmed snow goggle eyepiece, with a slitted willow lens. (Snow goggles)
A screw iron bung (Iron plug)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
A water keg bung stave (Water keg bung-stave)
Circular powder case lid (Powder case lid)
Button
Powder case screw-plug
Woollen mitten or glove (Glove)
Eleven lead musket balls (Musket balls)
Metal record case. (Record tin)
Two sextant or small telescope eyepieces (Sextant eyepieces)
Seven brimstone matches (Brimstone matches)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
A boarding-pike head with a broken shank (Pike-head)
Royal Marine shako plate (Shako plate)
Steel boarding-pike head with bent shank (Pike-head)
Portable cooking apparatus - stove and tray (Stove)
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